70 Mark Spitznagel: The Dao of Capital — transcript highlights
Founders · David Senra · 2019-05-06
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What the transcript keeps returning to
Product
“It says, um, after showing extraordinary patience during the building of the roundabout production processes, once it was in place, Ford switched…”
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Focus
“So this is what I'm gonna focus on now.”
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People
“So this is another example of something, um, I always bring up, that there's a very, uh, big difference between people that…”
The useful question here is not whether this sentence is a universal rule. It is what operating choice the episode places behind it: people.
Persistence
“And he might be waiting for two years, for three years, for five years, whatever it is, and then boom, huge payoff.”
The useful question here is not whether this sentence is a universal rule. It is what operating choice the episode places behind it: persistence.
Capital
“You've gotta love to lose money, hate to make money, love to lose money, hate to make money.”
The useful question here is not whether this sentence is a universal rule. It is what operating choice the episode places behind it: capital.
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