Rob Reid

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Founders · #422 Joseph Pulitzer · 20 Jun 2026 podcast

There are multiple fistfights in this book as a result of the stuff that is published in his newspaper.

But we're half a decade before the first time he tries to shoot somebody.

And he's a waiter and says, when a beefsteak, having been rejected in a rather impolite manner, found itself after an exchange of words that quickly developed into personal affronts, dropped onto the head of the guest rather than onto his plate, thereby bringing an end, thereby bringing an abrupt end to his time as a waiter.

And then Pulitzer has this intense drive for self-improvement and a voracious appetite for information that will help him in his life.

And so one of the best things he does is he's able to save a little bit of money.

He's working all these jobs.

And he takes some of the little bit of money that he has and joins the subscription libraries that are very popular in America at the time.

And anytime he's not working, he essentially just spends his entire time.

I think there's like 27,000 books in this library.

And so here's a description of this.

The library held a large collection of books, carried newspapers from all over the country, and was open each day of the week from the morning until late at night.

Pulitzer spent every free moment he had there, often bringing a pair of apples for sustenance so as to not waste a moment leaving the library for a meal.

And so something you see in the life and the career of Pulitzer is like he's always, whatever his task is in front of him, he takes it very, very seriously.

He's trying to do the best job possible.

I think he's a great example of this idea that Charlie Munger would repeat that he calls Carlisle's prescription.

So the idea is essentially you put almost all of your attention on the job directly in front of you and you don't waste your energy staring at these vague future possibilities.

So the direct quote from Munger is 98 percent of our attention was devoted to the task at hand.

And he said the job a man is to do is to do the job at hand, not look at what lies dimly in the distance.

And so he's going Pulitzer goes to this German aid society and they're helping a lot of these German immigrants find jobs.

And the president of this German immigration aid society also owned a newspaper.

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