#31 Be so good they can't ignore you (Steve Martin)
19 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we break down Steve Martin's brilliant key lesson. Key points: 1. The way human p...
#30 Opportunities are strange beasts, they frequently appear after a loss (David Senra)
27 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
For Spice's 30th episode!! we go back to David Senra, and a brilliant key lesson from him: "Opportun...
#29 Where your fear is, there is your task (Carl Jung)
15 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What I learned from breaking down Carl Jung's key lesson - Where your fear is, there is your task." ...
#28 Perfection means that there is nothing more to leave out (Antoine de Saint-Exupéry)
01 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Episode outline: Out key lesson today, from the brilliant man who wrote the 'Little Prince', Antoin...
#27 Make something people want, that expresses who you are (Paul Graham and Patrick O'Shaughnessy)
22 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The reason why millions of people are so dissatisfied with their work despite their high pay or acco...
#26 The most dangerous thing for an entrepreneur is to go into a business that he does not fully understand (Aliko Dangote)
12 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we understand Aliko Dangote's key lesson - the richest man in Africa tells us - kno...
#25 You are crazy until you are successful, then, you're a genius (Mr. Beast)
03 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Usually people can't understand our journey. It looks weird to the people outside. We looked obsesse...
#24 As soon as a convention is established, the most interesting work would likely be the one that doesn’t follow it (Rick Rubin)
25 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this today's episode, we use Rick Rubin's key lesson of breaking conventions in art and l...
#23 Discipline Equals Freedom (Jocko Willink)
17 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In his truly brilliant book, Extreme Ownership, Jocko Willink write this weeks key lesson: disciplin...
#22 Invert, Always Invert (Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi)
10 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It in the nature of things, Charlie Munger once said, that life's many hard problems are best so...
#21 - 5 Steps Practically Every Successful Person I Studied Used to Achieve Success
03 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Every successful person in history, regardless of the era, the industry, or their personal circumsta...
#20 Imitation Precedes Creation (Stephen King)
13 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Mastery, in any field, is the ability to transform a thought, an idea, into a reality. But we must r...
#19 In the Age of Infinite Leverage, Judgment Is the Most Important Skill (Naval Ravikant)
05 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
"We live in an age of infinite leverage. Your actions could be multiplied a thousand fold, beca...
#18 Speed matters in business - you got to have bias for action (Jeff Bezos)
30 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Speed matters in business. It matters in business because, as the two stories we used demonstrate, a...
#17 Jack of All Trades, Master of None (Geffrey Minshull & Charles Lucas)
23 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This phrase, evolving through the centuries, was always describing people who failed to master a sin...
#16 Mute The World and Then Build Your Own (David Senra)
16 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Steve Jobs once said: When you grow up you tend to get told the world is the way it is, and your lif...
#15 The Ultimate Form of Intrinsic Motivation is When a Habit Becomes Part of Your Identity (James Clear)
09 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we brake down James Clear's key lesson, understanding how we define our identity to b...
#14 The Impediment to Action Advances Action. What Stands in The Way Becomes The Way. (Marcus Aurelius)
02 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What Marcus Aurelius, the emperor of Rome is teaching us, is that what prevents action, actually adv...
#13 The 80/20 Principle (Richard Koch)
24 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we break down Richard Koch's Key lesson, and understanding how to identify opportuni...
#12 The Essence of Power is the Ability to Keep the Initiative, to Get Others to React to Your Moves. (Robert Greene)
17 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
No matter where you live in the world you must learn how to deal with, and how to influence power. S...
#11 All Our Efforts Must Be Directed Towards An End, or We Will Act In Vain. (Epictetus)
10 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
There is nothing I hate more working hard, investing time and energy, towards something that is unfr...
#10 Only While Sleeping One Makes No Mistakes. Making Mistakes is The Privilege of The Active (Ingvar Kamprad)
03 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week we break down the key lesson of IKEA's founder, who once said: "one of the corner...
#8 To Redeem the Past and to Transform Every ‘It was’ Into An ‘I wanted it thus!’ – That Alone Do I Call Redemption! (Friedrich Nietzsche)
18 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
How many times have I wished I could roll back time, and undo my stupid mistakes. But the will can o...
#7 Everyone Has an Invisible Sign Hanging from their Neck Saying: Make Me Feel Important (Mary Kay Ash & John D. Rockefeller)
08 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today's key lesson all about, I believe, it’s about a basic human craving for confirmation. We...
#6 Your Task as an Investor is to Make a Few Bets, Big Bets, Infrequent Bets—All Placed When the Odds Are Overwhelmingly In Your Favor (Monish Pabrai)
28 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This very simple key lesson which we will be speaking about today, is one of my favorites. It sounds...
#5 I Bear the Wounds of All the Battles I Avoided (Fernando Pessoa)
22 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
I am actually very excited about today's episode because today’s key lesson is not a piece of ...
#4 In the short term, you are as good as your intensity. In the long term, you are only as good as your consistency (Shane Parrish)
13 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
I am actually very excited about today’s lesson, because this is my kryptonite. It is the single m...
#3 Take a Simple Idea, and Take it Seriously (Charlie Munger)
05 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today we break down Charlie Munger's key lesson for success, and it is about the power of simpli...
#2 Excellence Is The Capacity To Take Pain (Isadore Sharp)
29 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Excellence is the capacity to take pain. This line has been called the best maxim in the history of...
#1 Belief Comes Before Ability (David Senra)
21 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today we discussed what history's most successful people knew about the power of self belief, th...