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How Henry Singleton Worked
- ▶ 0:00 David Senra Henry Singleton was a remarkable man with an unusual background for a CEO. 10 times in the scene
- ▶ 1:43 David Senra Singleton, in contrast, gave most of his attention to the later task. 10 times in the scene
- ▶ 3:49 David Senra Singleton was frugal, often legendary. 10 times in the scene
- ▶ 5:06 David Senra Singleton was a highly accomplished mathematician and scientist who never earned an MBA. 10 times in the scene
- ▶ 6:44 David Senra Singleton took full advantage of this extended arbitrage opportunity to develop a diversified portfolio of businesses. 10 times in the scene
- ▶ 8:15 David Senra The fact that he was willing to switch strategies depending on what was actually happening on the ground. 10 times in the scene
- ▶ 10:24 David Senra Singleton said, I've been thinking about it and our stock is simply too cheap. 10 times in the scene
- ▶ 12:56 David Senra Singleton had been fascinated by the stock market since he was a teenager. 8 times in the scene
- ▶ 14:06 David Senra And Henry Singleton's approach to time management was not surprisingly very different from his peers. 8 times in the scene
- ▶ 15:35 David Senra I want to go back to this section in The Outsiders, where it actually compares, uh, Warren Buffett and Henry Singleton. 10 times in the scene
- ▶ 17:33 David Senra It says, Henry Singleton has a tendency to watch the thundering herd, then trot off in his own direction. 14 times in the scene
- ▶ 20:27 David Senra Before, uh, Singleton started Teledyne, he actually works for Howard Hughes, and he talked about what that was like. 12 times in the scene
- ▶ 24:03 David Senra And so Singleton talks about this conviction that he had. 10 times in the scene
- ▶ 25:45 David Senra It says, Henry had developed the talent of being able to play chess without seeing the board. 7 times in the scene
- ▶ 28:07 David Senra So then another thing that Henry talks about over and over again, talks about talent management started, you know, I think it's already mentioned a few times in the podcast where he said, you know, it was like the key to success. 10 times in the scene
- ▶ 30:39 David Senra Another thing that Henry repeat over and over again, did not like to waste time. 10 times in the scene
- ▶ 33:05 David Senra Another thing that Singleton would do, he would cut his losses and move on. 4 times in the scene
- ▶ 34:43 David Senra And you're going to see here when Henry talks about this, he sounds a lot like Buffett does in his shareholder letters. 18 times in the scene
- ▶ 36:50 David Senra Talks about his preference for autonomy. 17 times in the scene
- ▶ 38:39 David Senra One way he followed his own course. 8 times in the scene
- ▶ 40:21 David Senra So another thing about Singleton, and I love, this is probably one of my favorite quotes in the book. 10 times in the scene
- ▶ 42:46 David Senra Uh, about, about Henry Singleton. 8 times in the scene
- ▶ 43:56 David Senra So it says, uh, sharing Buffett's admiration for Henry Singleton, Charlie wondered, I think this is at one of the Berkshire meetings, given the man's talent and record, have we learned enough from him? 10 times in the scene
- ▶ 45:23 David Senra And so then I want to end with this beautiful eulogy that is printed at the end of Distant Force that gives a deep insight to Henry Singleton, the man from somebody who knew him well. 18 times in the scene
How Claude Shannon Invented The Future
- ▶ 43:37 David Senra Now, there's a couple crazy stories, and again, this is one of my favorite parts of reading his biographies, is like, you know, the higher you go, the world gets smaller and smaller, and so, you know, he's working, he's talking to John Van… 8 times in the scene
How Jensen Works
- ▶ 35:27 David Senra It reminds me very much of Henry Singleton. 6 times in the scene
Ken Griffin: Founder of Citadel and Citadel Securities
- ▶ 42:10 David Senra But the greatest example of this that came to mind when, when I read, uh, what Ken was saying here comes from Henry Singleton. 6 times in the scene
How Jensen Thinks
- ▶ 30:05 David Senra People like Sol Price, Henry Singleton, Warren Buffett, Bill Walsh, Steve Jobs.
- ▶ 1:06:18 David Senra One of my favorite lines in the book, and immediately I think of Henry Singleton. 10 times in the scene
- ▶ 1:38:19 David Senra How Henry Singleton said, what did Henry Singleton say about planning that five point? 2 times in the scene
Estée Lauder
- ▶ 2:50 David Senra Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger said it should be a crime that more business schools are not studying Henry Singleton.
I had dinner with John Mackey: Founder of Whole Foods
- ▶ 20:25 David Senra One of those was Henry Singleton of Teledyne, who I found out because Charlie Munger said he, that Henry Singleton was the smartest person he ever met, and Warren Buffett said the fact that business schools don't study Singleton is a crime. 4 times in the scene
How The Sun Rose On Silicon Valley: Bob Noyce (Founder of Intel)
- ▶ 21:18 David Senra Arthur Rock would also be an investor and almost like a partner and somebody to bounce ideas off of for Henry Singleton at Teledyne.
The Biography of Walt Disney
- ▶ 1:41:02 David Senra Henry Singleton's ideas show up in how Warren Buffett built Berkshire.
The Biography of George Lucas
- ▶ 0:51 David Senra It's just like Henry Singleton's 5 times in the scene
The Robber Baron's Art Dealer: Joseph Duveen
- ▶ 59:12 David Senra So in this case, it was, it gives me an idea from Michael Bloomberg, from Ted Turner, uh, from the founder of Trader Joe's, from Henry Singleton, from Jack Ma, from Warren Buffett.
Oprah In Her Own Words
- ▶ 40:25 David Senra I actually, uh, when I read this part, it made me think of, uh, Henry Singleton. 5 times in the scene
Tom Murphy (Warren Buffett's Favorite Manager)
- ▶ 20:40 David Senra So not just Tom Murphy, but the eight other CEOs or the eight total CEOs, uh, covered in this book, including Henry Singleton, uh, John Malone, Warren Buffett says the outsider CEOs shared an unconventional approach, one that emphasized…
Rose Blumkin (Warren Buffett's Favorite Founder)
- ▶ 11:22 David Senra This is why I went really deep on Henry Singleton, and why I've been collecting a bunch of, like, hard-to-find Singleton information, because I'm going to do another episode on him. 2 times in the scene
The Biography of Ralph Lauren
- ▶ 33:40 David Senra I don't think I said it, but it was like their interpretation of something on an old episode talking about Charles de Gaulle and Henry Singleton.
Warren Buffett & Charlie Munger In Their Own Words
- ▶ 22:45 David Senra When I was reading Buffett shareholder letters, and then obviously, uh, this is, like, years ago, so this is probably, like, in 2019 maybe, and listening to Charlie Munger speak, they kept bringing up this guy named Henry Singleton. 11 times in the scene
The Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie
- ▶ 28:20 David Senra I will never be like genius level intellect, like an Ed Thorpe or Henry Singleton or Da Vinci, but I can just go about and collect more information and constantly expose myself.