#320 The Making of Winston Churchill Part 2

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David Senra

History, Entrepreneurship, Business, Technology

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🗓️ 14 September 2023

⏱️ 60 minutes

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What I learned from reading Young Titan: The Making of Winston Churchill by Michael Shelden. ---- Founders Notes gives you the superpower to learn from history's greatest entrepreneurs on demand. You can search all my notes and highlights from every book I've ever read for the podcast. Get access to Founders Notes here. ---- Join my free email newsletter to get my top 10 highlights from every book ---- (5:00) It was better for the world that he had known failure and suffered moments of self doubt. (6:00) There was something in Churchill's character that simply wouldn't allow him to give up. He was a dangerous optimist. (8:00) History likes winners. (9:30) The adventures and ordeals of those early years were essential to the making of a man who triumphed in the second world war. (10:00) At 40 he was largely written off as a man whose best days were behind him. (Churchill shares a lot of parallels with Steve Jobs) (10:30) He fashioned his career as a grand experiment to prove that he could work his will on his times. Persevering in that approach, despite repeated setbacks and often harsh ridicule of those who didn't share his high opinion of himself. (13:00) At the heart of this story is an irrepressible spirit. (17:30) Little men let events take their course. I like things to happen. And if they don't happen, I like to make them happen. (15:00) In every age there are great men. Why not us? And why not now? (19:30) Churchill mobilized the English language and sent it into battle. (22:00) While other politicians were content to get their information from a scattering of newspapers, Churchill devoured whole shelves. (23:00) Winston Churchill wanted to be the dominant political figure of his time. (23:30) Robert Caro's books on Lyndon Johnson (26:30) Listen to Invest Like The Best #343 David Senra (30:00) If a man is sure of himself it only sharpens him and makes him more effective. (35:00) Another thing Steve Jobs and Winston Churchill had in common: High Energy. This story about Steve Jobs in incredible. (36:00) The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz by Erik Larson. (Founders #196) (44:00) Churchill to his son: “Your idle and lazy life is very offensive to me. You appear to be leading a perfectly useless existence." — The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz by Erik Larson. (Founders #196) (48:00) Larry Ellison: I know that most people think trying to build a hard wing of this size is crazy. But that’s the beauty of the idea. The other side isn’t trying to build one. So we’ll have a wing, and they won’t. — The Billionaire and The Mechanic(Founders #126) (50:30) Winston's opponents never tired of saying that he was unreasonable. (58:00) All of the Winston Churchill episodes: The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz by Erik Larson. (Founders #196) Churchill by Paul Johnson. (Founders #225) Hero of the Empire: The Boer War, a Daring Escape, and the Making of Winston Churchill by Candice Millard. (Founders #319) ---- Founders Notes gives you the superpower to learn from history's greatest entrepreneurs on demand. You can search all my notes and highlights from every book I've ever read for the podcast. Get access to Founders Notes here. ---- “I have listened to every episode released and look forward to every episode that comes out. The only criticism I would have is that after each podcast I usually want to buy the book because I am interested, so my poor wallet suffers.” — Gareth Be like Gareth. Buy a book: All the books featured on Founders Podcast ---- Founders Notes gives you the ability to tap into the collective knowledge of history's greatest entrepreneurs on demand. Use it to supplement the decisions you make in your work. Get access to Founders Notes here. ---- “I have listened to every episode released and look forward to every episode that comes out. The only criticism I would have is that after each podcast I usually want to buy the book because I am interested so my poor wallet suffers. ” — Gareth Be like Gareth. Buy a book: All the books featured on Founders Podcast

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0:00.0	I read something Jeff Bezow said that changed my perspective on the importance of high quality sleep.
0:04.2	He said that he makes sure he gets eight hours of sleep a night and as a result his mood, energy, and decision making is improved.
0:10.4	And the point that he was making was that as a founder you get paid for making a small number of high quality decisions and you can't do that if you're sleeping terribly.
0:20.0	The only thing that I've ever found that has actually improved my sleep has been an eight sleep.
0:25.2	Eight sleep has this thing on their website that I think is actually a really good idea.
0:28.0	It's just a collection. It's called The Wall of Love. It's just a collection of people talking about
0:31.1	how much they love their eight sleep.
0:33.0	And there's a ton of founders on there.
0:34.8	Elon Musk is talking about the fact that he loves his eight sleep.
0:37.5	Mark Zuck, these are not, these people aren't getting paid to say this, right?
0:40.7	Mark Zuckerberg is talking about the fact that he loves his 8 sleep.
0:44.7	Paul Graham talked about the fact that he ordered one.
0:47.2	I love my 8 sleep.
0:48.8	I've heard from a ton of other founders that listen to this podcast that ordered 8 sleep because
0:52.4	of the ads on this podcast. that You know a product is good when you miss like you notice its absence and so
1:03.8	eight sleep in the app it has something where if you're not there you don't want
1:06.8	your eight sleep turning on so you have this thing called away mode and so now
1:09.5	when Rick is coming back he'll send me either a screenshot or screen recording of him turning his
1:14.8	8 sleep from away mode back to being home and being excited that he's going to be reunited
1:21.0	with his mattress. That is not normal. The thing I love, this is the best
1:25.3	feature, there's a ton of other features, the app has great features, the best thing I love
1:28.5	is the ability to control the temperature, I keep my eight sleep ice cold, I
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