Favorite quotes from this episode: 1. I didn't want to be rich. I didn't want to be famous. I didn't even want to be happy. I wanted to be great. 2. I told David Geffen I wanted to start a record label. He said: Do it. There are a lot of record people a lot dumber than you. 3. I was on a mission. A very, very intense mission. 4. When you have great artists, great talent. What you do is you give them the keys and you say: Drive. 5. Jimmy had this mad, obsessed focus on the big picture. 6. Jimmy is not afraid to partner with other visionary people. 7. I don’t give a fuck what anyone thinks. When you are a racehorse, the reason they put blinders on these things is because if you look at the horse on the left or the horse on the right, you’re going to miss a step. That’s why those horses have fucking blinders on. And that’s what people should have. When you’re running after something you should not look left and right. What does this person think? What does that person think? No. Go! 8. I like to pivot. I get complacent and bored. I got bored of producing records. I got bored of running a record company and I wanted to move on. And that's how Beats got started. 9. Whenever I get sad or scared— I wish I knew other therapeutic ways of doing things —but the only thing I know how to do is completely bury myself to the point off absurdity in my work. 10. Great can come from anywhere. (On Eminem growing up poor in a trailer park in Michigan) 11. The reason Interscope was successful versus a lot of the other startups at the time, was Jimmy was an animal. The most driven and brilliant person at the same time. He was never off. And he didn’t understand why everybody else wasn’t the same way. 12. Jimmy’s career is based on a tremendous lack of fear of moving forward. 13. David Geffen on Jimmy: My first impression of Jimmy was that he was a sponge. He picked up everything he heard or saw. 14. I was working 24 hours a day. I never did anything other than work. I didn’t want to do anything other than work. 15. Jimmy’s gift is the clear thought. He hears the clear melody and applies that wherever he is. 16. He chased us around the world until we agreed to come to the studio with him. 17. He would not take no for an answer. 18. He happens to you. He is like a virus and takes over your organs and brains. He just knows this is going to work out well for both of you. 19. You’re only as good as the artist that you’re working with. Any producer who says I did this and I did that is full of shit. 99% of what’s going on in the studio is the artist. 20. I only knew one thing. That every time I went back to the studio, I felt better, and my life would get better. It was the simple. 21. Great *is* success 22. Jimmy became so obsessed with getting the right take on a song that we did over 100 takes. “I think we should do one more” Jimmy would say. 23. After everything is said and done, Jimmy wants a win.

这本书是关于人类物种的100页传记 一些历史教训： 1. 最终，卓越的能力会找到出路。 2. 历史报告称，能够管理人的人管理那些只能管理事物的人，而能够管理金钱的人管理一切。 3. 经济复杂性的每一次进步都对卓越的能力增加了额外的溢价。 4. 所有技术进步仅仅是实现旧目标的新手段。 5. 随着技术的发展，地理因素的影响减弱。 6. 经济发展专业化功能，区分能力，使人们在其群体中价值不等。 7. 在每个时代，人们都不诚实，政府都腐败。 8. 竞争不仅是贸易的生命，它是生活的贸易。 9. 我们在群体中合作，以增强我们在与其他群体竞争中的力量。 10. 战争是一个国家的生存方式。 11. 战争是竞争的最终形式。 12. 让人们自由，他们的自然不平等将会增加。 13. 历史显示人类行为几乎没有改变。 14. 主动的个人——“伟人”、“英雄”、“天才”——重新获得了作为历史形成力量的地位。 14b. 有时他的雄辩，如丘吉尔的，可能值千军万马；他的战略和战术的远见，如拿破仑的，可能赢得战斗和战役并建立国家。 14c. 这些主动的个人是无数原因的结果，也是无尽结果的原因。 15. 模仿的多数跟随创新的少数，而这又跟随原创的个人。 16. 即使是怀疑的历史学家也会对宗教产生谦卑的尊重，因为他看到它在每个国家和时代中都在发挥作用，似乎是不可或缺的。 17. 从根本上说，历史仍然是对最适合的个人和群体的自然选择。 18. 经济复杂性的每一次进步都对卓越的能力增加了额外的溢价。 19. 我们的烦恼能力是无尽的。 20. 如果一个人幸运的话，他将在死前尽可能多地收集他的文明遗产，并将其传给他的孩子。 21. 最终的考验是生存的能力。 关于历史教训的新一集现已上线！

1/ “我想在我所做的一切中成为最优秀的。这就是全部。” 这些话定义了莱昂纳多·德尔·维基奥，这位从奖牌雕刻师起步，建立了全球最大的眼镜帝国——@Luxoticca。出生在战后贫困中，当他的母亲无法照顾他时，他被送入孤儿院，他的驱动力是一个强烈的使命：永远不回头。 “我每天都在关注我们1500名代表的表现……我总是在公司，因为我喜欢这里。”

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