#765: Chris Sacca and Scott Glenn

This episode is a two-for-one, and that’s because the podcast
recently hit its 10-year anniversary and passed one billion
downloads. To celebrate, I’ve curated some of the best of the
best—some of my favorites—from more than 700 episodes over the
last decade. I could not be more excited.


The episode features segments from episode #79 "Chris
Sacca on Being Different and Making Billions" and #729
"Legendary Actor Scott Glenn — How to Be Super Fit at 85,
Lessons from Marlon Brando, How to Pursue Your Purpose, The Art
of Serendipity, Stories of Gunslingers, and
More."


Please enjoy!


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Timestamps:


[00:00] Start 


[05:19] Notes about this supercombo format.


[06:23] Enter Chris Sacca.


[06:53] Traits of founders for whom success, at massive scale,
seems predestined.


[08:00] Travis Kalanick and Nintendo Wii Tennis.


[09:55] Resources for cultivating investing chops, emotional
intelligence, and general empathy.


[18:37] Chris' evolving concept of success.


[22:31] What Chris and his brother Brian's parents did right.


[26:47] What Chris looks for when hiring.


[29:23] The prophetic notebook.


[31:29] Advice to aimless college graduates.


[34:06] Two differentiators that shifted the nature of Chris'
business


[38:16] Enter Scott Glenn.


[38:44] Idaho vs. Los Angeles.


[44:59] Apocalypse Now, self-confidence soon after.


[49:00] Burt Lancaster's movie star lessons.


[54:41] The birth and death of Wes Hightower.


[1:03:56] Catching the attention of James Bridges.


[1:06:12] Scarlet fever.


[1:07:57] From Marine to police reporter.


[1:12:42] Berghof Studios and parental advice.


[1:21:12] Converting to Judaism.


[1:24:04] Lao Tzu: the ultimate mystic?


[1:28:44] Letting go with Killer Joe.


[1:33:20] "Crazy Whitefella Thinking."


[1:38:53] Getting out of the way and Erwan Le Corre.


[1:42:19] Lessons from the "morally phenomenal" Marlon Brando.


[1:46:54] How Scott's childhood bout with scarlet fever informed
his life's course.


[1:49:33] Daily routines and exercises of an in-shape
85-year-old.


[2:05:46] Securing a serendipitous skill set.


[2:12:41] Thailand talk.


[2:16:46] Increasing surface luck.


[2:17:32] How Scott met and fell in love with his wife.


[2:23:32] "Just dance."


[2:24:14] Mistakenly calling Rudolf Nureyev Russian.


[2:26:24] Poetry.


[2:30:31] What Laurence Olivier knew about the value of tenacity.


[2:32:09] Parting thoughts.


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