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David Senra: belief

29 Mar 2023 Acquired Sessions: David Senra (Founders Podcast)

“I think the game tape analysis of that is helpful to realize that a lot of this stuff is impossible to plan in advance.”

— David Senra

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Speaker
David Senra
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Verified speaker
Claim type
belief
Recorded
29 Mar 2023
Publisher
Acquired

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…I'm surprised he had a girlfriend in high school. Not for very long. It's like, what's it like to date Kobe Bryant in high school. She's like, well, our dates consisted of me going to his house and watching tapes of Michael Jordan and Magic Johnson. It's like, we're not leaving, I'm not taking you out to dinner. We're literally going to watch this thing. I think the game tape analysis of that is helpful to realize that a lot of this stuff is impossible to plan in advance. Steve Jobs has a ton of great quotes. One of the best ones is the commencement. It's impossible. You're only going to connect the dots looking backwards, so you have to put faith in something. You can call it karma, religion, God, intuition, but you have to do something. I just reread Ray Kroc's autobiography, the guy from McDonald's. Again, it hit me. I've been thinking about the Steve Jobs quote too. This is why it's so valuable to reread your past highlights. You mentioned this in the McDonald's episode.…

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