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How to Take Over the World

“You Couldn’t Pay Me to Stop” — David Senra on Obsession and Great Founders

How to Take Over the World

Benjamin Wilson

Self-improvement, Education, History

5853 Ratings

🗓️ 29 April 2025

⏱️ 118 minutes

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Summary

David Senra of the Founders podcast joins to discuss the most important attributes of great founders, how to find purpose, whether chicken fingers is a worthy dream, and much more! 00:00 Introduction 03:12 Church for Entrepreneurs 06:45 The Power of Consistency and Repetition 18:15 The Importance of AI in Modern Business 39:30 Analyzing Podcast Success 40:15 The Importance of Charisma and Obsession 41:00 Tennis as a Metaphor for Mastery 44:30 Creatine and Gains in Bulk 45:15 Who Can Be a Founder? 51:00 The Unique Genius of Da Vinci 51:47 The Obsession of Inventors 55:30 Fame and Focus 01:07:45 The Value of Private Ownership 01:20:00 The Game of Kings and Modern Power 01:22:45 The Artistic View of Life 01:32:40 The Power of Podcasting 01:47:00 Books Every Young Man Should Read 01:57:12 Final Thoughts ----- Sponsors: ⁠Austin Lab by Shokworks⁠ ⁠Gains In Bulk⁠ - Go to gainsinbulk.com/pages/ben and use code Ben for $20 and a free shaker. ⁠Speechify⁠⁠ - Go to speechify.com/ben to get 15% off Speechify Premium ⁠HTTOTW Premium⁠ - Get all episodes, end notes, mini-episodes, and more at takeoverpod.supercast.com

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0:00.0

People used to say, like, if you love what you do, you'd do it for free.

0:03.4

And I was like, wait, no, no, there's a different level.

0:05.5

If you love what you do, they couldn't pay you to stop.

0:09.7

And when I realized, like, how much money would you have had to give Steve jobs to not work at Apple?

0:16.2

The answer is there is no, it was not, you couldn't pay him, I'll give you two trillion dollars, Steve, but you can't

0:21.1

ever work on an Apple, you can't build a product in. He'd say no, he's not doing, that's not

0:24.9

what he's doing. He liked hitting the ball. He liked making great products, the best products,

0:29.0

some of the best products in the world, and he did is a good way of fast way of their wealth creation.

0:37.7

I'm going to start, scale, sell, and then they piece out.

0:41.1

But I think the greatest founders, the people that are, like, they're doing it for other reasons.

0:47.1

I'm going to show you how great I am.

0:49.8

This is a lot of $5.00.

0:52.7

I just want to say from the bottom of me, heart, I'd like to take this chance to apologize to absolutely nobody.

1:07.1

Hello and welcome to How to Take Over the World.

1:09.1

This is Ben Wilson, and this episode is a conversation between myself and David Senra, host of the Founders podcast.

1:15.5

We talk about the most important lessons we have learned from studying history's greatest leaders and founders,

1:20.6

what the greatest and most important biographies are that we would recommend to anyone,

1:24.2

the power of podcasting, whether anyone has it within themselves to become a founder,

1:27.7

whether it's better to be Jeff Bezos or Napoleon, and more, I just re-listen to anyone, the power of podcasting, whether anyone has it within themselves to become a founder, whether it's better to be Jeff Bezos or Napoleon, and more. I just re-listened to it,

1:31.9

and I think this is a really fun conversation. David is just so engaging, and I think he has

1:36.2

really valuable insights, so I think you guys will love this episode. Special thanks to Sierra

1:40.6

for helping make this conversation happen. So without further ado, please enjoy this episode with David Senra.

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