Great Books Distilled: Summaries of Bestselling Business and Investing Books
Outlier Academy
84 episodes
4 days ago
Listen as we decode bestselling books across disciplines with their authors — distilling hours of reading into a short, definitive conversation. We break down the big ideas, how to apply them, and take you behind the scenes into the process of writing the book. Past guests include Yale professor Verlyn Klinkenborg (Several Short Sentences About Writing), polar explorer Erling Kagge (In Praise of Silence and Philosophy for Polar Explorers), survival expert Laurence Gonzales (Deep Survival), geopolitical expert Jacob Halberg (The Wires of Ware), 1-800-GOT-JUNK founder Brian Scudamore (WTF?! - Willing To Fail), and renowned investor Sir Ronald Cohen (IMPACT). Visit OutlierAcademy.com for episode notes, searchable transcripts, videos, and more.
Great Books Distilled is a mix of The Knowledge Project, Founders, Oprah's Book Club, and The Tim Ferriss Show.
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Listen as we decode bestselling books across disciplines with their authors — distilling hours of reading into a short, definitive conversation. We break down the big ideas, how to apply them, and take you behind the scenes into the process of writing the book. Past guests include Yale professor Verlyn Klinkenborg (Several Short Sentences About Writing), polar explorer Erling Kagge (In Praise of Silence and Philosophy for Polar Explorers), survival expert Laurence Gonzales (Deep Survival), geopolitical expert Jacob Halberg (The Wires of Ware), 1-800-GOT-JUNK founder Brian Scudamore (WTF?! - Willing To Fail), and renowned investor Sir Ronald Cohen (IMPACT). Visit OutlierAcademy.com for episode notes, searchable transcripts, videos, and more.
Great Books Distilled is a mix of The Knowledge Project, Founders, Oprah's Book Club, and The Tim Ferriss Show.
Friday 5: Five Lessons on Simplicity from Steve Jobs
Great Books Distilled: Summaries of Bestselling Business and Investing Books
15 minutes 34 seconds
1 year ago
Friday 5: Five Lessons on Simplicity from Steve Jobs
Summary
In this episode of Friday Five, Daniel Scrivner shares his five favorite ideas from the book 'Insanely Simple: The Obsession That Drives Apple's Success' by Ken Segall. The book explores Apple's obsession with simplicity and how it has contributed to the company's success. The five ideas and stories discussed include starting with small groups of smart people, expressing a single idea clearly, the power of speaking human, being a ruthless enforcer of high standards, and the importance of marketing based on values.
Takeaways
Start with small groups of smart people and keep them small to nurture quality thinking.
People will always respond better to a single idea expressed clearly.
Simplify communication by speaking in human terms and using everyday language.
Be a ruthless enforcer of high standards and never settle for 'good enough'.
In a complicated world, marketing is about values and being authentically different.
Chapters
(00:00) Introduction
(01:55) Chapter 1: Start with small groups of smart people and keep them small
(04:21) Chapter 2: People will always respond better to a single idea expressed clearly
(06:38) Chapter 3: 1,000 songs in your pocket and the power of speaking human
(07:59) Chapter 4: Good enough is not good enough. Be a ruthless enforcer of high standards
(08:52) Chapter 5: In a complicated world, marketing is about values
Five of my favorite ideas and stories on simplicity from Steve Jobs:
Start with small groups of smart people—and keep them small.
People will always respond better to a single idea expressed clearly.
“1,000 songs in your pocket” and the power of speaking human.
Good enough is not good enough. Be a ruthless enforcer of high standards.
In a complicated world, marketing is about values.
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Great Books Distilled: Summaries of Bestselling Business and Investing Books
Listen as we decode bestselling books across disciplines with their authors — distilling hours of reading into a short, definitive conversation. We break down the big ideas, how to apply them, and take you behind the scenes into the process of writing the book. Past guests include Yale professor Verlyn Klinkenborg (Several Short Sentences About Writing), polar explorer Erling Kagge (In Praise of Silence and Philosophy for Polar Explorers), survival expert Laurence Gonzales (Deep Survival), geopolitical expert Jacob Halberg (The Wires of Ware), 1-800-GOT-JUNK founder Brian Scudamore (WTF?! - Willing To Fail), and renowned investor Sir Ronald Cohen (IMPACT). Visit OutlierAcademy.com for episode notes, searchable transcripts, videos, and more.
Great Books Distilled is a mix of The Knowledge Project, Founders, Oprah's Book Club, and The Tim Ferriss Show.
