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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