Chapter

The Importance of Attention to Detail in Success
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1:02:40 - 1:08:00 (05:19)

The anecdote of a coach teaching his team to properly lace their shoes illustrates the importance of attention to detail in preventing blisters, mistakes, and ultimately, failure.

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A story about how a basketball coach taught his new recruits the importance of proper shoelace technique and how being overcommitted can lead to irrational decision-making, using examples such as Howard Hughes and John DeLorean.
1:02:40 - 1:06:19 (03:38)
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Decision-making
Summary

A story about how a basketball coach taught his new recruits the importance of proper shoelace technique and how being overcommitted can lead to irrational decision-making, using examples such as Howard Hughes and John DeLorean.

Chapter
The Importance of Attention to Detail in Success
Episode
#169: Useful Lessons from Workaholics Anonymous, Corporate Implosions, and More
Podcast
The Tim Ferriss Show
Elon Musk and his team at SpaceX were initially going to buy rockets but after a thinking exercise called going to first principles, they realized they could make their own for a fraction of the cost, leading to the birth of SpaceX.
1:06:20 - 1:08:00 (01:39)
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SpaceX
Summary

Elon Musk and his team at SpaceX were initially going to buy rockets but after a thinking exercise called going to first principles, they realized they could make their own for a fraction of the cost, leading to the birth of SpaceX.

Chapter
The Importance of Attention to Detail in Success
Episode
#169: Useful Lessons from Workaholics Anonymous, Corporate Implosions, and More
Podcast
The Tim Ferriss Show