Henry Singleton's Influence on Business
Founders
What I learned from reading the transcripts of Young...
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Jan 16 2024 1h 9m
Chapter 1 1 min
Oprah fired her agent and replaced him with a Chicago lawyer named Jeffrey Jacobs. "I heard Jeff is a piranha. I like that. Piranha is good."Chapter 2 1 min
I will just create. And if it works, it works. And if it doesn’t, I’ll create something else. I don’t have any limitations on what I think I could do or beChapter 3 2 mins
Dr. Julie Gurner’s Ultra Successful newsletterChapter 4 1 min
Imitation precedes creation. Stephen King On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King. (Founders On getting demoted from anchor to talk show host: I was embarrassed by the whole thing because I had never failed before. It was that “failure” that led to the talk show. (Opportunity is a strange beast. It frequently appears after a loss.)Chapter 5 59 sec
The talk show immediately felt right to her: This is what I should have been doing because it was like breathing to me. It was like breathing. I knew it was the right thing to doChapter 6 59 sec
Oprah has an intense, powerful belief in herself. And she has had that since she was 4Chapter 7 59 sec
I truly believe that thoughts are the greatest vehicle to change power and success in the world. Everything begins with thoughtsChapter 8 1 min
If you actually have to choose between the most experienced person, or the most educated person, or the person who actually wants it the most, you always pick the person who wants it the most. Josh Kushner on the Invest Like the Best podcastChapter 9 4 mins
VisualizeChapter 10 2 mins
I was watching my grandmother boiling clothes (they had no indoor plumbing) and I was four years old and I remember thinking: My life won’t be like this. My life won’t be like this. It will be betterChapter 11 4 mins
And whatever you do, if you do a lot of it, you get good at it. And that is how this broadcasting career started for me. I’ve been an orator for a long time. I’ve been an orator all of my lifeChapter 12 1 min
I loved books so much as a child. They were my outlet to the worldChapter 13 1 min
I had a very strict father. I remember my father saying you can not bring C’s in this house because you are not a C student. You’re an A student. It was just so matter of factChapter 14 2 mins
Paul Graham on how to make yourself a big target for luckChapter 15 59 sec
I demand only the best for myselfChapter 16 1 min
Oprah on the parasocial relationship with her audience: It’s not like other celebrities. I see people react to other people and it’s not like it is to meChapter 17 1 min
Asking for help is a superpower no one usesChapter 18 1 min
The ability to read at an early age saved my life. I knew there was a better way. I knew there was a way out because I had read about itChapter 19 59 sec
I sign every check. It is tedious. It gets to be a lot. I have piles of checks. The idea of having money and not being responsible and knowing how much money you have and keeping control of it is not something that I personally can accept. I watch it very carefullyChapter 20 59 sec
Henry Singleton pays all the bills and signs all the checks, calling it "a form of discipline. Through doing the signing it's amazing how much you learn about the business. There's a reminder of each event or action behind each check. Distant Force: A Memoir of the Teledyne Corporation and the Man Who Created It by Dr. George Roberts. (Founders How do you learn to be a founder? You do it the same way you do anything else: 14, 15 hour days. I feel most comfortable workingChapter 21 2 mins
For me, work just meant discovery and fun. If I heard somebody complaining, “Oh, I work so hard, I put in ten- and twelve-hour days,” I would crucify him. “What the fuck are you talking about when the day is twenty-four hours? What else did you do?” Total Recall: My Unbelievably True Life Story by Arnold Schwarzenegger. (Founders It doesn’t feel like workChapter 22 1 min
Intuition is a very powerful thing. More powerful than intellect in my opinion. That’s had a big impact on my work. Steve JobsChapter 23 5 mins
I am only a little dress-maker, trying to make women young and pretty. These other designers that do the pretty little sketches, the boys, they don't understand women, they don't know how they live. Their idea is to make them weird, freaks. Coco Chanel: The Legend and the Life by Justine Picardie. (Founders I live from the inside outChapter 24 59 sec
Chapter 25 14 mins
Find what feeds your passion. Your real job is to find out why you are really here and then get about the business of doing that