This episode is a two-for-one, and that’s because the podcast recently hit its 10-year anniversary and passed one billion downloads. To celebrate, I’ve curated some of the best of the best—some of my favorites—from more than 700 episodes over the last decade. I could not be more excited.
The episode features segments from episode #79 "Chris Sacca on Being Different and Making Billions" and #729 "Legendary Actor Scott Glenn — How to Be Super Fit at 85, Lessons from Marlon Brando, How to Pursue Your Purpose, The Art of Serendipity, Stories of Gunslingers, and More."
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Timestamps:
[00:00] Start
[05:19] Notes about this supercombo format.
[06:23] Enter Chris Sacca.
[06:53] Traits of founders for whom success, at massive scale, seems predestined.
[08:00] Travis Kalanick and Nintendo Wii Tennis.
[09:55] Resources for cultivating investing chops, emotional intelligence, and general empathy.
[18:37] Chris' evolving concept of success.
[22:31] What Chris and his brother Brian's parents did right.
[26:47] What Chris looks for when hiring.
[29:23] The prophetic notebook.
[31:29] Advice to aimless college graduates.
[34:06] Two differentiators that shifted the nature of Chris' business
[38:16] Enter Scott Glenn.
[38:44] Idaho vs. Los Angeles.
[44:59] Apocalypse Now, self-confidence soon after.
[49:00] Burt Lancaster's movie star lessons.
[54:41] The birth and death of Wes Hightower.
[1:03:56] Catching the attention of James Bridges.
[1:06:12] Scarlet fever.
[1:07:57] From Marine to police reporter.
[1:12:42] Berghof Studios and parental advice.
[1:21:12] Converting to Judaism.
[1:24:04] Lao Tzu: the ultimate mystic?
[1:28:44] Letting go with Killer Joe.
[1:33:20] "Crazy Whitefella Thinking."
[1:38:53] Getting out of the way and Erwan Le Corre.
[1:42:19] Lessons from the "morally phenomenal" Marlon Brando.
[1:46:54] How Scott's childhood bout with scarlet fever informed his life's course.
[1:49:33] Daily routines and exercises of an in-shape 85-year-old.
[2:05:46] Securing a serendipitous skill set.
[2:12:41] Thailand talk.
[2:16:46] Increasing surface luck.
[2:17:32] How Scott met and fell in love with his wife.
[2:23:32] "Just dance."
[2:24:14] Mistakenly calling Rudolf Nureyev Russian.
[2:26:24] Poetry.
[2:30:31] What Laurence Olivier knew about the value of tenacity.
[2:32:09] Parting thoughts.
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