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Uncommon Excellence

Liam Applegate

Discover the excellence of history's uncommon leaders, ideas, and businesses through weekly podcast episodes, each exploring key insights from a must-read book. "I am a voracious reader... I am convinced that the single most important thing you can do is to read and think. The more you read, the more you know, and the better decisions you make." — Charlie Munger

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48 episodes

  1. Uncommon Moments: The Act of Creating 14:35
  2. Hi Me in 1 Year 4:59
  3. #37 The Lessons of History 22:15
  4. #36 How Netflix Went From Idea to Reality (Part 2) 1:01:40
  5. Uncommon Moments: The Art of Listening 12:38
  6. Uncommon Moments: Lessons from Marcus Aurelius 13:23
  7. #35 Seneca: On the Shortness of Life 31:42
  8. Uncommon Moments: Your Success Depends on Your Enthusiasm 12:46
  9. #34 Ideas That Built Empires 20:42
  10. #33 Marc Randolph (Co-Founder of Netflix) Part 1 55:22
  11. Uncommon Moments: The Greatest Fear Isn't Death 14:26
  12. #32 J.K. Rowling: The Benefits of Failure 34:31
  13. #31 How Walt Disney Thought (Part 2) 43:21
  14. #30 The Philosophy of Walt Disney (Part 1) 46:01
  15. Uncommon Moments: The Art of Concentration 10:47
  16. #29 Why We Read 33:02
  17. David Senra, The Inspiration Behind A Year of Excellence 14:50
  18. My Top 5 Books (Out of 38 Read This Year) 15:08
  19. #28 15 Quotes That Rewire Your Mind 34:26
  20. #27 The Million Dollar Hack So Good It Might Break Your Business 37:20
  21. #26 The Hidden Cost of Power: Zemurray’s Final Chapter (Pt. 2) 40:04
  22. #25 The Banana King: How Sam Zemurray Built an Empire from Nothing (Pt. 1) 28:51
  23. #24 Hitting 1K Downloads: What I've Learned and What’s Next 23:19
  24. #23 Tyler Schuster: Extreme Ownership 1:32:50
  25. Uncommon Moments: How to Hire A-Players 12:02
  26. #22 Jonathan Jarecki: Question Everything 2:08:46
  27. #21 12 Maxims On Running (Part 2) 20:05
  28. #20 The Art of Running (Part 1) 42:24
  29. Uncommon Moments: Pain is Inevitable, Suffering is Optional 5:13
  30. #19 Zero to One: The Power of Being a Contrarian 24:32
  31. #18 The Hidden Science of First Impressions 32:17
  32. #17 50 Maxims from Naval Ravikant (Part 3) 40:25
  33. #16 AMA- One Quote That Changed My Life Forever 23:17
  34. #15 Lessons from a Trillion Dollar Investor (Part 2) 33:03
  35. #14 The Almanack of Naval Ravikant (Part 1) 52:48
  36. #13 The Greatest Rescue Mission in History Part 3 29:55
  37. #12 Endurance Over Ice: Shackleton's Blueprint Part 2 23:51
  38. #11 Ernest Shackleton: By Endurance We Conquer (Part 1) 31:47
  39. #10 Worldwide Excellence: How Four Seasons Conquered the World (Part 5) 44:39
  40. #9 Excellence is the Capacity to Take Pain: The Four Seasons Legacy (Part 4) 53:29
  41. #8 Isadore Sharp (Founder of Four Seasons) Part 3 19:59
  42. #7 Isadore Sharp (Founder of Four Seasons) Part 2 27:18
  43. #6 Isadore Sharp (Founder of Four Seasons Hotel) Part 1 41:54
  44. #5 How to Make a Few Billion Dollars | Part 2 33:37
  45. #4 How to Make a Few Billion Dollars (Pt. 1) 41:37
  46. #3 Disney's Land: Opening Day & the Road to Expansion 45:31
  47. #2 Disneyland: The Invention That Revolutionized the World Part 2 1:01:02
  48. #1 Disneyland: The Invention That Revolutionized the World Part 1 41:16