David Kidder
Growth Operating Systems
Episode Notes (by minute):
-2:30 - How 70% of growth comes from 7% of capital deployed. It’s possible to think about this lens for your own career as well.
-4:30 - Why David and Christina Wallace co-authored New To Big together
-7:00 - Why “how to lead yourself” is a really important and hard question. What David learned from reading The Slight Edge and the importance of systematic commitments to achieve outcomes
-9:30 - Why it’s important to bet on things that will lead to inevitable progress and outcomes
-14:00 - The best advice that David got from Elon Musk: “wishful thinking is the enemy.”
-18:00 - Why David is encouraging his kids to think a systematic approach to positive daily behavior
-22:30 - Why our life is made of choices and those choices either come from love or fear
-31:30 - The 5-part framework in The Startup Playbook about some of the most successful entrepreneurs in the world:
1. Proprietary gift
2. Extreme focus
3. Make something that is a painkiller, not a vitamin
4. Create a 10x factor
5. Become permanent and a fixture in society
-35:30 - Why now is a great time to ask hard questions about yourself and to potentially refound your life. See David’s LinkedIn post The Next Right Thing, Into Your Purpose, for more insights on this topic.
(Note: these are quick notes and takeaways by David Nebinski. Please see the episode for more accurate information)
Published Date: 5/13/21