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Archimedes

Engineer and mathematician of Syracuse

“Give me a place to stand and a lever long enough, and I will move the world.”
Archimedes
Image: Wikimedia Commons, Domenico-Fetti Archimedes 1620.jpg

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Find the lever and a place to stand.

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First principles

Break a problem into what is undeniably true, then rebuild. The lever was always there.

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Ep. 22 · 33 min

Give Me a Place to Stand

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Naval Ravikant

Naval Ravikant

Founder, AngelList

“Build specific knowledge and leverage.”

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Richard Feynman

Physicist, Nobel laureate

“You must not fool yourself.”

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Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs

Co-founder, Apple

“Focus means saying no.”

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Warren Buffett

Warren Buffett

CEO, Berkshire Hathaway

“Stay inside your circle of competence.”

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Jeff Bezos

Jeff Bezos

Founder, Amazon

“Minimize regret; it is always Day 1.”

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Jensen Huang

Jensen Huang

Founder and CEO, NVIDIA

“Greatness is forged by suffering.”

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