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The Hyundai Founder Who Put a Country on His Back
- ▶ 3:10 Shane Parrish Five years earlier, Japan had taken the whole Korean peninsula 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 21:50 Shane Parrish After the war ended and Korea was liberated from Japan in August of 1945, Chung went back into the auto repair business. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 24:31 Shane Parrish Korea was free from Japan.
- ▶ 47:00 Shane Parrish He was aware at times that Korea had to compete with Japan and had to compete with every other industrializing nature.
- ▶ 1:01:51 Shane Parrish Honda had tried to save money by buying secondhand equipment, including Japanese trucks leftover from the Second World War.
- ▶ 1:11:57 Shane Parrish The Ministry of Construction had brought in one of Japan's most prestigious engineering firms, 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 1:27:45 Shane Parrish Under the plan, Hyundai would build Ford-designed engines that would be mounted on chassis made in Australia with transmissions made in Japan. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 1:37:30 Shane Parrish He went to the Japanese. 5 times in the scene
- ▶ 2:00:48 Shane Parrish Korea would probably lose the bid to Japan, which would be embarrassing, or Korea would somehow win the bid and then fail to deliver on the games, which would be much worse. 6 times in the scene
- ▶ 2:14:02 Shane Parrish When Chung was born in nineteen-fifteen, Korea was a Japanese colony.
The Obsession That Built Nike | Phil Knight
- ▶ 12:57 Shane Parrish Japanese cameras had recently blown apart the German-dominated camera market. 4 times in the scene
- ▶ 14:39 Shane Parrish He arrives in Japan in November of 1962. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 23:40 Shane Parrish Knight has to pay for shoes from Japan months before he can sell them in America.
- ▶ 26:13 Shane Parrish And with help from a Japanese trading company called Nishu,
- ▶ 28:42 Shane Parrish He built it to reduce his dependence on Japanese manufacturers, and it was a smart long-term move, but it was also a clear violation of his agreement with Nishu.
Michael Ovitz: The Psychology of Power
- ▶ 39:17 Michael Ovitz Because they helped us when we had nothing, and boy, there were a lot of people on the list because the entertainment business is not good to elderly people, it's not Japan, and it's not, ah, it doesn't have a good memory, and we did.
- ▶ 45:53 Michael Ovitz The other time was in Japan when I would go there once a month to deal with all the Japanese companies that I consulted for in media and in consumer businesses.
How to Think Like a World-Class Marketer | Rory Sutherland
- ▶ 1:54:35 Rory Sutherland To wind up the Japanese. 4 times in the scene
How John Bragg Built 3 Empires From a Small Town [Outliers]
- ▶ 22:02 Shane Parrish Japan was brutal. 4 times in the scene
Jimmy Pattison: Building a $16B Empire Without Connections, Capital, or Credentials [Outliers]
- ▶ 49:37 Shane Parrish It's Japanese. 10 times in the scene
- ▶ 1:06:23 Shane Parrish At an age when most start to wind down, Jimmy flew to Japan and discovered his entire business philosophy was wrong.
Andy Grove: Only The Paranoid Survive [Outliers]
- ▶ 39:01 Shane Parrish Originally developed as a custom chip for Japanese calculator manufacturer, the 4004 was essentially a computer on a chip containing 2300 transistors and performing functions that previously required entire cabinets of electronics. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 54:54 Shane Parrish This perpetual vigilance would prove crucial to Intel's salvation when Japanese manufacturers later attacked the company's core business.
- ▶ 56:07 Shane Parrish For Intel in the late 19 eighties, this 10 X force came in the form of Japanese memory chip manufacturers. 3 times in the scene
Henry Singleton: The Greatest Capital Allocator in History [Outliers]
- ▶ 35:58 Shane Parrish When American TV manufacturers still dominated the US market, Singleton anticipated the coming Japanese competition and exited the business entirely.
James Dyson: Against the Odds [Outliers]
- ▶ 42:03 Shane Parrish With the launch of the G-Force in Japan, Dyson had created 5127 prototypes, a number that has become mythical in innovation circles.
- ▶ 46:09 Shane Parrish Unable to find an existing manufacturer in the UK willing to produce this vacuum, Dyson turned to Japan, where a licensing deal with a company called Apex allowed the GeForce cleaner to be marketed as a luxury item, selling for the… 4 times in the scene
- ▶ 1:02:52 Shane Parrish Unable to interest existing manufacturers in his invention, he was forced to commercialize it himself, first through licensing in Japan, and later through direct manufacturing and sales. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 1:05:05 Shane Parrish He built 5127 prototypes over five years to launch the G-Force in Japan, and then spent another decade perfecting the DC-Zero-One for the world.
Josh Wolfe: Human Advantage in the World of AI
- ▶ 23:21 Josh Wolfe We funded a company in Japan called Sakana.
- ▶ 1:16:45 Josh Wolfe It used to be like seven, but then when I start to travel internationally, if I went to the Mideast, I would find an English version of some of the key papers, same thing in Japan and elsewhere, and so now I read a lot of international…
Best of 2024: The Blueprint for a Transformative New Year
- ▶ 1:14:10 Dr. Rhonda Patrick Um, and you compare that to, for example, countries like Japan where they eat a lot of seafood.
Ryan Holiday: How to Win the War with Yourself
- ▶ 1:03:39 Ryan Holiday Yeah, there's that, although the other one that keeps me up, there was a, there was like a mountain bike race in the Japan Olympics, I think, and the woman thought she was in first place, but she was actually in second place.
- ▶ 1:24:30 Ryan Holiday Japan's on the march.
Adam Karr: The Investing Blueprint
David Segal: Building a $200m Business
- ▶ 23:17 David Segal Decided to go to Japan. 2 times in the scene
Dr. Rhonda Patrick: Diet Essentials For Healthy Living
- ▶ 8:13 Dr. Rhonda Patrick Now, people in the United States on average have about an omega-three index of about five percent, and you compare that to, for example, countries like Japan where they eat a lot of seafood, their omega-three index is around 10%.
- ▶ 18:19 Dr. Rhonda Patrick In Japan, they do, and their omega-three index is very high.
Paul Assaiante: Learning to Face Your Fears
- ▶ 16:44 Paul Assaiante So I believe in the Japanese philosophy, which is that you cry in practice and you laugh in competition.
Proven Strategies to Accelerate Growth, Productivity and Profits with George Stalk, Jr.
- ▶ 19:45 George Stalk Jr. In Japan, Kikoman, there's hundreds of, a family-owned company, it's hundreds of years old. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 31:24 George Stalk Jr. You know, Japan stands out in its own category. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 43:01 George Stalk Jr. We need to know something about Japan that we don't understand, George. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 1:16:39 George Stalk Jr. Cause in the fifties, Nissan was Japan's largest car company and Toyota was just getting into cars. 2 times in the scene
Neil Pasricha: Simple Rules for Happiness
- ▶ 55:17 Neil Pasricha Well, there's a guy over in Japan named Dr. 2 times in the scene
Barbara Tversky: Action Shapes Thought
- ▶ 1:30:57 Barbara Tversky So I, I, I have had the pleasure of visiting Japan many times, and there are huge roads that intersect, and at first you sort of go along them, but they're unpleasant, and then you learn everything's done in quadrants and quadrants inside… 2 times in the scene
Kunal Shah: Core Human Motivations
- ▶ 2:07:51 Kunal Shah Like, it's almost like trying to, I don't know, trying to mix a Japanese cuisine to, like, Italian cuisine to a British cuisine, and you're like, it doesn't make sense, but the moment you acquire these 2 times in the scene
David Sinclair: Reversing the Aging Process
- ▶ 30:22 Dr. David Sinclair Those leaves that are grown often in Japan, they come from green tea plants that are put in shade conditions before they're picked, and it's that lack of light that causes it to become bright green, but also produces molecules that are…
- ▶ 1:30:17 Dr. David Sinclair That's true for Europe, uh, it's true for Australia, uh, Japan, really bad for that.
Balaji Srinivasan: The Network State
- ▶ 1:23:21 Balaji Srinivasan And something that I wasn't actually aware of is Soviet Union was actually extremely involved on the whole Japan-US thing. 7 times in the scene
- ▶ 1:53:49 Balaji Srinivasan Germany, US military base, Japan, US military base, South Korea, US military base, India, former, former British colony.
- ▶ 2:21:23 Balaji Srinivasan And in this sort of final four showdown, you had Japan, Germany, the US, the USSR, also, you know, France and, um, and the UK.
#131 Matthew Walker: The Power of Sleep
- ▶ 18:37 Dr. Matt Walker And Japan for the worst, they were down to six hours and 22 minutes on average.
#127 Best of 2021: Conversations of the Year
- ▶ 18:29 Noreena Hertz And of course, we know from Japan, where this has been going on for much longer, that people can be really become very attached to their robot friends and carers, even, even knitting bonnets for them in elderly people's homes.
#116 Jeff Immelt: Leadership In A Crisis
- ▶ 7:16 Jeff Immelt Like I was in Japan in 2013, and I was talking to a big conference, and the reporter beforehand said, you know, you've got, had such an interesting career.
#115 Danny Meyer: Hospitality and Humanity
- ▶ 37:22 Danny Meyer We don't know how to do that in Japan, and he said, if we do something together, the thing that we want to learn from you is how to improvise, so that we customize the experience for each guest.
#114 Noreena Hertz: The Crisis of Loneliness
- ▶ 8:57 Noreena Hertz And, and of course, we know from Japan, where this has been going on for much longer, that people can be really become very attached to their robot friends and carers, even, even knitting bonnets for them in elderly people's homes.
#107 Matt Ridley: Infinite Innovation
- ▶ 26:25 Matt Ridley I mean, the, the LED light that we all use now, which is both long lasting and very low energy, but produces very good, reliable light, is the result of a lot of people, some in Japan, some in, um, Europe, some in America, um, working…
- ▶ 52:35 Matt Ridley A lot of the East Asian economies, you know, in my youth, Japan was famous for making cheap copies of stuff that Europeans made. 2 times in the scene
#105 Seth Godin: Failing On Our Way To Mastery
- ▶ 8:02 Seth Godin And I was just reading about, um, a mochi shop in Kyoto, Japan.
#97 Roger Martin: Forward Thinking
- ▶ 1:16:19 Roger Martin Tide would be in a box fluffy detergent to compact detergent, which he saw happening in, in Japan and said, Hmm, well, we wouldn't want them coming here with that innovation.
#90 Apolo Ohno: Process Versus Prize
- ▶ 2:50 Apolo Ohno Uh, the single, I don't know if that's one single thing, but the lessons that my father taught me, I think stem from him being an immigrant from Japan, uh, not having access to financial resources like many who come to this country, but…
- ▶ 21:33 Apolo Ohno And after doing that and making my first team, going and competing internationally on the world stage, uh, in Japan in 1997 at the world championships, that was the moment.
- ▶ 25:52 Apolo Ohno So we have about three months from the last race that we had in the world championships in Japan until when we were supposed to report back to training camp for the, you know, the off season training, so to speak.
- ▶ 30:11 Apolo Ohno The games are held in Nagano, Japan.
#72 Neil Pasricha: Happy Habits
- ▶ 1:29:12 Neil Pasricha Lots of people have stories of someone that did not do well post-retirement, and in fact, some of the healthiest societies in the world, like the Blue Zone studies, um, from Dan Buettner at National Geographic, they've pointed to countries…
#55 Scott Page: Becoming a Model Thinker
- ▶ 1:09:39 Scott Page In the 19 seventies, Japan had this really fast growth, and there are all these articles saying Japan's going to overtake the United States in eight years.
#53 Howard Marks: Luck, Risk and Avoiding Losers
- ▶ 17:04 Howard Marks Um, deflation they have in some countries like Japan, it's hard to know what starts or stops that, but obviously has a great impact on the economic cycle.
#50 Josh Wolfe: Inventing the Future
- ▶ 29:02 Josh Wolfe So any way you cut it, we could win, and we got very lucky as a company, a small company, when Japan got very unlucky, and the Fukushima disaster, which was never forecast, it was never imagined, we never thought, you know what, we'll fund… 2 times in the scene
#41 Tobi Lütke: The Trust Battery
- ▶ 1:34:31 Tobi Lütke You get, like, razors made by one person where you can call and talk with them about how you want it, and all these kind of things, and it's like, you know, Japanese blades, and, and, and, and German grid, and so on.
#39 Tyler Cowen: Thinking About Thinking
- ▶ 10:56 Tyler Cowen Uh, but still, the old days when if you had a product that was a big hit, you might sell it to Western Europe and maybe Japan.
#32 Patrick Collison: Earning Your Stripes
- ▶ 1:42:06 Patrick Collison And, you know, you had the boom and the bust, uh, and the supposed stagnation of Japan, uh, in the kind of early nineties on.
#31 Barbara Oakley: Learning How to Learn
- ▶ 42:00 Barbara Oakley So Kuma in mathematics is a terrific system developed in Japan, uh, where you gradually master, uh, different areas, and you're, you're developing these great neural patterns.
#29 Dacher Keltner: Survival of the Kindest
- ▶ 13:11 Dacher Keltner Uh, in terms of the intensity of the expression, so we know that, for example, um, East Asian cultures, say Japan, tend to have more muted emotional facial expressions, uh, than somebody from the United States. 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 42:28 Dacher Keltner An atomic bomb dropped, dropped on Japan, kills a 150,000 people.
Rory Sutherland: The Psychology of Advertising
- ▶ 1:03:00 Rory Sutherland We need Japanese toilets. 2 times in the scene
Santorini Wine with Panayiota Kalogeropoulou
- ▶ 19:46 Panayiota Kalogeropoulou The States, Canada, Germany, Belgium, Japan, Hong Kong, China.