Do You Have a Favorite Failure?

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i remember it was the third day of our oldest daughter's life. I brought home a smart sock that i put on her to tract her heart raid an oxygen. The failure that actually gave me the confidence to leave bane and go to benobos was when i got my very first feedback session. And those can be things that you just have really significance for you, or lata antneers will pass on books too.

In Episode #54, we deconstruct Dave Eisenberg's peak performance playbook—from his favorite book to the tiny habit that's had the biggest impact on his life. Dave is Founding Partner at Zigg Capital. We cover recruiting executive talent, the wisdom of Winston Churchill, and using negative feedback for growth.

“I do believe in direct feedback and specifically from a good place where you want the person to improve, it is one of the most helpful things you can do for someone.” – Dave Eisenberg

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In this episode, we deconstruct Dave Eisenberg's peak performance playbook—from his favorite book to the tiny habit that's had the biggest impact on his life. In it we cover:

(00:00:00) – Introduction
(00:00:23) – Daily family time as an important habit
(00:03:28) – Favorite tools including Twitter, Superhuman, and Peloton
(00:04:28) – Recruiting executive talent and detail orientation
(00:07:16) – The wisdom of Winston Churchill
(00:09:17) – Baby Unplugged
(00:10:47) – Using negative feedback for growth
(00:13:04) – Live at the intersection of things you enjoy and things you’re good at

ABOUT DAVE EISENBERG

Dave Eisenberg is Founding Partner at Zigg Capital, a venture capital firm investing in real estate and construction technology. Before founding Zigg, Dave spent twelve years as an operator at Bonobos, TellApart, Floored, and CBRE. He started his career at Bain & Company, then moved on to found Red Swan Ventures.

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