Manhattan, every mention
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every year anyone Shane Parrish 16Tyler Cowen 3Jonathan Haidt 3Susan Cain 2Rey Flemings 2Carolyn Coughlin 2Mickey Drexler 1Matt Mullenweg 1Jim Murphy 1Hugh Howey 1
Verbatim, from the transcripts: the passages where Manhattan comes up
John D. Rockefeller: The Principles Behind The Greatest Fortune in History
- ▶ 2:49 Shane Parrish He sat at a desk at 26 Broadway in Manhattan and
- ▶ 1:43:13 Shane Parrish They settled into the same few blocks of midtown Manhattan, with Flagler taking a house on one corner of West 54th Street and Rockefeller's brother William on another.
7 Principles of Inner Excellence to Stay Calm Under Fire | Jim Murphy
- ▶ 1:08:09 Jim Murphy This morning, I drove here from central New Jersey, and, uh, the GPS said it was going to take under two hours, and it was all close to four hours, and threw rush hour traffic into Manhattan, and I've been working on a book, and, um, not a…
Anna Wintour: Vogue [Outliers]
- ▶ 14:35 Shane Parrish The girl who couldn't type was about to teach Manhattan how power really works.
- ▶ 24:43 Shane Parrish Her first story, Summer Dresses, on a tilted Manhattan rooftop,
Cornelius Vanderbilt: The First Tycoon [Outliers]
- ▶ 6:54 Shane Parrish Cornelius's father had built or bought a Perragar, a specialized two-masted vessel deployed by the Dutch for trading, and began ferrying neighbors and their produce along the bay in Manhattan.
- ▶ 8:42 Shane Parrish Operate the boat as a ferry between Stanton Island and the growing Manhattan.
- ▶ 13:52 Shane Parrish With a British blockade due to the war forcing coastal shipping to route through Stanton Island and overland across New Jersey, Vanderbilt's position between Manhattan and Stanton Island suddenly became a commercial choke point and one… 4 times in the scene
- ▶ 21:55 Shane Parrish As he stepped aboard the mouse and inspected its copper boiler, he kept his own boats plying between Stanton Island and Manhattan with passengers and produce while his schooners nosed along coastal waters with cargos of fish and woolens,…
- ▶ 1:04:15 Shane Parrish Driven by pride and a relentless pursuit of efficiency, Vanderbilt acquired the Hudson River Railroad in 1864, securing control over the only railways entering Manhattan.
- ▶ 1:15:00 Shane Parrish Vanderbilt's mergers produced a corporate giant from Manhattan to Lake Erie, ushering in bureaucracy, delegation, and unprecedented efficiency.
Estée Lauder: A Success Story
- ▶ 8:27 Shane Parrish Young Estee riding a rattling streetcar into Manhattan watched women spend their hard earned paychecks on lipsticks as bold as their ambitions. 3 times in the scene
Mickey Drexler: The Art of Selling with Retail's Merchant Prince
- ▶ 18:29 Mickey Drexler But I faced the realities of living in Manhattan.
Rey Flemings: A Different Definition of Success
- ▶ 2:42 Rey Flemings Um, if you remember at that time, Manhattan had, uh, scores of refrigerator trucks, right? 2 times in the scene
Carolyn Coughlin: Become A Better Listener
- ▶ 29:21 Carolyn Coughlin When they're commuting, they're like in an Uber or something, going from one side of Manhattan to the other side of Manhattan, and they're working while they're in the Uber, too. 2 times in the scene
#115 Danny Meyer: Hospitality and Humanity
- ▶ 20:57 Danny Meyer The kind of people who, you know, in Manhattan, even though they walk to work every day, they find a, a, a different block to walk on because they might just learn something new.
#100 Matt Mullenweg: Collaboration Is Key
- ▶ 14:37 Matt Mullenweg You know, at the time they were based mostly in an office in Manhattan.
#82 Bill Ackman: Getting Back Up
- ▶ 10:49 Bill Ackman During my first most challenge, you know, business reversal, I used to go for a walk every night with a good friend, you know, around Manhattan.
#63 Hugh Howey: Winning at the Self-publishing Game
- ▶ 1:28:40 Hugh Howey The, most of the cost is the overhead they have for their, you know, stupid building in, in Manhattan, which is the dumbest place
#61 Jonathan Haidt: When Good Intentions Go Bad
- ▶ 47:12 Jonathan Haidt She became famous and infamous because in 2009, she let her nine-year-old son ride the New York City subway alone, um, back to their house, uh, from Bloomingdale's on the Upper East Side to their house somewhere else in Manhattan. 3 times in the scene
#39 Tyler Cowen: Thinking About Thinking
- ▶ 6:40 Tyler Cowen So I'm doing this interview from a hotel room in Manhattan and Manhattan has become so expensive. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 20:53 Tyler Cowen Well, I would have government price the roads during rush hour, or in some places such as Manhattan, maybe price them almost all the time.
#24 Susan Cain: Leading the Quiet Revolution
- ▶ 14:39 Susan Cain Um, I lived in Manhattan for 17 years before moving out to, um, I live in the Hudson River Valley now in New York. 2 times in the scene