i'm envious when i talk to young people that have the ability that they did this. Evan spegl says, when he was 21, he's like, my two unchpene heroes are steve jobs and edwin land. I mean, lives are made of books. In this case, like you're studying a life, and you see all the influences on that person. Like, who your heroes are? Extremely important. That's why i asked the very first thing we talkd ts, who were our heroes?
Topics:
(3:48) - David Hijacks the podcast: Eric’s Heroes, Munger as a copywriter and “Jeffisms”
(8:31) - How did you start Founders Pod and build it into a business?
(27:39) - How did you engrain this level of discipline in your craft?
(34:41) - Emulating Ed Thorpe
(43:59) - The power of podcasting
(50:43) - Eric and David discuss career goals
(57:46) - Thoughts on the ‘serial entrepreneur’
(1:08:18) - Deep dive into David’s approach to reading
(1:19:17) - Is this just a chapter of your life, or is this the business to dedicate your life to?
(1:25:24) - Do you think more people should do what you’re doing?
(1:28:20) - How to get the most value from what David is doing
(1:36:06) - How have you changed pre-Founders vs. today?
(1:38:29) - What does the best version of this podcast look like?