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Cameron

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Modern Wisdom
#878 - David Senra - 15 Harsh Truths From History’s Greatest Founders

And then I usually find other books about them by going through the bibliography and like books are made out of books. So you, you, anybody usually has one by regressive people referring other people. Yes.

Modern Wisdom
#878 - David Senra - 15 Harsh Truths From History’s Greatest Founders

And then I usually find other books about them by going through the bibliography and like books are made out of books. So you, you, anybody usually has one by regressive people referring other people. Yes.

Modern Wisdom
#878 - David Senra - 15 Harsh Truths From History’s Greatest Founders

And then not only, so that's not only how you find books to like a hard to find books or books that other people are reading, but inevitably in that book, they all studied history's greatest entrepreneurs, all studied history's greatest entrepreneurs. So they will talk about the people that influenced them.

Modern Wisdom
#878 - David Senra - 15 Harsh Truths From History’s Greatest Founders

And then not only, so that's not only how you find books to like a hard to find books or books that other people are reading, but inevitably in that book, they all studied history's greatest entrepreneurs, all studied history's greatest entrepreneurs. So they will talk about the people that influenced them.

Modern Wisdom
#878 - David Senra - 15 Harsh Truths From History’s Greatest Founders

And then not only, so that's not only how you find books to like a hard to find books or books that other people are reading, but inevitably in that book, they all studied history's greatest entrepreneurs, all studied history's greatest entrepreneurs. So they will talk about the people that influenced them.

Modern Wisdom
#878 - David Senra - 15 Harsh Truths From History’s Greatest Founders

And so I'm doing this, going through the same process as described to you for Munger and Buffett. And they keep bringing up this guy named Henry Singleton. I was like, who the hell is Henry Singleton? I've never heard of Henry Singleton. And they say wild stuff like Henry Singleton is the smartest. Charlie Munger says Henry Singleton is the single smartest person I've ever met.

Modern Wisdom
#878 - David Senra - 15 Harsh Truths From History’s Greatest Founders

And so I'm doing this, going through the same process as described to you for Munger and Buffett. And they keep bringing up this guy named Henry Singleton. I was like, who the hell is Henry Singleton? I've never heard of Henry Singleton. And they say wild stuff like Henry Singleton is the smartest. Charlie Munger says Henry Singleton is the single smartest person I've ever met.

Modern Wisdom
#878 - David Senra - 15 Harsh Truths From History’s Greatest Founders

And so I'm doing this, going through the same process as described to you for Munger and Buffett. And they keep bringing up this guy named Henry Singleton. I was like, who the hell is Henry Singleton? I've never heard of Henry Singleton. And they say wild stuff like Henry Singleton is the smartest. Charlie Munger says Henry Singleton is the single smartest person I've ever met.

Modern Wisdom
#878 - David Senra - 15 Harsh Truths From History’s Greatest Founders

That Singleton is smarter than Buffett. Buffett says that it's a crime that business schools don't study him. And if he took the top 100 business school students and compared their record for Singleton, he'd blow him out of the water. I'm like, I have to read about this guy. So then you start, there's this book called The Outsiders and I pick it up, I start reading about it.

Modern Wisdom
#878 - David Senra - 15 Harsh Truths From History’s Greatest Founders

That Singleton is smarter than Buffett. Buffett says that it's a crime that business schools don't study him. And if he took the top 100 business school students and compared their record for Singleton, he'd blow him out of the water. I'm like, I have to read about this guy. So then you start, there's this book called The Outsiders and I pick it up, I start reading about it.

Modern Wisdom
#878 - David Senra - 15 Harsh Truths From History’s Greatest Founders

That Singleton is smarter than Buffett. Buffett says that it's a crime that business schools don't study him. And if he took the top 100 business school students and compared their record for Singleton, he'd blow him out of the water. I'm like, I have to read about this guy. So then you start, there's this book called The Outsiders and I pick it up, I start reading about it.

Modern Wisdom
#878 - David Senra - 15 Harsh Truths From History’s Greatest Founders

I'm like, oh my God, the ideas that I thought where Buffett and Mungers were Singleton. They just applied it to building Berkshire. And then you go, and so then what I do, I go and read everything about Singleton. And then Singleton says, hey, there's this book that changed the trajectory of, he built this conglomerate called Teledyne.

Modern Wisdom
#878 - David Senra - 15 Harsh Truths From History’s Greatest Founders

I'm like, oh my God, the ideas that I thought where Buffett and Mungers were Singleton. They just applied it to building Berkshire. And then you go, and so then what I do, I go and read everything about Singleton. And then Singleton says, hey, there's this book that changed the trajectory of, he built this conglomerate called Teledyne.

Modern Wisdom
#878 - David Senra - 15 Harsh Truths From History’s Greatest Founders

I'm like, oh my God, the ideas that I thought where Buffett and Mungers were Singleton. They just applied it to building Berkshire. And then you go, and so then what I do, I go and read everything about Singleton. And then Singleton says, hey, there's this book that changed the trajectory of, he built this conglomerate called Teledyne.

Modern Wisdom
#878 - David Senra - 15 Harsh Truths From History’s Greatest Founders

And he goes, there's a book that changed the trajectory of Teledyne. I was reading Alfred Sloan, the CEO of GM's book. And he says, as you're building a business, you need access to financial institutions. So I went out and bought either a bank or an insurance company. I forgot which one he did.

Modern Wisdom
#878 - David Senra - 15 Harsh Truths From History’s Greatest Founders

And he goes, there's a book that changed the trajectory of Teledyne. I was reading Alfred Sloan, the CEO of GM's book. And he says, as you're building a business, you need access to financial institutions. So I went out and bought either a bank or an insurance company. I forgot which one he did.

Modern Wisdom
#878 - David Senra - 15 Harsh Truths From History’s Greatest Founders

And he goes, there's a book that changed the trajectory of Teledyne. I was reading Alfred Sloan, the CEO of GM's book. And he says, as you're building a business, you need access to financial institutions. So I went out and bought either a bank or an insurance company. I forgot which one he did.

Modern Wisdom
#878 - David Senra - 15 Harsh Truths From History’s Greatest Founders

He's like – and that solved – like that helped Teledyne not only to use the money to invest and keep buying more companies to increase his conglomerate, but literally they made billions of dollars from an idea that was in a $30 history book. And you see this over and over again.

Modern Wisdom
#878 - David Senra - 15 Harsh Truths From History’s Greatest Founders

He's like – and that solved – like that helped Teledyne not only to use the money to invest and keep buying more companies to increase his conglomerate, but literally they made billions of dollars from an idea that was in a $30 history book. And you see this over and over again.

Modern Wisdom
#878 - David Senra - 15 Harsh Truths From History’s Greatest Founders

He's like – and that solved – like that helped Teledyne not only to use the money to invest and keep buying more companies to increase his conglomerate, but literally they made billions of dollars from an idea that was in a $30 history book. And you see this over and over again.