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Originally aired June 2024. Roland Lazenby (MAGIC: The Life of Earvin "Magic" Johnson, Michael Jordan: The Life) joins host Thomas Emerick to revisit a passing-of-the-torch NBA Finals closeout game between the Bulls and Lakers. Lazenby covered this series as well as wrote biographies on Magic, Michael, and Phil Jackson. The story doesn't end here in 1991 either. This is Remember That Game, the podcast about sporting events that take you on a journey and chart the path of the zeitgeist. I'm your host Thomas Emerick, enjoy the show. Follow Remember That Game for the full archive: Apple Spotify YouTube "Remember That Game" in search wherever you get your podcasts More from Roland Lazenby: MAGIC: The Life of Earvin "Magic" Johnson (Celadon Books) Michael Jordan: The Life (Hachette Book Group) Mindgames: Phil Jackson's Long Strange Journey (Amazon) More from Game 5 of the 1991 NBA Finals between the Chicago Bulls and Los Angeles Lakers: Box Score: Chicago Bulls 108, Los Angeles Lakers 101 (Pro Basketball Reference) Scottie Pippen scores a game-high 32 points Magic Johnson still goes for the 20-rebound triple-double in the loss Michael Jordan finds John Paxson for key buckets to close out the series 4-1 Game 1 intro (YouTube) Game 5 intro (YouTube) Game 5 highlights (YouTube) HOST RotoViz Contributor Thomas Emerick (@ThomasEmerick) Guest Best-selling author and award-winning sportswriter Roland Lazenby (@lazenby) SPONSORS BetterHelp - This episode is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/ROTOVIZ and get on your way to being your best self. Gametime - Download the Gametime app, create an account, and use code ROTOVIZ for $20 off your first purchase. Underdog Fantasy – Get a 100% deposit match on your first deposit up to $100 when you sign up at Underdogfantasy.com using this link or the promo code ROTOVIZ. Listeners of RotoViz Radio can save 10% on a one-year RotoViz subscription by visiting RotoViz.com/podcast or by using the promotional code "rvradio2024" at the time of purchase. SHOW NOTES RotoViz Radio provides the power for Remember That Game: Subscribe to the RotoViz Radio on YouTube Direct message: @ThomasEmerick Email: emericktc@gmail.com Subscribe: Remember That Game on YouTube Follow: Apple and Spotify Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Founders ✓ Claim Key Takeaways Check out the episode pageRead the full notes @ podcastnotes.orgWhat I learned from reading How To Be Rich by J. Paul Getty. ----Build relationships with other founders, investors, and executives at a Founders Event----"Learning from history is a form of leverage." — Charlie Munger. Founders Notes gives you the superpower to learn from history's greatest entrepreneurs on demand. You can search all my notes and highlights from every book I've ever read for the podcast. Get access to Founders Notes here. You can also ask SAGE (the Founders Notes AI assistant) any question and SAGE will read all my notes, highlights, and every transcript from every episode for you. A few questions I've asked SAGE recently: What are the most important leadership lessons from history's greatest entrepreneurs?Can you give me a summary of Warren Buffett's best ideas? (Substitute any founder covered on the podcast and you'll get a comprehensive and easy to read summary of their ideas) How did Edwin Land find new employees to hire? Any unusual sources to find talent?What are some strategies that Cornelius Vanderbilt used against his competitors?Get access to Founders Notes here. ----(2:00) My father was a self-made man who had known extreme poverty in his youth and had a practically limitless capacity for hard work.(6:00) I acted as my own geologist, legal advisor, drilling superintendent, explosives expert, roughneck and roustabout.(8:00) Michael Jordan: The Life by Roland Lazenby. (Founders #212) (12:00) Control as much of your business as possible. You don't want to have to worry about what is going on in the other guy's shop.(20:00) Optimism is a moral duty. Pessimism aborts opportunity.(21:00) I studied the lives of great men and women. And I found that the men and women who got to the top were those who did the jobs they had in hand, with everything they had of energy and enthusiasm and hard work.(22:00) 98 percent of our attention was devoted to the task at hand. We are believers in Carlyle's Prescription, that the job a man is to do is the job at hand and not see what lies dimly in the distance. — Charlie Munger(27:00) Entrepreneurs want to create their own security.(34:00) Example is the best means to instruct or inspire others.(37:00) Long orders, which require much time to prepare, to read and to understand are the enemies of speed. Napoleon could issue orders of few sentences which clearly expressed his intentions and required little time to issue and to understand.(38:00) A Few Lessons for Investors and Managers From Warren Buffett by Warren Buffett and Peter Bevelin. (Founders #202) (41:00) Two principles he repeats:Be where the work is happening.Get rid of bureaucracy.(43:00) Years ago, businessmen automatically kept administrative overhead to an absolute minimum. The present day trend is in exactly the opposite direction. The modern business mania is to build greater and ever greater paper shuffling empires.(44:00) Les Schwab Pride In Performance: Keep It Going!by Les Schwab (Founders #330) (46:00) The primary function of management is to obtain results through people.(50:00) the truly great leader views reverses, calmly and coolly. He is fully aware that they are bound to occur occasionally and he refuses to be unnerved by them.(51:00) There is always something wrong everywhere.(51:00) Don't interrupt the compounding. It's all about the long term. You should keep a fortress of cash, reinvest in your business, and use debt sparingly. Doing so will help you survive to reap the long-term benefits of your business.(54:00) You'll go much farther if you stop trying to look and act and think like everyone else.(55:00) The line that divides majority opinion from mass hysteria is often so fine as to be virtually invisible.----“I have listened to every episode released and look forward to every episode that comes out. The only criticism I would have is that after each podcast I usually want to buy the book because I am interested so my poor wallet suffers. ” — GarethBe like Gareth. Buy a book: All the books featured on Founders Podcast

Founders ✓ Claim Key Takeaways Check out the episode pageRead the full notes @ podcastnotes.orgWhat I learned from reading How To Be Rich by J. Paul Getty. ----Build relationships with other founders, investors, and executives at a Founders Event----"Learning from history is a form of leverage." — Charlie Munger. Founders Notes gives you the superpower to learn from history's greatest entrepreneurs on demand. You can search all my notes and highlights from every book I've ever read for the podcast. Get access to Founders Notes here. You can also ask SAGE (the Founders Notes AI assistant) any question and SAGE will read all my notes, highlights, and every transcript from every episode for you. A few questions I've asked SAGE recently: What are the most important leadership lessons from history's greatest entrepreneurs?Can you give me a summary of Warren Buffett's best ideas? (Substitute any founder covered on the podcast and you'll get a comprehensive and easy to read summary of their ideas) How did Edwin Land find new employees to hire? Any unusual sources to find talent?What are some strategies that Cornelius Vanderbilt used against his competitors?Get access to Founders Notes here. ----(2:00) My father was a self-made man who had known extreme poverty in his youth and had a practically limitless capacity for hard work.(6:00) I acted as my own geologist, legal advisor, drilling superintendent, explosives expert, roughneck and roustabout.(8:00) Michael Jordan: The Life by Roland Lazenby. (Founders #212) (12:00) Control as much of your business as possible. You don't want to have to worry about what is going on in the other guy's shop.(20:00) Optimism is a moral duty. Pessimism aborts opportunity.(21:00) I studied the lives of great men and women. And I found that the men and women who got to the top were those who did the jobs they had in hand, with everything they had of energy and enthusiasm and hard work.(22:00) 98 percent of our attention was devoted to the task at hand. We are believers in Carlyle's Prescription, that the job a man is to do is the job at hand and not see what lies dimly in the distance. — Charlie Munger(27:00) Entrepreneurs want to create their own security.(34:00) Example is the best means to instruct or inspire others.(37:00) Long orders, which require much time to prepare, to read and to understand are the enemies of speed. Napoleon could issue orders of few sentences which clearly expressed his intentions and required little time to issue and to understand.(38:00) A Few Lessons for Investors and Managers From Warren Buffett by Warren Buffett and Peter Bevelin. (Founders #202) (41:00) Two principles he repeats:Be where the work is happening.Get rid of bureaucracy.(43:00) Years ago, businessmen automatically kept administrative overhead to an absolute minimum. The present day trend is in exactly the opposite direction. The modern business mania is to build greater and ever greater paper shuffling empires.(44:00) Les Schwab Pride In Performance: Keep It Going!by Les Schwab (Founders #330) (46:00) The primary function of management is to obtain results through people.(50:00) the truly great leader views reverses, calmly and coolly. He is fully aware that they are bound to occur occasionally and he refuses to be unnerved by them.(51:00) There is always something wrong everywhere.(51:00) Don't interrupt the compounding. It's all about the long term. You should keep a fortress of cash, reinvest in your business, and use debt sparingly. Doing so will help you survive to reap the long-term benefits of your business.(54:00) You'll go much farther if you stop trying to look and act and think like everyone else.(55:00) The line that divides majority opinion from mass hysteria is often so fine as to be virtually invisible.----“I have listened to every episode released and look forward to every episode that comes out. The only criticism I would have is that after each podcast I usually want to buy the book because I am interested so my poor wallet suffers. ” — GarethBe like Gareth. Buy a book: All the books featured on Founders Podcast

What I learned from reading How To Be Rich by J. Paul Getty. ----Build relationships with other founders, investors, and executives at a Founders Event----"Learning from history is a form of leverage." — Charlie Munger. Founders Notes gives you the superpower to learn from history's greatest entrepreneurs on demand. You can search all my notes and highlights from every book I've ever read for the podcast. Get access to Founders Notes here. You can also ask SAGE (the Founders Notes AI assistant) any question and SAGE will read all my notes, highlights, and every transcript from every episode for you. A few questions I've asked SAGE recently: What are the most important leadership lessons from history's greatest entrepreneurs?Can you give me a summary of Warren Buffett's best ideas? (Substitute any founder covered on the podcast and you'll get a comprehensive and easy to read summary of their ideas) How did Edwin Land find new employees to hire? Any unusual sources to find talent?What are some strategies that Cornelius Vanderbilt used against his competitors?Get access to Founders Notes here. ----(2:00) My father was a self-made man who had known extreme poverty in his youth and had a practically limitless capacity for hard work.(6:00) I acted as my own geologist, legal advisor, drilling superintendent, explosives expert, roughneck and roustabout.(8:00) Michael Jordan: The Life by Roland Lazenby. (Founders #212) (12:00) Control as much of your business as possible. You don't want to have to worry about what is going on in the other guy's shop.(20:00) Optimism is a moral duty. Pessimism aborts opportunity.(21:00) I studied the lives of great men and women. And I found that the men and women who got to the top were those who did the jobs they had in hand, with everything they had of energy and enthusiasm and hard work.(22:00) 98 percent of our attention was devoted to the task at hand. We are believers in Carlyle's Prescription, that the job a man is to do is the job at hand and not see what lies dimly in the distance. — Charlie Munger(27:00) Entrepreneurs want to create their own security.(34:00) Example is the best means to instruct or inspire others.(37:00) Long orders, which require much time to prepare, to read and to understand are the enemies of speed. Napoleon could issue orders of few sentences which clearly expressed his intentions and required little time to issue and to understand.(38:00) A Few Lessons for Investors and Managers From Warren Buffett by Warren Buffett and Peter Bevelin. (Founders #202) (41:00) Two principles he repeats:Be where the work is happening.Get rid of bureaucracy.(43:00) Years ago, businessmen automatically kept administrative overhead to an absolute minimum. The present day trend is in exactly the opposite direction. The modern business mania is to build greater and ever greater paper shuffling empires.(44:00) Les Schwab Pride In Performance: Keep It Going!by Les Schwab (Founders #330) (46:00) The primary function of management is to obtain results through people.(50:00) the truly great leader views reverses, calmly and coolly. He is fully aware that they are bound to occur occasionally and he refuses to be unnerved by them.(51:00) There is always something wrong everywhere.(51:00) Don't interrupt the compounding. It's all about the long term. You should keep a fortress of cash, reinvest in your business, and use debt sparingly. Doing so will help you survive to reap the long-term benefits of your business.(54:00) You'll go much farther if you stop trying to look and act and think like everyone else.(55:00) The line that divides majority opinion from mass hysteria is often so fine as to be virtually invisible.----“I have listened to every episode released and look forward to every episode that comes out. The only criticism I would have is that after each podcast I usually want to buy the book because I am interested so my poor wallet suffers. ” — GarethBe like Gareth. Buy a book: All the books featured on Founders Podcast

Roland Lazenby (MAGIC: The Life of Earvin "Magic" Johnson, Michael Jordan: The Life) joins host Thomas Emerick to revisit a passing-of-the-torch NBA Finals closeout game between the Bulls and Lakers. Lazenby covered this series as well as wrote biographies on Magic, Michael, and Phil Jackson. The story doesn't end here in 1991 either. This is Remember That Game, the podcast about sporting events that take you on a journey and chart the path of the zeitgeist. I'm your host Thomas Emerick, enjoy the show. Follow Remember That Game for the full archive: Apple Spotify YouTube "Remember That Game" in search wherever you get your podcasts More from Roland Lazenby: MAGIC: The Life of Earvin "Magic" Johnson (Celadon Books) Michael Jordan: The Life (Hachette Book Group) Mindgames: Phil Jackson's Long Strange Journey (Amazon) More from Game 5 of the 1991 NBA Finals between the Chicago Bulls and Los Angeles Lakers: Box Score: Chicago Bulls 108, Los Angeles Lakers 101 (Pro Basketball Reference) Scottie Pippen scores a game-high 32 points Magic Johnson still goes for the 20-rebound triple-double in the loss Michael Jordan finds John Paxson for key buckets to close out the series 4-1 Game 1 intro (YouTube) Game 5 intro (YouTube) Game 5 highlights (YouTube) HOST RotoViz Contributor Thomas Emerick (@ThomasEmerick) Guest Best-selling author and award-winning sportswriter Roland Lazenby (@lazenby) SHOW NOTES BetterHelp - This episode is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/ROTOVIZ and get on your way to being your best self. Underdog Fantasy – Get a 100% deposit match on your first deposit up to $100 when you sign up at Underdogfantasy.com using this link or the promo code ROTOVIZ. Listeners of RotoViz Radio can save 10% on a one-year RotoViz subscription by visiting RotoViz.com/podcast or by using the promotional code "rvradio2024" at the time of purchase. Gametime - Download the Gametime app, create an account, and use code ROTOVIZ for $20 off RotoViz Radio provides the power for Remember That Game: Subscribe to the RotoViz Radio on YouTube Follow and direct message: @ThomasEmerick Email: emericktc@gmail.com Subscribe: Remember That Game on YouTube Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Roland Lazenby (MAGIC: The Life of Earvin "Magic" Johnson, Michael Jordan: The Life) joins host Thomas Emerick to revisit a passing-of-the-torch NBA Finals closeout game between the Bulls and Lakers. Lazenby covered this series as well as wrote biographies on Magic, Michael, and Phil Jackson. The story doesn't end here in 1991 either. This is Remember That Game, the podcast about sporting events that take you on a journey and chart the path of the zeitgeist. I'm your host Thomas Emerick, enjoy the show. Follow Remember That Game for the full archive: Apple Spotify YouTube "Remember That Game" in search wherever you get your podcasts More from Roland Lazenby: MAGIC: The Life of Earvin "Magic" Johnson (Celadon Books) Michael Jordan: The Life (Hachette Book Group) Mindgames: Phil Jackson's Long Strange Journey (Amazon) More from Game 5 of the 1991 NBA Finals between the Chicago Bulls and Los Angeles Lakers: Box Score: Chicago Bulls 108, Los Angeles Lakers 101 (Pro Basketball Reference) Scottie Pippen scores a game-high 32 points Second-year Laker out of Yugoslavia Vlade Divac adds to his series-high 17 offensive boards Magic Johnson still goes for the 20-rebound triple-double in the loss Michael Jordan finds John Paxson for key buckets to close out the series 4-1, as MJ became the rare — rare for everyone else at least — simultaneous NBA regular season and Finals MVP Game 1 intro (YouTube) Game 5 intro (YouTube) Game 5 highlights (YouTube) HOST RotoViz Contributor Thomas Emerick (@ThomasEmerick) Guest Best-selling author and award-winning sportswriter Roland Lazenby (@lazenby) SHOW NOTES BetterHelp - This episode is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/ROTOVIZ and get on your way to being your best self. Underdog Fantasy – Get a 100% deposit match on your first deposit up to $100 when you sign up at Underdogfantasy.com using this link or the promo code ROTOVIZ. Listeners of RotoViz Radio can save 10% on a one-year RotoViz subscription by visiting RotoViz.com/podcast or by using the promotional code "rvradio2024" at the time of purchase. Gametime - Download the Gametime app, create an account, and use code ROTOVIZ for $20 off RotoViz Radio provides the power for Remember That Game: Subscribe to the RotoViz Radio on YouTube Follow and direct message: @ThomasEmerick Email: emericktc@gmail.com Subscribe: Remember That Game on YouTube Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sein Werdegang als Kommentator & Erfahrungen als Vater dreier Spitzensportler/innen Der Link zur heutigen Folge Links zur Folge Die Elhadj Diouf Foundation Die Aktion von Anton Stach für die Foundation Mehr zu Matthias Stach Mehr zu Emma Stach Mehr zu Anton Stach Mehr zu Lotta Stach Dokumentation: The last Dance Erwähnte Bücher: Michael Jordan: The Life von Roland Lazenby & 1974 von Ronald Reng Weitere Links Die Sportfamilie Die Fitnessrevolutionäre Meine Website Meine Bücher Du möchtest deinen Podcast auch kostenlos hosten und damit Geld verdienen? Dann schaue auf www.kostenlos-hosten.de und informiere dich. Dort erhältst du alle Informationen zu unseren kostenlosen Podcast-Hosting-Angeboten. kostenlos-hosten.de ist ein Produkt der Podcastbude.Gern unterstützen wir dich bei deiner Podcast-Produktion.

Sein Werdegang als Kommentator & Erfahrungen als Vater dreier Spitzensportler/innen Der Link zur heutigen Folge Links zur Folge Die Elhadj Diouf Foundation Die Aktion von Anton Stach für die Foundation Mehr zu Matthias Stach Mehr zu Emma Stach Mehr zu Anton Stach Mehr zu Lotta Stach Dokumentation: The last Dance Erwähnte Bücher: Michael Jordan: The Life von Roland Lazenby & 1974 von Ronald Reng Weitere Links Die Sportfamilie Die Fitnessrevolutionäre Meine Website Meine Bücher Du möchtest deinen Podcast auch kostenlos hosten und damit Geld verdienen? Dann schaue auf www.kostenlos-hosten.de und informiere dich. Dort erhältst du alle Informationen zu unseren kostenlosen Podcast-Hosting-Angeboten. kostenlos-hosten.de ist ein Produkt der Podcastbude.Gern unterstützen wir dich bei deiner Podcast-Produktion.

What I learned from reading Relentless: From Good to Great to Unstoppable by Tim Grover and Winning: The Unforgiving Race to Greatness by Tim Grover. ----Get access to the World's Most Valuable Notebook for Founders at Founders Notes----Follow Founders Podcast on YouTube ----(3:00) What I am giving you is insight into the mentality of those who have found unparalleled success by trusting their own instincts.(3:00) Mozart: A Life by Paul Johnson. (Founders #240)(6:00) Michael was the best because he was relentless about winning. No matter how many times he won he always wanted more and he was always willing to do whatever it took to get it.(6:00) Michael never cared about achieving mere greatness. He cared about being the best ever.(7:00) These are the most driven individuals you'll ever know, with an unmatched genius for what they do: they don't just perform a job, they reinvent it.(8:00) Alex Rodriguez interviews Kobe Bryant (11:00) The most important thing, the one thing that defines and separates him from any other competitor: He's addicted to the exquisite rush of success and he'll alter his entire life to get it.(11:00) The mind will play tricks on you. The mind was telling you that you couldn't go any further. The mind was telling you how much it hurt. The mind was telling you these things to keep you from reaching your goal. But you have to see past that, turn it all off if you are going to get where you want to be. ——Driven From Within by Michael Jordan and Mark Vancil. (Founders #213)(12:30) If one thing separated Michael from every other player, it was his stunning ability to block out everything and everyone else. He was able to shut out everything except his mission.(14:00) At some point you made something simple into something complicated.(16:00) Being at the extreme in your craft is very important in the age of leverage. The best person in the world at anything gets to do it for everyone.(20:00) A 600 page biography of Kobe Bryant: The Life of Kobe Bryant by Roland Lazenby. (Founders #272)(21:00) This could be an ad for FOUNDERS NOTES The greats never stop learning.All the hours of work have created an unstoppable internal resource you can draw on in any situation.(22:00) Mostly he tested himself. It seemed that he discovered the secret quite early in his competitive life: the more pressure he heaped on himself the greater his ability to rise to the occasion.— Michael Jordan: The Life by Roland Lazenby. (Founders #212)(23:00) Kobe and Ahmad Rashad interview(23:00) Be indifferent to the opinions of other people. Michael does not care what you think. Kobe does not care what you think. There is no one that can hold them to a higher standard than themselves.(34:00) How Kobe Bryant knew he was going to win a lot of championships:It was easy to size other players up in the NBA. I found that a lot of guys played for financial stability. Once they got that financial stability the passion, the work ethic, and the obsessiveness was gone. Once I saw that I thought, “This is going to be like taking candy from a baby. No wonder Michael Jordan wins all these fucking championships.”(35:00) Michael Jordan worked on consistency, relentlessly.(49:00) A good competitor always evaluates his oppenent. And you understand him for what he really is. You never try to give him confidence you try to take it at all times. — Michael Jordan video(53:00) Everyone wanted to be like Mike. Mike did not want to be like anyone else.(1:07:00) Creative Selection: Inside Apple's Design Process During the Golden Age of Steve Jobs by Ken Kocienda. (Founders #281)(1:07:00) Stop adding. Start deleting. Winning demands total focus.(1:11:00)  It started with hope.It started with hope.We went from a shitty team to one of the all time greatest dynasties.All you needed was one little match to start that whole fire.----Get access to the World's Most Valuable Notebook for Founders at Founders Notes----“I have listened to every episode released and look forward to every episode that comes out. The only criticism I would have is that after each podcast I usually want to buy the book because I am interested so my poor wallet suffers. ” — GarethBe like Gareth. Buy a book: All the books featured on Founders Podcast

Magic: The Life of Earvin “Magic” Johnson by Roland LazenbyThe definitive biography of the basketball legend Earvin “Magic” Johnson, from the highly respected, career sportswriter and author of Michael Jordan: The Life.Magic Johnson is one of the most beloved, and at times controversial, athletes in history. His iconic smile lifted the dowdy sport of American professional basketball from a second-tier sport with low ratings into the global spotlight―a transformation driven by Magic's ability to eviscerate opponents with a playing style that featured his grand sense of fun. He was a master entertainer who directed the Los Angeles “Showtime” Lakers to the heights of both glory and epic excess, all of it driven by his mind-blowing no-look passes and personal charm.Then, in 1991, at the height of his charismatic power, Johnson shocked the world with a startling cautionary tale about sexually transmitted disease that pushed public awareness of the HIV/AIDS crisis. Then out came his confession of unprotected sex with hundreds of women each year, followed by his retirement, an attempted return, and a proper farewell on the iconic 1992 Olympic Dream Team.Longtime biographer Roland Lazenby spent years tracking the unlikely ascension of Johnson―an immensely popular public figure who was instantly scandalized but who then turned to his legendary will to rise again as a successful entrepreneur with another level of hard-won success. In Lazenby's portrayal, Johnson's tale becomes bigger than that of one man. It is a generational saga spanning parts of three centuries that reveals a great deal, not just about his unique basketball journey but about America itself.Through hundreds of interviews with Johnson's coaches, representatives past and present, teammates, opponents, friends, and loved ones, as well as key conversations with Johnson himself over the years, Lazenby has produced the first truly definitive study, both dark and light, of Earvin “Magic” Johnson, Jr.―the revolutionary player, the icon, the man.https://www.amazon.com/Magic-Life-Earvin-Johnson/dp/1250248035http://www.bluefunkbroadcasting.com/root/twia/rlmagic2023.mp3  

Diving into the similarities, differences, and lessons we can learn from the lives of the two legends Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant-----Check out my new book Chasing Greatness: Timeless Stories on the Pursuit of ExcellenceSign up for my weekly greatness newsletter sent out every Saturday morning with stories, lessons, and quotes from greats throughout history, and some thoughts from me.-----Show Notes1:15 - Defining Moments5:15 - Obsession vs Controlled Obsession“The most dedicated athlete I've ever worked with by far. Jordan would do the extra work when he needed to. Kobe was always going. His dedication to being the best basketball player, to me, was unparalleled. - Tex Winter8:30 - Confidence + Irrational Belief“His competence was exceeded only by his confidence.” - Lacy Banks on MJ11:57 - Self-Made Motivation“If you look at his path, it's filled with moments of sort of created challenges for himself to raise his level. The thing that amazes me is that the standards he has set are so unbelievably high that it's almost unfair that he has to maintain them.” - Steve Kerr on MJ14:38 - Find Your Team16:16 - Be a Sponge“Kobe was like a sponge. If he wanted to know something, he'd come and ask you…show me how you do this, show me how you do that.”18:15 - Be a Competitor“Jordan came to practice every day like it was Game 7 of the NBA finals. He would destroy you in practice. That's what set the tone of our team.”20:10 - One Big Takeaway“The moment is bigger than the injury. You don't feel the pain.” - Kobe BryantCheck out Roland Lazenby's books Showboat: The Life of Kobe Bryant and Michael Jordan: The Life to dive deeper into their stories. 

What I learned from reading Michael Jordan: The Life by Roland Lazenby.---Join Founders AMAMembers of Founders AMA can:-Email me your questions directly (you get a private email address in the confirmation email) -Promote your company to other members by including a link to your website with you question -Unlock 27 Ask Me Anything (AMA) episodes immediately-Listen to new Ask Me Anything (AMA) episodes every week ---(5:07) His competence was exceeded only by his confidence.(5:58) He worked at the game, and if he wasn't good at something, he had the motivation to be the best at it.(6:33) It seemed that he discovered the secret quite early in his competitive life: the more pressure he heaped on himself, the greater his ability to rise to the occasion.(14:06) At each step along his path, others would express amazement at how hard he competed. At every level, he was driven as if he were pursuing something that others couldn't see.(16:10) Whenever I was working out and got tired and figured I ought to stop, I'd close my eyes and see that list in the locker room without my name on it, and that got me going again.(19:29) Jordan could sense immediately that he had something the others didn't.(59:53) The Jordan Rules succeeded against the Bulls so well that they became textbook for guarding athletic scorers. The scheme helped Detroit win two NBA championships, but it also helped in the long run, by forcing Jordan to find an answer. "I think that 'Jordan Rules' defense, as much as anything else, played a part in the making of Michael Jordan," Tex Winter said.(1:16:35) Jordan had been surprised to learn how lazy many of his Olympic teammates were about practice, how they were deceiving themselves about what the game required.(1:19:56) I have always liked practice and I hate to miss it. When you miss that one day, you feel like you missed a lot. You take extra work to make up for that one day. I've always been a practice player. I believe in it.(1:29:47) Jordan presented a singleness of purpose that was hard to dent.----Join Founders AMAMembers of Founders AMA can:-Email me your questions directly (you get a private email address in the confirmation email) -Promote your company to other members by including a link to your website with you question -Unlock 27 Ask Me Anything (AMA) episodes immediately-Listen to new Ask Me Anything (AMA) episodes every week ----“I have listened to every episode released and look forward to every episode that comes out. The only criticism I would have is that after each podcast I usually want to buy the book because I am interested, so my poor wallet suffers.” — GarethBe like Gareth. Buy a book: All the books featured on Founders Podcast

June 16, 1996. Michael Jordan leads the Chicago Bulls to their fourth NBA Championship. Many basketball fans consider 1995-96 to be Jordan's best individual season, and that Bulls squad as perhaps the greatest in the history of team sports.But behind the scenes, Jordan is still grieving over the death of his father, a traumatic event that led to him stepping away from basketball for over a year to pursue professional baseball. Without him, the Bulls fall into chaos. Today, a look back at one of darkest and most difficult chapters in Jordan's incredible career: Why he stepped away from the game he loved so much, and how he was able to return, triumphant.Special thanks to our guests: Terry Francona, two-time World Series champion manager; Sam Smith, writer for Bulls.com and author of “The Jordan Rules”; and Roland Lazenby, author of "Michael Jordan: The Life," and whose biography of Magic Johnson will be out in October 2023. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

 The new movie AIR produced by Ben Affleck and Matt Damon deals with Sonny Vacarro and his signing of Michael Jordan for Nike and ultimately the Air Jordan brand.  Damon plays Sonny in the film.  From our archives, an interview from 2015 with Sonny talking about his ESPN 30 for 30 documentary "Sole Man".  He talks about signing MJ, Nike and Kobe Bryant.   And for more on Michael Jordan, I highly recommend the international bestseller "Michael Jordan: The Life" by famed sportswriter Roland Lazenby.https://www.amazon.com/Michael-Jordan-Life-Roland-Lazenby/dp/031619476X   The definitive biography of a legendary athlete.The Shrug. The Shot. The Flu Game. Michael Jordan is responsible for sublime moments so ingrained in sports history that they have their own names. When most people think of him, they think of his beautiful shots with the game on the line, his body totally in sync with the ball -- hitting nothing but net.But for all his greatness, this scion of a complex family from North Carolina's Coastal Plain has a darker side: he's a ruthless competitor and a lover of high stakes. There's never been a biography that encompassed the dual nature of his character and looked so deeply at Jordan on and off the court -- until now.Basketball journalist Roland Lazenby spent almost thirty years covering Michael Jordan's career in college and the pros. He witnessed Jordan's growth from a skinny rookie to the instantly recognizable global ambassador for basketball whose business savvy and success have millions of kids still wanting to be just like Mike. Yet Lazenby also witnessed the Michael Jordan whose drive and appetite are more fearsome and more insatiable than any of his fans could begin to know.Michael Jordan: The Life explores both sides of his personality to reveal the fullest, most compelling story of the man who is Michael Jordan. Lazenby draws on his personal relationships with Jordan's coaches; countless interviews with Jordan's friends, teammates, and family members; and interviews with Jordan himself to provide the first truly definitive study of Michael Jordan: the player, the icon, and the man.

4 of 4!! "You are the sum total of the 5 people you spend the most time with." Ever since I heard that quote, I knew I needed to up my game. I ended old friendships, put my dog down, and resolved to only hang out with the greats. Only problem is.... I live on a compound in Indiana. So, since I can't ACTUALLY hang out with geniuses all the time, I've found a clever workaround. Study them. Roland Lazenby takes us on a mystical journey, a deep analysis of THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME, Michael Jordan. Written with mindblowing prose, this series goes by quick. DRINK every time Roland shows his MASTERY of the English Language. Good luck.

Podcast: Founders (LS 59 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: #286 Warren Buffett and Charlie MungerPub date: 2023-01-16What I learned from reading All I Want To Know Is Where I'm Going To Die So I'll Never Go There: Buffett & Munger – A Study in Simplicity and Uncommon, Common Sense by Peter Bevelin. ----Come see a live show with me and Patrick O'Shaughnessy from Invest Like The Best on October 19th in New York City. Get your tickets here! ----This episode is brought to you by: Tiny: Tiny is the easiest way to sell your business. Quick and straightforward exits for Founders.----Follow one of my favorite podcasts Invest Like The Best and listen to episode Mitch Lasky—The Business of GamingFollow the podcast Gamecraft to learn more about the history of the video game industry. ----[2:01] Buffett and Munger have a remarkable ability to eliminate folly, simplify things, boil down issues to their essence, get right to the point, and focus on simple and timeless truths.[3:00] The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness by Naval Ravikant and Eric Jorgenson.  (Founders #191)[4:00] Warren Buffet or Charlie Munger are the very wise grandfather figure that I never had.[5:00] To try to live your life totally free of mistakes is a life of inaction. —Warren Buffett[5:00] The sign above the players' entrance to the field at Notre Dame reads ´Play Like a Champion Today.' I sometimes joke that the sign at Nebraska reads 'Remember Your Helmet.' Charlie and I are 'Remember Your Helmet' kind of guys.' We like to keep it simple. (You must structure your life and business to be able to survive the inevitable bad decisions you're going to make.)[5:00] Wisdom is prevention. —Charlie Munger[6:00] We make actual decisions very rapidly, but that's because we've spent so much time preparing ourselves by quietly sitting and reading and thinking. —Charlie Munger[7:00] If you get into the mental habit of relating what you're reading to the basic underlying ideas being demonstrated, you gradually accumulate some wisdom. —Charlie Munger[7:00] At Berkshire, we don't have any meetings or committees, and I can think of no better way to become more intelligent than sit down and read. I hate meetings, frankly. I have created something that I enjoy: I happen to enjoy reading a lot, and I happen to enjoy thinking about things. —Warren Buffett[7:00] We both hate to have too many forward commitments in our schedules. We both insist on a lot of time being available to just sit and think. —Charlie Munger[8:00] I need eight hours of sleep. I think better. I have more energy. My mood is better. And think about it: As a senior executive, what do you really get paid to do? You get paid to make a small number of high-quality decisions. — Invent and Wander: The Collected Writings of Jeff Bezos, With an Introduction by Walter Isaacson. (Founders #155)[9:00] I think people that multitask pay a huge price. When you multitask so much, you don't have time to think about anything deeply. You're giving the world an advantage you shouldn't do. Practically everybody is drifting into that mistake. I did not succeed in life by intelligence. I succeeded because I have a long attention span. —Charlie Munger[9:00] Jony Ive on Steve Jobs: Steve was the most remarkably focused person I've ever met. (Video)[11:00] It is just that simple. We've had enough good sense when something was working well, keep doing it. The fundamental algorithm of life: repeat what works. —Charlie Munger[13:00] ALL THE BUFFETT AND MUNGER EPISODES:Berkshire Hathaway Letters to Shareholders 1965-2018 by Warren Buffett. (Founders #88) The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life by Alice Schroeder. (Founders #100)The Tao of Warren Buffett by Mary Buffett & David Clark. (Founders #101) Buffett: The Making of an American Capitalist by Roger Lowenstein. (Founders #182) A Few Lessons for Investors and Managers From Warren Buffett by Warren Buffett and Peter Bevelin. (Founders #202) The Essays of Warren Buffett by Warren Buffett and Lawrence Cunningham. (Founders #227)  Tao of Charlie Munger by David Clark (Founders #78) Charlie Munger: The Complete Investor by Tren Griffin. (Founders #79) Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger. (Founders #90) Damn Right: Behind the Scenes with Berkshire Hathaway Billionaire Charlie Munger by Janet Lowe. (Founders #221) [14:00] Buffett: It's an inversion process. Start out with failure, and then engineer its removal.[15:00] Munger: I figure out what I don't like instead of figuring out what I like in order to get what I like.[15:00] Repetition is the mother of learning.[17:00] Munger: You can see the results of not learning from others' mistakes by simply looking about you. How little originality there is in the common disasters of mankind. (Business failures through repetition of obvious mistakes made by predecessors and so on.)[18:00] Munger: History allows you to keep things in perspective.[18:00] Everything that needs to be said has already been said. But since no one was listening, everything must be said again.[19:00] Berkshire was a small business at one time. It just takes time. It is the nature of compound interest. You cannot build it in one day or one week.[20:00] Pretend that every single person you meet has a sign around his or her neck that says, “Make me feel important.”[22:00] Buffett: In almost 60 years of investing we found it practically useless to give advice to anyone.[23:00] Munger: One of my favorite stories is about the little boy in Texas. The teacher asked the class, If there are nine sheep in the pen and one jumps out, how many are left? And everybody got the answer right except this little boy, who said, None of them are left. And the teacher said, You don't understand arithmetic. And he said No, teacher. You don't understand sheep.[25:00] Quite often Henry simply talked about his philosophy of running a corporation and the various financial strategies that he came up with as he sat in his corner office each day, often working at his Apple computer. He was a brilliant business strategist, just as he was a brilliant chess strategist and he came up with many creative ideas, ideas that were sometimes contrary to the currently accepted methods of managing a large corporation that prevailed in those days.“He always tries to work out the best moves," Shannon said, "and maybe he doesn't like to talk too much, because when you are playing a game you don't tell anyone else what your strategy is." — Distant Force: A Memoir of the Teledyne Corporation and the Man Who Created It by Dr. George Roberts. (Founders #110)[28:00] Buffett: The difference between successful people and very successful people is that very successful people say no to almost everything.[29:00] If you want to know whether you are destined to be a success or a failure in life, you can easily find out. The test is simple and it is infallible: Are you able to save money? If not, drop out. You will lose. You may think not, but you will lose as sure as you live. The seed of success is not in you. — James J. Hill: Empire Builder of the Northwest by Michael P. Malone. (Founders #96)[31:00] Buffett: Life tends to snap you at your weakest link.[35:00] Sol Price: Retail Revolutionary & Social Innovator by Robert E. Price (Founders #107)[38:00] Paul Graham's essays (Founders #275-277)[39:00] I'm very suspect of the person who is very good at one business, who starts thinking they should tell the world how to behave on everything. —Warren Buffett[42:00] The Essays of Warren Buffett by Warren Buffett and Lawrence Cunningham. (Founders #227)[44:00] This life isn't a greenroom for something else. He went for it. —Bourdain: The Definitive Oral Biography by Laurie Woolever.[44:00] Buffett: We're here on the earth only one time so you ought to be doing something that you enjoy as you go along and you can be enthusiastic about.[48:00] Personal History by Katherine Graham. (Founders #152)[49:00] The problem is not getting rich, it is staying sane. —Charlie Munger[54:00] Learning is not memorizing information. Learning is changing your behavior. Most people can't learn from the experiences of other people: Charlie and I don't expect to win you over to our way of thinking—we've observed enough human behavior to know the futility of that, but we do want you to be aware of our personal calculus.[57:00] We are individual opportunity driven. Our acquisition technique at Berkshire is simplicity itself: We answer the phone.[1:00:00] A brand is a promise. —Warren Buffett[1:01:00] Obsess over customers. Buffett said this about Amazon in 2012: Amazon could affect a lot of businesses who don't think they will be affected. For Amazon, it is very hard to find unhappy customers. A business that has millions and millions of happy customers can introduce them to new items, it will be a powerhouse and could affect a lot of businesses.[1:03:00] Munger: We should make a list of everything that irritates a customer, and then we should eliminate those defects one by one.[1:04:00] Most companies, when they get rich, get sloppy.[1:05:00] Munger: One of the models in my head is the 'Northern Pike Model. You have a lake full of trout. But if you throw in a few northern pike, pretty soon there aren't many trout left but a lot of northern pike. Wal-Mart in its early days was the northern pike. It figured out how the customer could be better served and just galloped through the world like Genghis Kahn.[1:09:00] Practice! Michael Jordan: The Life by Roland Lazenby. (Founders #212)[1:10:00] Market forecasters will fill your ear, but they will never fill your wallet.[1:11:00] We don't have any new tricks. We just know the old tricks better.----Subscribe to listen to Founders Premium — Subscribers can ask me questions directly which I will answer in Ask Me Anything (AMA) episodes ----“I have listened to every episode released and look forward to every episode that comes out. The only criticism I would have is that after each podcast I usually want to buy the book because I am interested so my poor wallet suffers. ” — GarethBe like Gareth. Buy a book: All the books featured on Founders PodcastThe podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from David Senra , which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.

Podcast: Founders (LS 61 · TOP 0.1% what is this?)Episode: #286 Warren Buffett and Charlie MungerPub date: 2023-01-16What I learned from reading All I Want To Know Is Where I'm Going To Die So I'll Never Go There: Buffett & Munger – A Study in Simplicity and Uncommon, Common Sense by Peter Bevelin. ----Get access to the World's Most Valuable Notebook for Founders by investing in a subscription to Founders Notes----Follow one of my favorite podcasts Invest Like The Best and listen to episode Mitch Lasky—The Business of GamingFollow the podcast Gamecraft to learn more about the history of the video game industry. ----[2:01] Buffett and Munger have a remarkable ability to eliminate folly, simplify things, boil down issues to their essence, get right to the point, and focus on simple and timeless truths.[3:00] The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness by Naval Ravikant and Eric Jorgenson.  (Founders #191)[4:00] Warren Buffet or Charlie Munger are the very wise grandfather figure that I never had.[5:00] To try to live your life totally free of mistakes is a life of inaction. —Warren Buffett[5:00] The sign above the players' entrance to the field at Notre Dame reads ´Play Like a Champion Today.' I sometimes joke that the sign at Nebraska reads 'Remember Your Helmet.' Charlie and I are 'Remember Your Helmet' kind of guys.' We like to keep it simple. (You must structure your life and business to be able to survive the inevitable bad decisions you're going to make.)[5:00] Wisdom is prevention. —Charlie Munger[6:00] We make actual decisions very rapidly, but that's because we've spent so much time preparing ourselves by quietly sitting and reading and thinking. —Charlie Munger[7:00] If you get into the mental habit of relating what you're reading to the basic underlying ideas being demonstrated, you gradually accumulate some wisdom. —Charlie Munger[7:00] At Berkshire, we don't have any meetings or committees, and I can think of no better way to become more intelligent than sit down and read. I hate meetings, frankly. I have created something that I enjoy: I happen to enjoy reading a lot, and I happen to enjoy thinking about things. —Warren Buffett[7:00] We both hate to have too many forward commitments in our schedules. We both insist on a lot of time being available to just sit and think. —Charlie Munger[8:00] I need eight hours of sleep. I think better. I have more energy. My mood is better. And think about it: As a senior executive, what do you really get paid to do? You get paid to make a small number of high-quality decisions. — Invent and Wander: The Collected Writings of Jeff Bezos, With an Introduction by Walter Isaacson. (Founders #155)[9:00] I think people that multitask pay a huge price. When you multitask so much, you don't have time to think about anything deeply. You're giving the world an advantage you shouldn't do. Practically everybody is drifting into that mistake. I did not succeed in life by intelligence. I succeeded because I have a long attention span. —Charlie Munger[9:00] Jony Ive on Steve Jobs: Steve was the most remarkably focused person I've ever met. (Video)[11:00] It is just that simple. We've had enough good sense when something was working well, keep doing it. The fundamental algorithm of life: repeat what works. —Charlie Munger[13:00] ALL THE BUFFETT AND MUNGER EPISODES:Berkshire Hathaway Letters to Shareholders 1965-2018 by Warren Buffett. (Founders #88) The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life by Alice Schroeder. (Founders #100)The Tao of Warren Buffett by Mary Buffett & David Clark. (Founders #101) Buffett: The Making of an American Capitalist by Roger Lowenstein. (Founders #182) A Few Lessons for Investors and Managers From Warren Buffett by Warren Buffett and Peter Bevelin. (Founders #202) The Essays of Warren Buffett by Warren Buffett and Lawrence Cunningham. (Founders #227)  Tao of Charlie Munger by David Clark (Founders #78) Charlie Munger: The Complete Investor by Tren Griffin. (Founders #79) Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger. (Founders #90) Damn Right: Behind the Scenes with Berkshire Hathaway Billionaire Charlie Munger by Janet Lowe. (Founders #221) [14:00] Buffett: It's an inversion process. Start out with failure, and then engineer its removal.[15:00] Munger: I figure out what I don't like instead of figuring out what I like in order to get what I like.[15:00] Repetition is the mother of learning.[17:00] Munger: You can see the results of not learning from others' mistakes by simply looking about you. How little originality there is in the common disasters of mankind. (Business failures through repetition of obvious mistakes made by predecessors and so on.)[18:00] Munger: History allows you to keep things in perspective.[18:00] Everything that needs to be said has already been said. But since no one was listening, everything must be said again.[19:00] Berkshire was a small business at one time. It just takes time. It is the nature of compound interest. You cannot build it in one day or one week.[20:00] Pretend that every single person you meet has a sign around his or her neck that says, “Make me feel important.”[22:00] Buffett: In almost 60 years of investing we found it practically useless to give advice to anyone.[23:00] Munger: One of my favorite stories is about the little boy in Texas. The teacher asked the class, If there are nine sheep in the pen and one jumps out, how many are left? And everybody got the answer right except this little boy, who said, None of them are left. And the teacher said, You don't understand arithmetic. And he said No, teacher. You don't understand sheep.[25:00] Quite often Henry simply talked about his philosophy of running a corporation and the various financial strategies that he came up with as he sat in his corner office each day, often working at his Apple computer. He was a brilliant business strategist, just as he was a brilliant chess strategist and he came up with many creative ideas, ideas that were sometimes contrary to the currently accepted methods of managing a large corporation that prevailed in those days.“He always tries to work out the best moves," Shannon said, "and maybe he doesn't like to talk too much, because when you are playing a game you don't tell anyone else what your strategy is." — Distant Force: A Memoir of the Teledyne Corporation and the Man Who Created It by Dr. George Roberts. (Founders #110)[28:00] Buffett: The difference between successful people and very successful people is that very successful people say no to almost everything.[29:00] If you want to know whether you are destined to be a success or a failure in life, you can easily find out. The test is simple and it is infallible: Are you able to save money? If not, drop out. You will lose. You may think not, but you will lose as sure as you live. The seed of success is not in you. — James J. Hill: Empire Builder of the Northwest by Michael P. Malone. (Founders #96)[31:00] Buffett: Life tends to snap you at your weakest link.[35:00] Sol Price: Retail Revolutionary & Social Innovator by Robert E. Price (Founders #107)[38:00] Paul Graham's essays (Founders #275-277)[39:00] I'm very suspect of the person who is very good at one business, who starts thinking they should tell the world how to behave on everything. —Warren Buffett[42:00] The Essays of Warren Buffett by Warren Buffett and Lawrence Cunningham. (Founders #227)[44:00] This life isn't a greenroom for something else. He went for it. —Bourdain: The Definitive Oral Biography by Laurie Woolever.[44:00] Buffett: We're here on the earth only one time so you ought to be doing something that you enjoy as you go along and you can be enthusiastic about.[48:00] Personal History by Katherine Graham. (Founders #152)[49:00] The problem is not getting rich, it is staying sane. —Charlie Munger[54:00] Learning is not memorizing information. Learning is changing your behavior. Most people can't learn from the experiences of other people: Charlie and I don't expect to win you over to our way of thinking—we've observed enough human behavior to know the futility of that, but we do want you to be aware of our personal calculus.[57:00] We are individual opportunity driven. Our acquisition technique at Berkshire is simplicity itself: We answer the phone.[1:00:00] A brand is a promise. —Warren Buffett[1:01:00] Obsess over customers. Buffett said this about Amazon in 2012: Amazon could affect a lot of businesses who don't think they will be affected. For Amazon, it is very hard to find unhappy customers. A business that has millions and millions of happy customers can introduce them to new items, it will be a powerhouse and could affect a lot of businesses.[1:03:00] Munger: We should make a list of everything that irritates a customer, and then we should eliminate those defects one by one.[1:04:00] Most companies, when they get rich, get sloppy.[1:05:00] Munger: One of the models in my head is the 'Northern Pike Model. You have a lake full of trout. But if you throw in a few northern pike, pretty soon there aren't many trout left but a lot of northern pike. Wal-Mart in its early days was the northern pike. It figured out how the customer could be better served and just galloped through the world like Genghis Kahn.[1:09:00] Practice! Michael Jordan: The Life by Roland Lazenby. (Founders #212)[1:10:00] Market forecasters will fill your ear, but they will never fill your wallet.[1:11:00] We don't have any new tricks. We just know the old tricks better.----Get access to the World's Most Valuable Notebook for Founders by investing in a subscription to Founders Notes----“I have listened to every episode released and look forward to every episode that comes out. The only criticism I would have is that after each podcast I usually want to buy the book because I am interested so my poor wallet suffers. ” — GarethBe like Gareth. Buy a book: All the books featured on Founders PodcastThe podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from David Senra , which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.

3 of 4!!! "You are the sum total of the 5 people you spend the most time with." Ever since I heard that quote, I knew I needed to up my game. I ended old friendships, put my dog down, and resolved to only hang out with the greats. Only problem is.... I live on a compound in Indiana. So, since I can't ACTUALLY hang out with geniuses all the time, I've found a clever workaround. Study them. Roland Lazenby takes us on a mystical journey, a deep analysis of THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME, Michael Jordan. Written with mindblowing prose, this series goes by quick. DRINK every time Roland shows his MASTERY of the English Language. Good luck.

2 of 4! "You are the sum total of the 5 people you spend the most time with." Ever since I heard that quote, I knew I needed to up my game. I ended old friendships, put my dog down, and resolved to only hang out with the greats. Only problem is.... I live on a compound in Indiana. So, since I can't ACTUALLY hang out with geniuses all the time, I've found a clever workaround. Study them. Roland Lazenby takes us on a mystical journey, a deep analysis of THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME, Michael Jordan. Written with mindblowing prose, this series goes by quick. DRINK every time Roland shows his MASTERY of the English Language. Good luck.

1 of 4!!! "You are the sum total of the 5 people you spend the most time with." Ever since I heard that quote, I knew I needed to up my game. I ended old friendships, put my dog down, and resolved to only hang out with the greats. Only problem is.... I live on a compound in Indiana. So, since I can't ACTUALLY hang out with geniuses all the time, I've found a clever workaround. Study them. Roland Lazenby takes us on a mystical journey, a deep analysis of THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME, Michael Jordan. Written with mindblowing prose, this series goes by quick. DRINK every time Roland shows his MASTERY of the English Language. Good luck.

What I learned from reading All I Want To Know Is Where I'm Going To Die So I'll Never Go There: Buffett & Munger – A Study in Simplicity and Uncommon, Common Sense by Peter Bevelin. This episode is brought to you by: Tiny: Tiny is the easiest way to sell your business. Quick and straightforward exits for Founders.----Follow one of my favorite podcasts Invest Like The Best and listen to episode Mitch Lasky—The Business of GamingFollow the podcast Gamecraft to learn more about the history of the video game industry. ----[2:01] Buffett and Munger have a remarkable ability to eliminate folly, simplify things, boil down issues to their essence, get right to the point, and focus on simple and timeless truths.[3:00] The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness by Naval Ravikant and Eric Jorgenson.  (Founders #191)[4:00] Warren Buffet or Charlie Munger are the very wise grandfather figure that I never had.[5:00] To try to live your life totally free of mistakes is a life of inaction. —Warren Buffett[5:00] The sign above the players' entrance to the field at Notre Dame reads ´Play Like a Champion Today.' I sometimes joke that the sign at Nebraska reads 'Remember Your Helmet.' Charlie and I are 'Remember Your Helmet' kind of guys.' We like to keep it simple. (You must structure your life and business to be able to survive the inevitable bad decisions you're going to make.)[5:00] Wisdom is prevention. —Charlie Munger[6:00] We make actual decisions very rapidly, but that's because we've spent so much time preparing ourselves by quietly sitting and reading and thinking. —Charlie Munger[7:00] If you get into the mental habit of relating what you're reading to the basic underlying ideas being demonstrated, you gradually accumulate some wisdom. —Charlie Munger[7:00] At Berkshire, we don't have any meetings or committees, and I can think of no better way to become more intelligent than sit down and read. I hate meetings, frankly. I have created something that I enjoy: I happen to enjoy reading a lot, and I happen to enjoy thinking about things. —Warren Buffett[7:00] We both hate to have too many forward commitments in our schedules. We both insist on a lot of time being available to just sit and think. —Charlie Munger[8:00] I need eight hours of sleep. I think better. I have more energy. My mood is better. And think about it: As a senior executive, what do you really get paid to do? You get paid to make a small number of high-quality decisions. — Invent and Wander: The Collected Writings of Jeff Bezos, With an Introduction by Walter Isaacson. (Founders #155)[9:00] I think people that multitask pay a huge price. When you multitask so much, you don't have time to think about anything deeply. You're giving the world an advantage you shouldn't do. Practically everybody is drifting into that mistake. I did not succeed in life by intelligence. I succeeded because I have a long attention span. —Charlie Munger[9:00] Jony Ive on Steve Jobs: Steve was the most remarkably focused person I've ever met. (Video)[11:00] It is just that simple. We've had enough good sense when something was working well, keep doing it. The fundamental algorithm of life: repeat what works. —Charlie Munger[13:00] ALL THE BUFFETT AND MUNGER EPISODES:Berkshire Hathaway Letters to Shareholders 1965-2018 by Warren Buffett. (Founders #88) The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life by Alice Schroeder. (Founders #100)The Tao of Warren Buffett by Mary Buffett & David Clark. (Founders #101) Buffett: The Making of an American Capitalist by Roger Lowenstein. (Founders #182) A Few Lessons for Investors and Managers From Warren Buffett by Warren Buffett and Peter Bevelin. (Founders #202) The Essays of Warren Buffett by Warren Buffett and Lawrence Cunningham. (Founders #227)  Tao of Charlie Munger by David Clark (Founders #78) Charlie Munger: The Complete Investor by Tren Griffin. (Founders #79) Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger. (Founders #90) Damn Right: Behind the Scenes with Berkshire Hathaway Billionaire Charlie Munger by Janet Lowe. (Founders #221) [14:00] Buffett: It's an inversion process. Start out with failure, and then engineer its removal.[15:00] Munger: I figure out what I don't like instead of figuring out what I like in order to get what I like.[15:00] Repetition is the mother of learning.[17:00] Munger: You can see the results of not learning from others' mistakes by simply looking about you. How little originality there is in the common disasters of mankind. (Business failures through repetition of obvious mistakes made by predecessors and so on.)[18:00] Munger: History allows you to keep things in perspective.[18:00] Everything that needs to be said has already been said. But since no one was listening, everything must be said again.[19:00] Berkshire was a small business at one time. It just takes time. It is the nature of compound interest. You cannot build it in one day or one week.[20:00] Pretend that every single person you meet has a sign around his or her neck that says, “Make me feel important.”[22:00] Buffett: In almost 60 years of investing we found it practically useless to give advice to anyone.[23:00] Munger: One of my favorite stories is about the little boy in Texas. The teacher asked the class, If there are nine sheep in the pen and one jumps out, how many are left? And everybody got the answer right except this little boy, who said, None of them are left. And the teacher said, You don't understand arithmetic. And he said No, teacher. You don't understand sheep.[25:00] Quite often Henry simply talked about his philosophy of running a corporation and the various financial strategies that he came up with as he sat in his corner office each day, often working at his Apple computer. He was a brilliant business strategist, just as he was a brilliant chess strategist and he came up with many creative ideas, ideas that were sometimes contrary to the currently accepted methods of managing a large corporation that prevailed in those days.“He always tries to work out the best moves," Shannon said, "and maybe he doesn't like to talk too much, because when you are playing a game you don't tell anyone else what your strategy is." — Distant Force: A Memoir of the Teledyne Corporation and the Man Who Created It by Dr. George Roberts. (Founders #110)[28:00] Buffett: The difference between successful people and very successful people is that very successful people say no to almost everything.[29:00] If you want to know whether you are destined to be a success or a failure in life, you can easily find out. The test is simple and it is infallible: Are you able to save money? If not, drop out. You will lose. You may think not, but you will lose as sure as you live. The seed of success is not in you. — James J. Hill: Empire Builder of the Northwest by Michael P. Malone. (Founders #96)[31:00] Buffett: Life tends to snap you at your weakest link.[35:00] Sol Price: Retail Revolutionary & Social Innovator by Robert E. Price (Founders #107)[38:00] Paul Graham's essays (Founders #275-277)[39:00] I'm very suspect of the person who is very good at one business, who starts thinking they should tell the world how to behave on everything. —Warren Buffett[42:00] The Essays of Warren Buffett by Warren Buffett and Lawrence Cunningham. (Founders #227)[44:00] This life isn't a greenroom for something else. He went for it. —Bourdain: The Definitive Oral Biography by Laurie Woolever.[44:00] Buffett: We're here on the earth only one time so you ought to be doing something that you enjoy as you go along and you can be enthusiastic about.[48:00] Personal History by Katherine Graham. (Founders #152)[49:00] The problem is not getting rich, it is staying sane. —Charlie Munger[54:00] Learning is not memorizing information. Learning is changing your behavior. Most people can't learn from the experiences of other people: Charlie and I don't expect to win you over to our way of thinking—we've observed enough human behavior to know the futility of that, but we do want you to be aware of our personal calculus.[57:00] We are individual opportunity driven. Our acquisition technique at Berkshire is simplicity itself: We answer the phone.[1:00:00] A brand is a promise. —Warren Buffett[1:01:00] Obsess over customers. Buffett said this about Amazon in 2012: Amazon could affect a lot of businesses who don't think they will be affected. For Amazon, it is very hard to find unhappy customers. A business that has millions and millions of happy customers can introduce them to new items, it will be a powerhouse and could affect a lot of businesses.[1:03:00] Munger: We should make a list of everything that irritates a customer, and then we should eliminate those defects one by one.[1:04:00] Most companies, when they get rich, get sloppy.[1:05:00] Munger: One of the models in my head is the 'Northern Pike Model. You have a lake full of trout. But if you throw in a few northern pike, pretty soon there aren't many trout left but a lot of northern pike. Wal-Mart in its early days was the northern pike. It figured out how the customer could be better served and just galloped through the world like Genghis Kahn.[1:09:00] Practice! Michael Jordan: The Life by Roland Lazenby. (Founders #212)[1:10:00] Market forecasters will fill your ear, but they will never fill your wallet.[1:11:00] We don't have any new tricks. We just know the old tricks better.----Subscribe to listen to Founders Premium — Subscribers can ask me questions directly which I will answer in Ask Me Anything (AMA) episodes ----“I have listened to every episode released and look forward to every episode that comes out. The only criticism I would have is that after each podcast I usually want to buy the book because I am interested so my poor wallet suffers. ” — GarethBe like Gareth. Buy a book: All the books featured on Founders Podcast

Overview: Today, we're going to have a creator roundtable to discuss the African tech ecosystem. We'll discuss the biggest 2022 moments in Africa Tech & our hopes for the tech ecosystem in 2023. This episode was recorded on Dec 10, 2022 Companies discussed: Flutterwave, FTX, 54gene, Swvl, Chipper Cash, TeamApt, QED, Binance, Remitly, Flutterwave & Jumia Business concepts discussed: Economic recessions, fundraising, bootstrapping, Cryptocurrency, M&A, Creator monetization & Pan-African Expansion Conversation highlights: (07:35) - Biggest moments in 2022 in Africa Tech (00:53) - Impact of Recession on Africa Tech (1:00:05) - What we would like to see in Africa Tech 2023 (1:28:00) - Creator Q&A (2:00:24) - Recommendations & Small Wins Olumide: Recommendation: Knives Out 2 (Movie). Excellent and funny sequel :) Win: Opened Fidelity HSA. I had used Vanguard only previously. Fidelity has nice functionality & UX (especially for HSAs) Bankole: Recommendation: Unauthorized Shein boutiques are popping up across Mexico & Co-founding considered harmful Win: Seeing Emeka in person Emeka: Recommendation: Magical Text Expander (tool), Friction (article), Afridigest (newsletter) Win: Finally meeting & taking a picture with the Oga of Ogas, Bankole. Plus: Afridigest crossing 4500 page followers on LinkedIn — help us on the push to 5000! Other content: Why super apps are proliferating across emerging markets, The hierarchy of venture opportunities in emerging markets tin: Recommendation: ChatGPT & the Dissect podcast Small win: My alma mater the University of Michigan beating our rivals Ohio State in football for the second year in a row. Getting to spend a lot of in-person quality time with people in the African tech ecosystem over the past few weeks in Cape Town. Samora: Recommendation: “The Founders Podcast” by David Senra. Michael Jordan The Life - by Roland Lazenby Big Win - Getting my 2nd born daughter. Other content: Amp it Up by Frank Slootman is a great read - Narco Saints on Netflix is superb! Listeners: We'd love to hear from you. Email info@afrobility.com with feedback! Founders & Operators: We'd love to hear about what you're working on, email us at info@afrobility.com Investors: It would be great to link up with you. Contact us at info@afrobility.com

What I learned from reading Paul Graham's essays.Support Founders' sponsors: Tiny: The easiest way to sell your business. Quick and straightforward exits for Founders. Capital: Banking built for Founders. Raise, hold, spend, and send—all in one place. Tegus is a search engine for business knowledge that's used by Founders, investors, and executives. Subscribe to listen to Founders Daily (my new daily podcast)[4:52] My father told me I could be whatever I wanted when I grew up, so long as I enjoyed it.[5:49] Do what you love doesn't mean, do what you would like to do most this second.[7:41] To be happy I think you have to be doing something you not only enjoy, but admire. You have to be able to say, at the end, wow, that's pretty cool.[8:00] You should not worry about prestige. This is easy advice to give. It's hard to follow.[10:22] You have to make a conscious effort to keep your ideas about what you want from being contaminated by what seems possible.[12:18] Whichever route you take, expect a struggle. Finding work you love is very difficult. Most people fail.[16:46] How To Do What You Love by Paul Graham [16:34] What Doesn't Seem Like Work by Paul Graham [17:16] If something that seems like work to other people doesn't seem like work to you, that's something you're well suited for.[17:42] Michael Jordan said what looked like hard work to others was play to him. Michael Jordan: The Life by Roland Lazenby. (Founders #212) and Driven From Within by Michael Jordan and Mark Vancil. (Founders #213)[20:53] How Not to Die by Paul Graham [23:00] All that matters is to survive. The rest is just words. — Charles de Gaulle by Julian Jackson (Founders #224)[24:49] You have to assume that running a startup can be demoralizing. That is certainly true. I've been there, and that's why I've never done another startup.[27:31] If a startup succeeds, you get millions of dollars, and you don't get that kind of money just by asking for it. You have to assume it takes some amount of pain.[28:17] So I'll tell you now: bad shit is coming. It always is in a startup. The odds of getting from launch to liquidity without some kind of disaster happening are one in a thousand.So don't get demoralized. When the disaster strikes, just say to yourself, ok, this was what Paul was talking about. What did he say to do? Oh, yeah. Don't give up.[28:45] Why to Start a Startup in a Bad Economy by Paul Graham [30:23] If we've learned one thing from funding so many startups, it's that they succeed or fail based on the qualities of the founders.[31:15] If you're worried about threats to the survival of your company, don't look for them in the news. Look in the mirror.[34:10] The cheaper your company is to operate, the harder it is to kill.[35:43] Relentlessly Resourceful by Paul Graham [35:43] I finally got being a good startup founder down to two words: relentlessly resourceful.[37:20] If I were running a startup, this would be the phrase I'd tape to the mirror. "Make something people want" is the destination, but "Be relentlessly resourceful" is how you get there.[37:40] The Anatomy of Determination by Paul Graham [37:45] David's Notes: A Conversation with Paul Graham[39:50] After a while determination starts to look like talent.[42:12] Ambitious people are rare, so if everyone is mixed together randomly, as they tend to be early in people's lives, then the ambitious ones won't have many ambitious peers. When you take people like this and put them together with other ambitious people, they bloom like dying plants given water. Probably most ambitious people are starved for the sort of encouragement they'd get from ambitious peers, whatever their age.[43:21] One of the best ways to help a society generally is to create events and institutions that bring ambitious people together. (Founders Podcast Conference?)[45:21] What Startups Are Really Like by Paul Graham [49:00] The Entire History of Silicon Valley by John Coogan[49:50] Meet You In Hell: Andrew Carnegie Henry Clay Frick, and the Bitter Partnership That Transformed America by Les Standiford. (Founders #73)[55:08] You need persistence because everything takes longer than you expect. A lot of people (founders) were surprised by that.[57:18] Estee Lauder was a master at doing things that don't scale. Estée Lauder: A Success Storyby Estée Lauder. (Founders #217)[58:45] What makes companies fail most of the time is poor execution by the founders. A lot of times founders are worried about competition. YC has founded 1900+ companies. 1 was killed by competitors. You have the same protection against competitors that light aircraft have against crashing into other light aircraft. Do you know what the protection is? Space is large.[1:01:00] Paul on what he would do if he was strating a company today: If I were a 22 year starting a startup I would certainly apply to YC. Which is not that surprising, since it was designed to be what I wish I'd had when I did start one. But (assuming I got in) I would not get sucked into raising a huge amount on Demo Day.I would raise maybe $500k, keep the company small for the first year, work closely with users to make something amazing, and otherwise stay off SV's radar.Ideally I'd get to profitability on that initial $500k. Later I could raise more, if I felt like it. Or not. But it would be on my terms.At every point in the company's growth, I'd keep the company as small as I could. I'd always want people to be surprised how few employees we had. Fewer employees = lower costs, and less need to turn into a manager.When I say small, I mean small in employees, not revenues.[1:05:07] Against The Odds: An Autobiography by James Dyson (Founders #200)[1:07:00] A Word To The Resourceful by Paul Graham [1:08:07] We found the startups that did best were the ones with the sort of founders about whom we'd say "they can take care of themselves." The startups that do best are fire-and-forget in the sense that all you have to do is give them a lead, and they'll close it, whatever type of lead it is.[1:09:00] Understanding all the implications of what someone tells you is a subset of resourcefulness. It's conversational resourcefulness.[1:11:00] Do Things That Don't Scale by Paul Graham [1:11:00] Startups take off because the founders make them take off.[1:16:00] The question to ask about an early stage startup is not "is this company taking over the world?" but "how big could this company get if the founders did the right things?" And the right things often seem both laborious and inconsequential at the time.[1:16:00] Hard Drive: Bill Gates and the Making of the Microsoft Empire by James Wallace and Jim Erickson (Founders #140)[1:21:00] The world is complicated. It is noisy. We are not going to get a chance to get people to remember much about us. No company is. So we have to be really clear about what we want them to know about us. —Steve Jobs[1:22:00] Any strategy that omits the effort is suspect.[1:23:00] The need to do something unscalably laborious to get started is so nearly universal that it might be a good idea to stop thinking of startup ideas as scalars. Instead we should try thinking of them as pairs of what you're going to build, plus the unscalable thing(s) you're going to do initially to get the company going.Now that there are two components you can try to be imaginative about the second as well as the first. Founders need to work hard in two dimensions.—I use Readwise to organize and remember everything I read. You can try Readwise for 60 days for free by going to https://readwise.io/founders/—Subscribe to listen to Founders Daily—“I have listened to every episode released and look forward to every episode that comes out. The only criticism I would have is that after each podcast I usually want to buy the book because I am interested so my poor wallet suffers. ” — Gareth

What I learned from reading Showboat: The Life of Kobe Bryant by Roland Lazenby.  Support Founders' sponsors: Tiny: The easiest way to sell your business. Quick and straightforward exits for Founders. andCapital: Raise, hold, and spend capital all in one place. and Tegus is a search engine for business knowledge that's used by founders, investors, and executives. Try it for free by visiting Tegus.[9:15] Notes from The Redeem Team documentary:30 seconds into the first practice Kobe is diving for loose balls. That set the tone.Players go clubbing. Come back at 5:30am and see Kobe working out. "This motherfucker Kobe was already drenched in sweat. Yeah he's different"— LeBron James. By the end of the week the whole team was on Kobe's schedule.Understand the responsibility. I know I'm not going to fucking lose. I am not going to fucking lose. Not when I'm wearing this (team USA jersey) and not at this time in my career. You're going to have to fucking shoot me. That's how I want you to play. — Coach KAt one point you will have a grandkid on your lap and they will ask you weren't you in the Olympics ? What did you do? You wanna say: Well son, we lost to that fucking Greek team? —Coach KWhen you're in the Olympic village you're around people who are the best in the world at what they do. That is more special that celebrities in LA because this is athlete to athlete — I understand what they put their body through to get here. There's so much respect and mutual admiration. —KobeWhat Kobe told team USA going into the 4th quarter: Just think about the play in front of you.[12:07] At every turn his declarations of future greatness have been met with head shaking and raised eyebrows.[14:33]  It's almost like Kobe's insane level of dedication was like compensation for the bad decision making of his father.[15:15] 4 parts to Kobe's blueprint:Master the fundamentalsImprove your weaknessesStudy the greatsConcentrate[15:12] Listening to Founders is like watching game tape of history's greatest entrepreneurs.[15:40] I used to watch their moves and then I'd add them to my game. It was the beginning of a career-long focus on studying game recordings.[15:48] He would invest long hours each day in breaking down his own performances and those of opponents— far more than what any other NBA player would ever contemplate undertaking.[17:08] Jay Z' autobiography: Decoded by Jay Z.  (Founders #238)[21:22] If you're not good, Jeff will chew you up and spit you out. And if you're good, he will jump on your back and ride you into the ground. —The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon by Brad Stone. (Founders #179)[21:58] If you're breaking down tape of Magic Johnson and Michael Jordan and so many other greats, you come to consider them your teachers.[22:39] Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike by Phil Knight. (Founders #186)[23:00] Jordan and Knight certainly shared a competitive nature that bordered on insanity, Moore added. "If you think Jordan and Kobe are competitive, go meet Phil Knight. He's a no bullshit competitor. It's, 'You play for me or I can't stand you, I will kill you.' That's Phil Knight, full stop. And he's not shy about it.”[29:30]  He studied the game harder than anyone else has ever studied the game.[30:00] One day just before practice, the team was informed that it couldn't have the gym due to flooding.“This is bullshit!” he screamed, slamming a ball off the floor. “This is bullshit! We got practice, I want to practice. This is ridiculous!" (He was in high school)[31:10] Kobe had a closet at home filled with critical research. It held all these VHS tapes of Michael's games. [32:00] Kobe on Michael Jordan: What you get from me— is from him. I don't get five championships without him because he guided me so much and gave me so much great advice.[32:22] Sol Price: Retail Revolutionary & Social Innovator by Robert E. Price. (Founders #107)[35:22] Bryant's workout had been so impressive that for Jerry West, it had revealed his heart. It was there in the skill set alone, in some ways, just the amount of work that a player would have to have done to possess such immaculate moves, the footwork and fakes and execution, the hours that must have been put into that kind of perfection.[37:55] Part of his strategy for keeping his disappointment at bay was to focus on others who had faced far more difficult circumstances. "I read the autobiography of Jackie Robinson," Bryant said. “I was thinking about all the hard times I'd go through this year, and that it'd never compare to what he went through. That just kind of helped put things in perspective."[38:50] Kobe's favorite book was Enders Game by Orson Scott Card. [39:00] The only way he could keep the whole dream going was to work harder and harder and harder, to spin his fantasies around and around until they wrapped him tight in a new reality.[39:45] Estée Lauder: A Success Storyby Estée Lauder. (Founders #217)[41:00] I think that game was vital to how good he became. That level of embarrassment to happen to somebody like him? The next year he came out like a fucking maniac.[41:15] Leading By Design: The Ikea Story by Bertil Torekull. (Founders #104)[46:03] Michael Jordan: The Life by Roland Lazenby. (Founders #212)[47:00] The best book on the emotional toll entrepreneurs experience:  Against The Odds: An Autobiography by James Dyson (Founders #200)[54:15] Highly competitive personalities like Jordan and Bryant could absolutely kill a team atmosphere with displays of ruthlessness or selfishness.[55:22] He stands up, points around the room and says, You motherfuckers don't belong in the same court with me.You're all shit. And he walked out of the locker room.[56:07] 4 ideas from Kobe:Search for your limitsExtreme personal practiceResourcefullness—find a way.Study the greats[57:39] He was one of the rare few who simply cared far more about the game than anyone else.[1:02:24] The Mamba Mentality: How I Play by Kobe Bryant [1:02:53] Why Warren Buffett reads annual reports brought to you by Tegus[1:09:03] Steve Jobs on why marketing is about values brought to you by Capital[1:13:36] Warren Buffett masterclass on how to differentiate your product brought to you by Tiny—“I have listened to every episode released and look forward to every episode that comes out. The only criticism I would have is that after each podcast I usually want to buy the book because I am interested so my poor wallet suffers. ” — GarethBe like Gareth. Buy a book: All the books featured on Founders Podcast

What I learned from rereading Becoming Steve Jobs: The Evolution of a Reckless Upstart into a Visionary Leader by Brent Schlender and Rick Tetzeli--Support Founders sponsors: Tegus streamlines the investment research process so you can get up to speed and find answers to critical questions on companies faster and more efficiently. The Tegus platform surfaces the hard-to-get qualitative insights, gives instant access to critical public financial data through BamSEC, and helps you set up customized expert calls. It's all done on a single, modern SaaS platform that offers 360-degree insight into any public or private company. As a listener, you can take Tegus for a free test drive by visiting Tegus. And until 2023 every Tegus license comes with complimentary access to BamSec by Tegus.and Sam Hinkie's unique venture capital firm 87 Capital. If i was raising money and looking for a long term partner Sam is the first person I would call. If you are the kind of founder that we study on this podcast and you are looking for a long term partner go to 87capital.com--[3:11] His mind was never a captive of reality.[5:16] A complete list of every Founders episode on Steve Jobs and the founders Steve studied: Steve Jobs's Heroes[7:15] Steve Jobs and The Next Big Thing by Randall Stross (Founders #77)[9:05] Steve Job's Commencement Address[9:40] Driven and curious, even when things were tough, he was a learning machine.[10:20] He learned how to manage himself.[12:45] Anything could be figured out and since anything could be figured out anything could be built.[14:10] It was a calculation based on arrogance. — The Fish That Ate the Whale: The Life and Times of America's Banana King by Rich Cohen (Founders #255)[18:00] We were no longer aiming for the handful of hobbyists who liked to assemble their own computers. For every one of them there were a thousand people who would want the machine to be ready to run.[17:40] He was a free thinker whose ideas would often run against the conventional wisdom of any community in which he operated.[19:55] He had no qualms about calling anyone up in search of information or help.[20:40] I've never found anybody who didn't want to help me when I've asked them for help.I've never found anyone who's said no or hung up the phone when I called. I just asked.Most people never pick up the phone and call. Most people never ask.[21:50] First you believe. Then you work on getting other people to share your belief.[24:55] All the podcasts on Edwin Land:Land's Polaroid: A Company and the Man Who Invented It by Peter C. Wensberg (Founders #263)A Triumph of Genius: Edwin Land, Polaroid, and the Kodak Patent War by Ronald Fierstein (Founders #134)Land's Polaroid: A Company and the Man Who Invented It by Peter C. Wensberg (Founders #133)The Instant Image: Edwin Land and the Polaroid Experienceby Mark Olshaker (Founders #132)Insisting On The Impossible: The Life of Edwin Land and Instant: The Story of Polaroid (Founders #40)[25:00] My friend Frederick's newsletter I was interviewed for[30:20] He was an extraordinary speaker and he wielded that tool to great effect.[31:00] Never underestimate the value of an ally. — Estée Lauder: A Success Story by Estée Lauder. (Founders #217)[32:50] If you go to sleep on a win you're going to wake up with a loss.[33:00] Hard Drive: Bill Gates and the Making of the Microsoft Empire by James Wallace and Jim Erickson (Founders #140)[34:20] Software development requires very little capital investment. It is basically intellectual capital. The main cost is the labor required to design and test it. There's no need for expensive factories. It can be replicated endlessly for practically nothing.[38:10] He cared passionately and he never dialed it in.[39:45] To Pixar And Beyond: My Unlikely Journey with Steve Jobs to Make Entertainment History by Lawrence Levy (Founders #235)[42:58] Time carries most of the weight.[43:30] People that are learning machines and then refuse to quit are incredibly hard to beat. Steve jobs was a learning machine who refused to quit.[44:17] Steve Jobs and The Next Big Thing by Randall Stross (Founders #77)[49:40] Creativity Inc by Ed Catmull[50:30] There were times when the reactions against Steve baffled Steve.I remember him sometimes saying to me: Why are they upset?What that said to me was that he didn't intend to get that outcome. It was a lack of skill as opposed to meanness. A lack of skill of dealing with other people.[55:50] Creative thinking, at its best, is chalk full of failures and dead ends.[56:40] Successful people listen. Those that don't listen don't last long. —Michael Jordan: The Life by Roland Lazenby. (Founders #212) [58:40] You can't go to the library and find a book titled The Business Model for Animation. The reason you can't is because there's only been one company Disney that's ever done it well, and they were not interested in telling the world how lucrative it was.[1:01:20] The company is one of the most amazing inventions of humans.[1:02:25] The only purpose for me in building a company is so that the company can make products. One is a means to the other.[1:04:00] Personal History by Katherine Graham (Founders #152)[1:10:11] Creative Selection: Inside Apple's Design Process During the Golden Age of Steve Jobs by Ken Kocienda[1:11:12] What am I focusing on that sets me apart from my competitors?[1:13:00] The channel? We lost $2 billion last year. Who gives a fuck about the channel?[1:15:21] Time carries most of the weight. Stay in the game as long as possible.[1:16:41] The information he'd glean would go into the learning machine that was his brain. Sometimes that's where it would sit, and nothing would happen. Sometimes he'd concoct a way to combine it with something else he'd seen, or perhaps to twist it in a way to benefit an entirely different project altogether. This was one of his great talents, the ability to synthesize separate developments and technologies into something previously unimaginable.—Get 60 days free of Readwise. It is the best app I pay for. I could not make Founders without it.----“I have listened to every episode released and look forward to every episode that comes out. The only criticism I would have is that after each podcast I usually want to buy the book because I am interested so my poor wallet suffers. ” — GarethBe like Gareth. Buy a book: All the books featured on Founders Podcast

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Podcast Links: Apple/SpotifyFor Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant, being compassionate (to their teammates) was measured in teaspoons.How did Jordan and Bryant go from individual scorers to NBA champions? The answer lies, partially, in a man named George Mumford (@gtmumford), a key figure in two of the NBA's greatest dynasty's, the Bulls of the '90's and the Lakers of the 2000's.In this conversation, author and journalist Roland Lazenby (@lazenby) and I discuss how Mumford's mindfulness training served as a catalyst for peak performance.Shaquille O'Neal (@SHAQ) said, “He's our secret weapon.” Scottie Pippen (@ScottiePippen) said, “We've been ‘Mumified.'” Phil Jackson (@PhilJackson11) said he “saved” the Bulls' season.This conversation offers insight into what being “Mumified” means.Roland Lazenby is a dean of NBA reporting. His book Michael Jordan: The Life served as one of the key texts for The Last Dance (@LastDanceBulls).In this episode Roland and I discuss the following:-George Mumford's work with Phil Jackson, Michael Jordan, and Kobe Bryant.-How Mumford helped Jordan and Bryant be more compassionate to their teammates.-Phil Jackson on Michael Jordan: It's those days between games that he's really hard to live with.-Phil Jackson versus Jerry Krause: He and Krause were in a war.-Phil Jackson versus Jerry West: West said, “F**k Phil Jackson!”-“There was a deep undercurrent of hatred of the Triangle.”-Mike D'Antoni: They don't teach the post anymore.-Jordan: Man, I wish I'd met you a long time ago.-The research and scholarship Roland has done on Black Americans in the South as a key component of his books about Michael Jordan and Magic Johnson.-The state of the publishing industry.-The story of Magic Johnson as a story of Black Power.-Where would Kobe have gone to school?-Tex Winter: The great difference between Michael and Kobe? UNC.You can buy Roland's books at all the usual places. In particular, I recommend Michael Jordan: The Life, which the New York Times called, “thoughtful, (and) extraordinarily well-­researched.”If you are interested in the intersection of mindfulness and basketball, my book, Zen and the Art of Coaching Basketball: Memoir of a Namibian Odyssey, drops November 1st, as both print and e-book, exclusively on Amazon.The “big idea” is the way we think about coaching sports is all wrong, coaching doesn't have to be rooted in anger and intimidation and fear, and tools like meditation can super-charge learning and performance.Here's a photo of me coaching the team by not coaching the team.Here are two “blurbs”:You can read the first chapter of Zen and the Art of Coaching Basketball here.If you haven't yet, please hit the “Subscribe now” button to stay up-to-date.And please share this email/post with the coaches, players, and parents of middle-school and high-school athletes in your life. Thank you. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit benbo.substack.com

The shrug, the shot, the flu game, the sneakers, and six NBA championships. Get to know the world's most famous athlete through the eyes of his biographer, Roland Lazenby. Michael Jordan- The Life. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/davirro/message

An amazing insight in Karen's involvement in 6 Olympic Games whilst not enjoying being in the spotlight. She openly shares the highs and lows of a life-time in sport, building teams and getting the best from individuals, managing the transition from player to coach and lifestyle choices. Karen, in a very humble and clear way, shares her journey, offering some amazing pieces of advice in how she has been so successful. It is a truly brilliant opportunity for parents, teachers, coaches and leaders to learn from a successful women in sport who truly has a passion for helping people and in turn putting them in the spotlight. This is a bit more about Karen… Karen Brown MBE is a former field hockey defender, who was a member of the British squad that won the bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Commonwealth Silver medal and European Gold Brown is England and Great Britain's second-highest capped player of all time, with 355 caps to her name. She was Assistant Coach for both the Great Britain and England hockey teams and part of the management teams that secured a World Cup bronze with England in 2010, Olympic bronze with Great Britain at the London Olympics, European Gold in 2015 and Olympic Gold at the Rio Olympics. She stepped down from her role as Assistant Coach in January 2017, and now works in a coach developer capacity for England and GB Hockey  as well as UK sport.   If you enjoy the podcast, please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes. It only takes a minute and really makes a difference in helping to convince new listeners. Thanks so much it - is much appreciated!! For show notes and past guests, please visit www.sportstories247.com Interested in sponsoring the podcast? Please make contact at: hello@sportstories247.com Follow Sport Stories: Twitter:            twitter.com/sportstories_ Instagram:       Instagram.com/sportstories247 Facebook:        facebook.com/sportstories247 LinkedIn:         https://www.linkedin.com/company/sportstories YouTube:          Sport Stories YouTube Channel Find out more about Dave at: www.thesummitpartnership.com Follow Dave: Twitter:    https://twitter.com/SummitDave LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davelevine3   Key quotes, saying and comments : I was aware the I was talented at the age of 4 or 5. I could do things others couldn't Mr Shawney (Teacher at School) – “Karen – whichever sport you choose you will play for England at it!” The feeling coming back to me when making my debut for England at Hockey (at Wembley) As an athlete I was driven by fear of failure? I had many doubts about myself – it evoked fear Started coaching in schools with your kids I learnt - There is nothing wrong in telling people they CAN do things and giving them time and focus – there is a tendency to lean towards what people cant do and only helping them. Tell people – you do realise you are really good at this. You have a special talent! There weren't the avenues for talented girls in sport that are available today An fortuitous opportunity arose to play with the School Hockey 1st team My dad said – you will like that, you will enjoy that (going to the county Hockey tournament) Within 4 months  - not playing the sport through to paying for England U18's (aged 16yrs) At a young age don't specialise in any one sport I learnt from athletics that I wanted to be part of a team * Really explore – find your niche – don't be restricted and try things out The culture behind the sport was so important for me You can take bits of learning from everything and apply it in other parts of your life * You can't learn from it unless you give it a go * I was far more conscious of what I could do rather than what I couldn't It felt like it came quite naturally and that I didn't work hard at it (though I did infact work hard) It didn't feel like hard work – I was just really curious about it and what could and would happen if I did…. I was always curious about exploring different ways of doing things I developed technical skill through practice but it felt like fun (playing about in the fields around where I lived) The importance of the cues you get from your environment and surroundings in early years Senior debut in 1984 Unfairness and equal opportunities playing out – 6 teams for the women and 12 for the men First Olympics in 1988 The disappointments earlier on in my career shaped Highlight of playing career – qualifying for Seoul in 1988 by beating Russia in best of 3 games I didn't know my dad had represented GB at the Olympics until I was about 14yrs Trained with Zola Budd I have always been fascinated by the Olympics – all the sports!! I took time to reflect on the lows and earnt from them Building and developing year on year Recognising the importance of winning the game as part of the broader process/journey I learnt – no to dwell to much about what has gone in the past The importance of being able to ‘shut the door' on one part of the process and move on to the new You have to debrief really well to enable yourself to ‘shut the door' and move on. At team, personal and team within the team level Capture what would I do differently should I have this opportunity again. THAT'S THE GOLD DUST Asking myself – how did I deliver against those responsibilities I've learnt – don't ever ask an athlete (especially under pressure ie in Olmpics) to do something (a tactic or technique) that you have never seen them do before In many ways – under high pressure go back to basics. Only do things you know can be done under pressure and has therefore been done before. Stick to judgement not luck! Great principles - We trained harder than what we thought it would be on a match day We spend a lot of time on ‘how do you train the brain'. EG How do you want to feel and what do you want to think when…. Pulling out of them with questions - Often solving a problem for an athlete in the moment but saving a bigger problem for later by not developing them Transitioned as a coach from more tell to nowdays much more self-discovery and go on a journey together. You have to know the person (athlete) in front of you. It is a coaches job (or leader, teacher) to flex their style and connect with the individuals that make up that team Show me how to do it then let me have a go and I will get it really quickly.  (Great learning theory and approaches) Fantastic example of situational leadership (Skill Development Journey) I love what I do and am incredibly fortunate to do what I do. One of my key values is that I like helping people I don't like being in the spotlight but like playing my part in putting others in the spotlight I was privileged to be asked to be captain of England – and turned it down. I think my skill sets and what I would prefer to be are.. I love working behind the scenes but wouldn't choose to get up on the pedestal Happy people perform better  *  The happier I am the better I will do my job* Its really important to really understand the ‘game' that you are playing in The journey needs to be so much more than just the outcome, its got to be bigger then that, its got to be about how they (we) grow as individuals If you have never tried it then you will not know what the result will be One of the traits I look for in athletes is, are they curious and do they really/truly want to improve I get a real buzz seeing people develop I am a believer in displaying the behaviours you want to see in others I learnt that if I felt right I would think right. The feeling had to come before the thought Take people back to ‘when did it all feel effortless' My manager went so against the grain – he explored what was best for the customer. I serve the customer not the organisation. As a result the customers trusted him   Quick fire questions: The books that you would recommend are? Michael Jordan: The Life by Roland Lazenby ALEX FERGUSON My Autobiography: The autobiography of the legendary Manchester United manager by Alex Ferguson Winning!: The path to Rugby World Cup glory by Clive Woodward Black Box Thinking: Marginal Gains and the Secrets of High Performance by Matthew Syed World's Best: Coaching with the kookaburras and the hockeyroos by Ric Charlesworth   How do I prepare to be the best version of myself… I have to get my head in the right space – prepare my brain so I can perform Clear the clutter out of my head and make myself feel right   What advice would you give to your teenage version of yourself? Try enjoy whatever it is you are going to do Always make sure you are curious in what you do and have an interest to get better   Who has made a big impact on you? John Edwards (who I worked with at the Nat west Bank)   Whos' Sport Story would you be really interested in hearing? Richard Charlesworth     Coaching questions I would like to pose: 1 As an Athlete Karen was Driven by a fear of failure – what drives and motivates you? 2 Karen mentioned her feelings towards being in the spotlight – What is your relation to being in the spotlight and what do you like and not like and what is the reason behind this? 3 Give some attention to  - what do you really value and enjoy? 4 If you believe (as both Karen and I do) that Happy people perform better – what role do you play in making those around you be happier that you wish for them to perform better? 5 How do you reward yourself?   Contact info: Karen can be found on Twitter and LinkedIn. Alternatively contact me at hello@sportstories247.com and I will pass on her details.

In Episode 5 of Outside the Looking Glass, decorated sportswriter Roland Lazenby shares writing advice as well as a reflection on his life as related to his biopic of the legendary Michael Jordan, "Michael Jordan: The Life." --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/luca-evans/support

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The Last Dance documentary about Michael Jordan has captivated people around the world during lockdown. This week's author, Roland Lazenby, lived through that era and he documented it in a 720 page opus that is considered the definitive biography of the Chicago Bulls legend. Here he talks about the painstaking process of family history, watching MJ's greatest moments live, and what happened the night Jordan saved his life.

Roland Lazenby is, without a doubt, a true legend NBA writing. From his incredible work in 'Michael Jordan: The Life' to 'Kobe Bryant: Showboat,' Roland has truly lived a career inside the NBA. In this episode Roland exclusively reveals what disappointed him about The Last Dance, the sad reason why Michael Jordan hates him and the backlash he received for writing about the 'low behaviours' of Phil Jackson which saw him being stopped from reporting on the LA Lakers. From the crushing load of writing the MJ and Kobe biographies which broke down his health and spirit to how PR management has changed the reporting of the NBA and much more, this is a rare conversation with one of the most knowledgeable writers working inside the basketball business. Sign up to our Patreon feed on www.patreon.com/irishmanabroad to get the full extended cut of this incredible interview where Roland details the dark side of American history and it's relationship with the game. By becoming a premium member of the Irishman Abroad Podcast Network, you will also gain access to our entire archive of over 250 episodes that are available nowhere else. Our charity partner is jigsawonline.ie. In these tricky times, Jigsaw provides a range of resources, advice and care for your people to help them strengthen their mental health and the skills needed to navigate life. Please visit their website and consider making a donation. For updates on future episodes and live shows follow @jarlath on Twitter, visit www.jigser.com or email the show directly on irishmanabroadpodcast@gmail.com. Disclaimer: All materials contained within this podcast are copyright protected. Third party reuse and/or quotation in whole or in part is prohibited unless direct credit and/or hyperlink to the Irishman Abroad podcast is clearly and accurately provided.

Shawn Thomas & William Chiarucci talk to Roland Lazenby, the author of Michael Jordan: The Life and Showboat: The Life Of Kobe Bryant. Lazenby gives his take on The Last Dance, Michael Jordan and talks about his start to his writing career. Lazenby also talks about Kobe Bryant, Jerry West and much more. Follow Roland Lazenby on Twitter (@lazenby) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode of Final Score, Andrew Claudio (@AndrewJClaudio_) is joined by best-selling author Roland Lazenby (@Lazenby), whose works include the 1998 book “Blood on the Horns: The Long Strange Ride of Michael Jordan's Chicago Bulls” and the 2014 biography “Michael Jordan: The Life.” Topics include: a final grade for the ESPN docuseries “The Last Dance”, debunking the Jordan suspension conspiracy theory even further, the unfairness of any GOAT debate, how today’s rules have changed the NBA and much more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joe Ostrowski was joined by author Roland Lazenby, who wrote "Michael Jordan: The Life" and "Blood on the Horns: The Long Strange Ride of Michael Jordan's Chicago Bulls." Lazenby discussed Jordan, "The Last Dance" and his unique perspective on covering the Bulls' dynasty. He also shared stories and thoughts on coach Phil Jackson and assistant Tex Winter, among others.

On the latest episode I have a special guest on, Roland Lazenby Author of “Michael Jordan, The Life” and many other books about basketball stars and team joins the show and we have such a great conversation about Michael Jordan and his upbringing, . He also talks about how he was able to get so much information about Michael, his parents and his grandparents which was just fascinating. He gets into his days being around Jordan and the Bulls and all the stuff he learned about those Bulls teams. We also talk about Kobe and how he compares to MJ! This is one of the best shows to date and I know you'll love this episode. So enjoy the podcast! Roland Lazenby Twitter-https://twitter.com/lazenby All his books are available on Barnes and Noble, kindle, Amazon and most places where you can purchase books. Social Media Links and show links all here ----> https://allmylinks.com/poppalebron25 --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/chris-lebron/support

Roland Lazenby followed the Chicago Bulls as close as anyone during their "Last Dance" and has seen generations of NBA players take their first and last historic steps onto the court. Here, the author of such books as "Blood On The Horns," "Showboat," "Michael Jordan: The Life" and "Mindgames" talks with WARR Media editorial director Kyle Means about seeing the infamous fall from grace of the Bulls' dynasty and details the role he played in exacerbating things between Phil Jackson and Jerry Krause. Plus, Lazenby speaks on the unique connection between Jordan and Kobe Bryant. Lazenby gives his opinion on whether or not Kobe could have succeeded as a Chicago Bull and also tells of introducing Bryant to the two most important people in his playing career. Subscribe to WARR on Anchor and follow WARR for all the latest on our movement and stay tuned for upcoming episodes and specials from your guys. Weareregalradio.com provides the best independent coverage of sports and culture -- feel free to share our content and rate us well here or wherever else you find our podcasts. Thanks for listening. twitter.com/regalradio1 facebook.com/regalradio1 instagram.com/weareregalradio --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/regal-radio/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/regal-radio/support

 "The Last Dance" Rick speaks with Roland Lazenby, author of "Michael Jordan: The Life," about ESPN's 10 part Michael Jordan docuseries. The post Rick Devens’ E-Sports for Beginners | The Last Dance appeared first on RobHasAwebsite.com.

To get inside the Jordan-era Bulls and the documentary The Last Dance, we went to the guy who wrote the book on Jordan. Literally. Author Roland Lazenby wrote "Blood on the Horns" about these very 1997-98 Bulls, plus he wrote "Michael Jordan: The Life" and he joined Kurt Helin of NBC Sports this week. They talk about the tension on that team with GM Jerry Krause, how Michael Jordan's upbringing made him competitive, and his time in baseball — all with inside details you're not going to hear anywhere else.

Today Sean uncovers the mindset behind two of the greatest basketball players of all time Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant by talking to author Roland Lazenby. Roland is the author of The New York Times Bestselling books “Michael Jordan, the life” and “Showboat: the life of Kobe Bryant”. They discuss how  Michael Jordan changed the game of basketball on and off the court and Why it was MJ and Kobe's mindset as much as their athleticism that made them some of the greatest players of all time.  http://whatgotyouthere.com/ 15% off Four Sigmatic with discount code "WGYT" http://foursigmatic.com/wgyt Free 30 day Audible Trial- http://www.audibletrial.com/WhatGotYouThere Sunniva Super Coffee- Use discount code WGYT for 20% off your order!- www.drinksupercoffee.com Twitter- https://twitter.com/lazenby LinkedIn- https://www.linkedin.com/in/roland-lazenby-0446545/ Michael Jordan: The Life- https://www.amazon.com/Michael-Jordan-Life-Roland-Lazenby/dp/031619476X Sean DeLaney Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/seandelaney23/ Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/whatgotyouthere/ Twitter- https://twitter.com/SeanDeLaney23  Intro/Outro music by Justin Great- http://justingreat.com/ Audio Engineer- Brian Lapres 

My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan interviews writer and NBA journalist Roland Lazenby author of Michael Jordan: The Life and Showboat: The Life of Kobe Bryant. My Summer Lair Chapter #69: Who Is Kobe Bryant? Recorded: December 11, 2017 12:30pm (on the phone)

Roland Lazenby (@lazenby) is the author of the biography “Showboat: The Life of Kobe Bryant”. Roland, a sports journalist, has spent many years covering the NBA and was also my guest last episode, #023, the first ever interview I recorded. In this episode, we talk Kobe Bryant and Roland’s biography on the famous Laker called “Showboat”. We get into Kobe’s attitude, work ethic and a ton of other stuff on winning and his character. We also covered more on Michael Jordan, Phil Jackson, Roland’s own writing career and even a little Stephen Curry, the Golden State Warriors and the NBA. You can buy Roland's latest books “Michael Jordan: The Life” and “Showboat: The Life of Kobe Bryant” basically anywhere including Amazon. To connect with Roland, head to Twitter, his handle @lazenby. To get every episode of Trench Talk on release please remember to hit the subscribe button in your chosen podcast player. Enjoy Trench Talk Episode #024 with Roland Lazenby…   ---- Show notes and links for this episode can be found at xrm.com.au/podcast. Feel free to email me with any suggestions or feedback to podcast@xrm.com.au. You can find Matt Reynolds on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and on LinkedIn.  

Roland Lazenby (@lazenby) is the author of the biography “Michael Jordan: The Life” and my first ever interview which I recorded in early 2016. Roland is an American sportswriter and educator who has travelled with some of the NBA's most famous and successful teams including Michael Jordan’s Chicago Bulls, the Bad Boys of Detroit (The Pistons) and Kobe Bryant’s LA Lakers. He’s completed hundreds of interviews with stars of the league including over 400 hours for his Kobe Bryant biography alone. Roland has also written biographies on the New England Patriots’ quarterback Tom Brady, Dallas Cowboys superstar Emmit Smith, the NBA’s most winning coach (championships) Phil Jackson, Hall of Fame Laker Jerry West and many others. In our chat, we covered a lot that is the character of Michael Jordan. Roland dove deep to put The Life together and it’s by far and away the most comprehensive piece I’ve ever found on the famous number 23. We also discussed: the Jordan family, pre-Michael cultural change in America the Nike shoe deal and how the company marketed MJ why he wanted to leave them, but couldn’t winning, and becoming one of the most famous people on the planet.   You’ll hear (remember the episode was recorded in early 2016) Roland is unable to talk about his then upcoming biography on Kobe Bryant called “Showboat”. Showboat has since been released and Roland recently agreed to do a second interview for Trench Talk so you’ll get all the Kobe information next, in episode #024. You can buy both books “Michael Jordan: The Life” and “Showboat: The Life of Kobe Bryant” basically anywhere including Amazon. To connect with Roland, head to Twitter, his handle @lazenby. To get every episode of Trench Talk on release please remember to hit the subscribe button in your chosen podcast player. Enjoy Trench Talk Episode #023 with Roland Lazenby…   ---- Show notes and links for this episode can be found at xrm.com.au/podcast. Feel free to email me with any suggestions or feedback to podcast@xrm.com.au. You can find Matt Reynolds on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and on LinkedIn.  

Roland Lazenby, writer of the definitive biography of Michael Jordan "Michael Jordan: The Life", joined Paul on the podcast to talk about superstar egos, team-building, leadership. Just how fragile are NBA superstars? Is the Durant situation unprecedented? How much of a bully was Michael Jordan in the lockerroom?

In today's episode we talk about one of the most influential sports stars of all time: Michael Jordan. Jordan not only changed the game on the court, but he also changed the game for sports apparel.Click here to get full access to our show notes.In this episode, you'll learn:Why timing is everything in sports and businessHow Michael Jordan changed the game of basketball on and off the courtWhy it was Michal Jordan’s mindset as much as his athleticism that made him the greatest player of all time.Ask the Investors: How can I continue to educate myself within investing?

It’s the fourth quarter, and your team is down by a single play. You’re sitting on the bench thinking, “Why won’t coach put me in?!” Today’s episode is a breakdown of seven reasons why your coach is the way he/she is… This is a reality check, and you might be offended. Listen up! Episode 153 Time Stamps: (3:13) Based on my experience; as a coach and a player… (4:52) #1: You’re soft. (6:03) #2: You’re a “know-it-all”. | Robert Greene’s, "48 Laws of Power" (7:30) #3: You can’t be counted on, on game-day. (8:17) #4: You’re not as good as you think you are. | Roland Lazenby's, "Michael Jordan: The Life” (10:53) #5: You can’t take criticism. (11:45) #6: You’re a kiss A. (12:25) #7: You don’t trust yourself. (13:50) Be honest with yourself.   DISCOVER Today's blog post can be found here: Episode #153 Blog Need a Sports Results Coach?: SRC Program Check out the new GYMR Podcast on iTunes! SHOW LOVE  As always, if you're diggin' the podcast, please subscribe and rate the show! Blog posts for ALL podcast episodes can be found here: IMNOTYOU.COM/PODCAST Thanks for listening to another IMNOTYOU Sports Motivation Podcast! Much love!  

We've got our first interview and it's a good one! Roland Lazenby, author of Michael Jordan: The Life, shares his basketball expertise with us. He sizes up the participants in the NBA finals, details how the game has changed over the years and gives us some insight on some of the league's biggest stars. We follow that up with Baylor's new hire, the WWE's brand split, Neal's UFC betting woes, and Snoop Dogg's opinion of the Roots remake.

Roland Lazenby's NBA novels are just fantastic reads — "Michael Jordan: The Life" or his Jerry West biography — and his next book coming out this August is about Kobe Bryant. Kurt Helin of ProBasketballTalk and Lazenby talk comparisons between Kobe and MJ, the Kobe farewell tour, the Rio Olympics, and more. These are two of the most fascinating NBA players of recent decades and nobody understands them like Lazenby.

Roland Lazenby, editor of Lindy's Pro Basketball Annual, talks about his book, Michael Jordan: The Life.

Adam & Aaron celebrate the 30th anniversary of Michael Jordan's (1984) arrival in the National Basketball Association. This episode covers: - Chicago Bulls' negotiations to sign Jordan - Details of Nike's efforts to secure Jordan's signature - Chicago Bulls' 1984-85 training camp and preseason games In this episode, we discuss the lead-up to the Bulls' signing of Michael Jordan (September, 1984); including newly-discovered details that his first-pro contract may not have been what we thought it was. Thanks to Roland's Lazenby's, Michael Jordan: The Life and Julie Strasser's, Swoosh: Unauthorized Story of Nike, we cover Nike's play to obtain MJ's signature and discuss whether or not Adidas & Converse had a real chance to lure him away. We're also pleased to detail all seven games from Michael Jordan's first preseason with the Chicago Bulls (October, 1984). After listening to this, our fifth episode, you'll be anticipating our next installment - we'll discuss Michael Jordan's regular-season debut - the day that NBA history would be changed forever. The most prominent players mentioned in this episode, include: Michael Jordan, Orlando Woolridge, Caldwell Jones, Terry Cummings, Eddie Johnson & Ricky Pierce. Topics / articles discussed (every effort has been made to confirm exact dates): 84-08-12 - Basketball: Rockets-Bulls trade 84-08-16 - Wilmington's Jordan ready to join Bulls 84-08-25 - Olympic hero Jordan gets keys to hometown 84-09-12 - Bulls to sign Jordan today 84-09-13 - Jordan's signature step up for Bulls 84-09-14 - Jordan's pact is reported even richer 84-10-06 - Jordan leads Bulls 84-10-08 - Jordan nets 32 points, Chicago topples Kings 84-10-09 - No parades yet for undefeated Bulls 84-10-09 - Jordan hits 22 as Bulls bump Bucks 84-10-14 - Nelson pleased as Bucks win 84-10-16 - Jordan scores 20 to lead Bulls' win 84-10-18 - Michael Jordan preseason interview @ Madison Square Garden 84-10-19 - Jordan has 23 in win 84-10-20 - Bulls' preseason closes with defeat 84-10-24 - Jordan Appears to Be for Real 84-10-26 - Olajuwon, Jordan ease into rookie spotlight 85-05-16 - Winning Teammates Respect Toughest Aspect for Jordan Show notes | I appreciate all feedback, FB Page 'Likes' and iTunes ratings / reviews. Follow: Facebook | Twitter | Google+ Subscribe: iTunes | Stitcher | RSS | Website Support Adam via Amazon: click-through and purchase any item (store-wide – within 24 hours) - it helps support the podcast – importantly, at no additional cost to you. Thanks. Feedback: e-mail (audio welcome) | Voicemail