Trevor McKendrick - Is the American Dream alive?

Hi all,

Remember your agency, that you can solve the problems around you. In your immediate, physical vicinity.

Trevor

Is The American Dream Alive and Well? A public debate (podcast)

Great debate - listen to Tyler’s sections. The socialist is basically a politician offering policies about the future with no basis in facts or feature. All feeling, no reality.

Red Queen Podcast: Trader Joe’s (podcast)

My new favorite podcast. This month’s episode covers the history of Trader Joes.

Nick Gray on My First Million (podcast)

Nick will always give it to you straight, and he felt like the adult in this room the entire episode.

He’s one of the most intentional people I know. One of the things I thinks he does best is turn ordinary, dull moments of life into surprising, memorable times that you remember.

2000 article on the guy who brought Steve Jobs back to Apple (PDF)

Ed Woolard is his name. He was the Apple board member who made the call to Steve to replace Gil Amelio:

”Then I called Steve, and Steve played hard to get. He would only agree to come back as an adviser, not as chairman or CEO. I said, ‘Okay, we’ll start with that.’ And he told me he would only do it if the board would agree to resign. I told him I couldn’t ask the board to do that, but he insisted. Well, we all knew we were in trouble. I didn’t think the company could have survived another year — software developers had quit writing for it, employees were leaving, and revenues were going down every quarter.”

Founders Fund ad that will inspire you (youtube)

Ignore the identity of the narrator; focus on the words & energy.

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