#112 Frank Lloyd Wright
What I learned from reading Plagued by Fire: The Dreams and Furies of Frank Lloyd Wright by Paul Hendrickson. ---- [0:01] Frank Lloyd Wright suffered a personal catastrophe that would have destroyed ...
24 Feb 20201h 20min
#111 David Geffen
What I learned from reading The Operator: David Geffen Builds, Buys, and Sells the New Hollywood by Tom King. ---- He told me he had recently read Buffett: The Making of an American Capitalist, Buffe...
16 Feb 20201h 22min
#110 Henry Singleton (Teledyne)
What I learned from reading Distant Force: A Memoir of the Teledyne Corporation and the Man Who Created It by Dr. George Roberts. ---- Henry was much more than a salesman, mathematician, engineer, in...
10 Feb 20201h 25min
#109 Adi Dassler (Adidas)
What I learned from reading Sneaker Wars: The Enemy Brothers Who Founded Adidas and Puma and The Family Feud That Forever Changed The Business of Sports by Barbara Smit. ---- This story begins at a ti...
3 Feb 20201h 13min
#108 Jim Simons (Money Printer)
What I learned from reading The Man Who Solved The Market: How Jim Simons Launched The Quant Revolution by Gregory Zuckerman ---- The story of the greatest moneymaker of all time [0:01] Simons prefer...
26 Jan 20201h 7min
#107 Sol Price (Costco)
What I learned from reading Sol Price: Retail Revolutionary & Social Innovator by Robert E. Price. ---- What was it about this man that engendered so much admiration and respect? [0:01] Sol Price’s ea...
20 Jan 20201h 8min
#106 Bill Walsh (The Score Takes Care of Itself)
What I learned from reading The Score Takes Care of Itself: My Philosophy of Leadership by Bill Walsh. --- [0:01] I believe it’s much the same in one’s profession: Superb, reliable results take time....
12 Jan 20201h 6min
#105 Les Schwab (Charlie Munger recommended this book)
What I learned from reading Les Schwab Pride In Performance: Keep It Going! by Les Schwab. ---- 16 ideas from the book: Intensity is the price of excellence —Warren Buffett I am 68 years old now. An...
5 Jan 20201h 19min
