Diving into the life and greatness of Michael Jordan from the books, Michael Jordan: A Life and Playing For Keeps
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“You have to be uncompromised in your level of commitment to whatever you are doing, or it can disappear as fast as it appeared.”
- Michael Jordan
3:00 - The root of his competitive fire
5:35 - The cut
“Whenever I was working out and got tired and figured I ought to stop, I’d close my eyes and see that list in the locker room without my name on it, and that usually got me going again.”
9:45 - The MJ trio
13:00- Why he trash talked
Jordan started talking more and more trash and explaining what he was going to do, not to instill fear into his opponents, but force himself to work harder and deliver on his promises.
16:10 - Michael's greatest skill
“My greatest skill was being teachable. I was like a sponge. Even if I thought my coaches were wrong, I tried to listen and learn something.”
20:40 - Divine discontent
24:10 - Nike
26:00 - Are you joyous about the work?
27:35 - How to approach your craft
“He came to practice like it was Game 7 of the NBA finals. He would destroy you in practice. That’s what set the tone for our team.”
32:45 - You need some luck
34:00 - Pistons + reinvention
39:30 - How Michael kept himself motivated
“If you look at why Amazon is so different from almost any other company that started early on the internet, it’s because Jeff approached it from the very beginning with that long-term vision. It was a multi decade project. The notion that he can accomplish a huge amount with a larger time frame, if he is steady about it, is fundamentally his philosophy.”
42:15- Winners vs losers
45:15 - Ambition and work
46:40 - Lessons/takeaways
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