Greatness

Diving into the biggest lessons and ideas from the two greatest soccer managers ever, Sir Alex Ferguson and Pep Guardiola
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Listen to the full epsiodes on Ferguson and Pep below.
124: The Leadership Genius of Sir Alex Ferguson
139: The Mastermind of Pep Guardiola 
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Time Stamps
0:00 - Trajectory > Results
6:55 - Be a _____ man 
10:02 - Observe obsessively
12:00 - Stick like glue
14:05 - Understand the human condition
16:50 - Look for bad losers
18:30 - Excellence first, winning second
20:37 - Reduce your experience
22:45 - Burn your youth
24:20 - Obsess the details
26:45 - Be a relentless consumer
28:22 - Top to bottom excellence
30:18 - Love the pieces, not the puzzle
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Daily Greatness: Short Stories and Essays on the Act of Becoming 
Chasing Greatness 2nd Edition - Timeless Stories on the Pursuit of Excellence
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Diving into the life and mastermind of soccer coach and legend, Pep Guardiola 
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"Each night when you are going to sleep, ask yourselves if you like football or not; ask yourselves if right then, you’d get up, grab the ball and play for a bit. If the answer is ‘no,’ then that is the day to start looking for something else to do."
- Pep Guardiola
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Sources: 
Pep Guardiola: Another Way of Winning - Guillem Ballague
The Greatness of Pep Guardiola, in a Blade of Grass
Inside the Pep Guardiola bubble – as told by his assistants
How Pep Guardiola is inspired by other sports, from basketball to chess to swimming
Pep Guardiola: The man behind the genius
Chasing Perfection Documentary
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4:20 - A young Pep
5:30 - Pep's superpower
6:40 -  Win without talent
8:30 - The question/the sign
11:40 - Preparing to be a coach/Being a sponge
15:05 - The LBJ Motto
18:00 - There is no good or bad work
20:35 - Stickler for the details/controlling everything
22:18 - Building a great culture
28:20 - Taking over Barcelona
31:00 - The reward is the puzzle
32:40 - Treajectory > Results
39:45 - His greatest trait
43:42: What gives his work meaning
45:25 - Great coaches are great psychologist
48:20 - One of my favorite stories 
50:03 - A blade of grass
52:20 - Ferguson and Pep - the importance of observation
57:50 - Find an enemy
1:00:40 - Find your Cato
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Daily Greatness: Short Stories and Essays on the Act of Becoming 
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Diving into the life and creative genius of music producer, Rick Rubin.
Part II focuses solely on Rubin's life and how he works.
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Sources: 
The Creative Act - Rick Rubin
In the Studio - Jake Brown
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2:00 - How Rubin operates in the studio
17:28 -  Everything was unintentional
19:50 - Music was his drug
20:45 - Rubin, Kubrick, and creative supporting habits
23:30 - Future plans: law and philosophy 
24:25 - Be around the game & scratching your own itch 
28:35 - Creating his company
30:00 - Working with LL Cool J
31:15 - Make what you want to make 
33:00 - The power of taking time
35:25 - Be strict with who you work with
37:30 - The Red Hot Chili Peppers, what creativity needs, and the power of changing things up.
41:38 - Johnny Cash, AC/DC, and the importance of volume
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Diving into the life and creative genius of music producer, Rick Rubin.
Part I focuses solely on Rubin's creative philosophies.
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Sources: 
The Creative Act - Rick Rubin
In the Studio - Jake Brown
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2:10 - Creativity is something you are, not something you do
4:05 -  Developing a noticing habit
9:07 - Listening 
10:38 - The beginner mind/the danger of wisdom
16:50 - Pursue excitement
19:12 - Balancing joy with seriousness
22:30 - Finding your rhythm
26:32 - Rules are limitations 
32:12 - Keep the joy alive
35:05 - Temporary rules
36:55 - Tools for finishing the work
39:45 - Defining success
41:50 - Non-competition
43:12 - Habits and art
45:30 - Patience and tuning out 
49:05 - Self-doubt 
56:18 - Try everything
57:12 - Submerge yourself in great work
58:45 - Spirituality and work
59:52 - Inspiration and diligence
1:03:50 - Some short and final ideas 
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Diving into the life and genius of legendary filmmaker, Stanley Kubrick
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Sources: 
Kubrick: An Odyssey - Robert Kolker
Kubrick on Kubrick 
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Time Stamps 
2:38 - Chess and creative supporting activities
4:15 - Get your reps
6:55 - “Get a hold of the camera and some film and make a movie of any kind at all.”
8:00 - What are you insanely curious about? 
11:08 - Shoot your shot
14:23 - Doing the thing is the best education. “What I learned in that four-year period exceeded what I could have learned in school…the experience was invaluable to me. Not only because I learned a lot about photography, but also because it gave me a quick education in how things happened in the world.
16:45 - Stanley Kubrick and Woody Allen - Build volume
18:52 - The one word to describe Stanley 
19:42 - Constraints aren't an excuse
21:23 - Early work is just work. “There’s no such thing as good work or bad work, there is only work at the beginning.”
24:25 - The power is creating things 
26:05 - Obey your artistic muse
29:25 - A turning point and the importance of early work
31:30 - A lesson in control 
33:48 - Stanley's insane preparation (Short essay on LeBron James and Preparation)
40:05 - Quality is the goal. "Stanley’s approach is, how can we do it better than it’s ever been done before? "
“Film stock is cheap, but remarkable quality will pay dividends forever.”
45:00 - The need for details and depths
47:05 - The need for control
49:03 - Obsessive worker/tinkerer
51:45 - Barometer for finding the right film
56:37 - Moviemaking as a metaphor for life
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 NEW BOOKS ARE LIVE. Check them out below.
Daily Greatness: Short Stories and Essays on the Act of Becoming 
Chasing Greatness 2nd Edition - Timeless Stories on the Pursuit of Excellence