#173: Lessons from Geniuses, Billionaires, and Tinkerers

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Introduction

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You Don't Need to Feel That You to Censor Yourself

04:15 • 4min

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The Science of Food and Cooking

07:52 • 3min

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What Was Your First Job Out of College?

11:05 • 2min

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The Four Hour Chef Video Trailer - Harold's Book's About the Right Size

13:31 • 3min

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How Do You Rotate a Pig?

16:46 • 3min

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The Inverted Rotisory Spit A.

20:08 • 2min

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The Story of Neil Stevenson

22:13 • 3min

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Heston - Isn't He a Nerd?

24:56 • 3min

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How Did You Know You'd Maxed Out the Learning Curve?

28:02 • 2min

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Cooking in Seattle - I've Heard About Your Restaurant

29:39 • 6min

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The Magic Words - The First Time in Your Lab

35:22 • 5min

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The Problems You Solved for Meat Restaurants

40:21 • 4min

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How to Cool a Bath Tub to 50 Degrees Fahrenheit

43:57 • 2min

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I'm Not Working on Evil, That's True

46:18 • 5min

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How Much Mathematics Do You Need?

51:23 • 3min

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The Delay in Return Environment in Engineering and Cooking

54:12 • 2min

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Howdo You End U Working for These People?

56:12 • 4min

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What's the One Thing Your Dad Done to You?

01:00:26 • 5min

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Heston's Lessons From the Early Years

01:05:02 • 4min

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How Do You Manage That Fine Line?

01:09:16 • 3min

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Is There Anything You've Ever Tried?

01:12:21 • 3min

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Heston's Hot and Cold Tea

01:15:21 • 3min

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How Has Shef Steps Changed Over Time?

01:18:50 • 3min

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Valve Is the Biggest Sopher Company in the Video Game Space

01:22:17 • 3min

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Sheft Steps - Is Gabe Controlling Your Company?

01:25:24 • 6min

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What Games Really Good At?

01:30:58 • 1min

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I'm a Logician, I've Been There, Isn't It?

01:32:28 • 2min

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Valve Culture

01:34:26 • 6min

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How Do You Think About Business Decisions?

01:39:59 • 2min

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Competitive Gliding - What Is It?

01:41:52 • 2min

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How to Start a Start Gate

01:44:07 • 4min

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Gliding - What Are Your Current Goals?

01:48:26 • 5min

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The Value of a Less Structured Day

01:53:20 • 4min

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How Do You Batch Tasks?

01:56:51 • 3min

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Is There a Shortcut?

01:59:49 • 2min

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What Is Your Creative Process?

02:01:56 • 3min

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The Last Lion by Winston Churchill

02:04:34 • 2min

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Do You Have Any Superstitions?

02:06:27 • 2min

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How Many Pages Do You Write?

02:08:25 • 2min

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How Do You Edit When You've Got a Brain Dump of Text?

02:10:39 • 2min

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I Love Documentary Movies

02:12:47 • 2min

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What Purchase of a Hundred Dollars or Less Has Most Positively Impacted Your Life?

02:14:18 • 3min

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The History of Science

02:17:13 • 3min

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What's Your Morning Routine?

02:19:49 • 2min

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The Fat Duck, Builder's Tea

02:22:18 • 5min

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What Advice Would You Basely Give Yourself in Your Later Twenties?

02:27:38 • 3min

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The Importance of Teamwork in a Restaurant

02:30:38 • 3min

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Choosing the Battles Really Carefully

02:33:24 • 2min

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Is Shef Steps a Great Place to Work?

02:35:32 • 3min

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How to Get a Short Email From Me Every Friday

02:38:22 • 2min