Shane Parrish
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
Oh, that's an interesting reframing.
How interesting.
You still hear from people about our first podcast every two or three months.
Somebody emails me and
That's a brilliant place to end.
It is not a bad place to end.
Thank you very much.
We're not going to wait nine years.
Nine years before we get back together.
How often are you in London?
Dallas, Texas, August 1963.
Mary Kay Ash is sitting at breakfast with her husband George going over plans for their cosmetics company.
They're one month away from opening.
She's put her entire life savings into this.
Everything they have is on the line.
Then something terrible happens.
George collapses face first onto the table with a heart attack.
He was dead before the ambulance arrived.
Everyone around Mary Kay tells her to stop opening the company, get whatever money back she can, and find a job.
You can't do this alone, her accountant says.