Episodes (Page 2)
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Ray Kroc transformed McDonald's from single restaurant into scalable system with nearly 8,000 locations through standards and execution
Ray Kroc
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Morgan Housel explains that skills needed to stay rich differ completely from skills to get rich, focusing on wealth as income minus desires
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Peter Kaufman reveals multidisciplinary thinking approach, applying frameworks across disciplines rather than siloed expertise
Peter D. Kaufman
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James Clear explains how habits shape identity and why progress often stays invisible before compounding into visible results
James Clear
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Analysis of history's greatest outliers (Dyson, Lauder, Price, Singleton, Blumkin) reveals common patterns: turning adversity into long-term advantage
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Pierre Poilievre discusses economy, free speech, immigration, and corporate subsidies with nuance and depth
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Compilation of 2025's most impactful Knowledge Project episodes featuring world-class leaders and thinkers
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Bernie Marcus built Home Depot culture of ownership, persevered through repeated rejections, and created one of history's most successful retailers
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Rory Sutherland reveals persuasion formula explaining why people make decisions and how psychology drives behavior change
Rory Sutherland
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Mary Kay Ash built a $2 billion company by getting ordinary people to achieve extraordinary results through meritocracy
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Jim Murphy teaches seven principles of inner excellence to eliminate fear and master pressure
Jim Murphy
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Charlie Munger identified 25 psychological tendencies that cause smart people to make bad decisions
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Ron Shaich founded Panera Bread and Au Bon Pain, helping define the fast casual restaurant segment
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Steve Wozniak engineered Apple's technology but refused to play Silicon Valley's power and money games
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Anthony Scilipoti, CEO of Veritas Group, called the collapses of both Valeant and Nortel before they happened through forensic accounting and disciplined questioning of narratives
Anthony Scilipoti
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Jim Clayton rebuilt his business after bankruptcy at 27 by refusing bad loans and vertically integrating
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Tracy Britt Cool earned the nickname 'fireman' at Berkshire Hathaway for turning around struggling subsidiaries
Tracy Britt Cool
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Hetty Green built a multi-billion dollar fortune in the late 1800s despite legal restrictions on women
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Barry Diller, at 83, shares surprising candor about his successes and failures building IAC
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Ed Stack built Dick's Sporting Goods from a struggling family store into an 800+ store empire