#878 - David Senra - 15 Harsh Truths From History’s Greatest Founders

Modern Wisdom

Chris Williamson

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness

4.7 • 4.6K Ratings

🗓️ 16 December 2024

⏱️ 141 minutes

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David Senra is the host of Founders podcast and an investor. Every success story is like a unique song, composed with different instruments. Yet, when you listen closely, many of them share the same underlying rhythms. So, what are the core principles that play a key role in the lessons of the most successful individuals from history? Expect to learn why excellence is defined by the capacity to take & manage pain, why having high powered relationships is the secret to running the world, if self-pity has any utility, the reason that bad boys move in silence, why the story of the father is embedded in the story of the son and much more… Sponsors: See discounts for all the products I use and recommend: https://chriswillx.com/deals Get the best bloodwork analysis in America and bypass Function’s 400,000-person waitlist at https://functionhealth.com/modernwisdom Take advantage of NetSuite's special financing offer at https://netsuite.com/MODERN Get 5 Free Travel Packs, Free Liquid Vitamin D, and more from AG1 at https://drinkag1.com/modernwisdom Sign up for a one-dollar-per-month trial period from Shopify at https://shopify.com/modernwisdom Extra Stuff: Get my free reading list of 100 books to read before you die: https://chriswillx.com/books Try my productivity energy drink Neutonic: https://neutonic.com/modernwisdom Episodes You Might Enjoy: #577 - David Goggins - This Is How To Master Your Life: https://tinyurl.com/43hv6y59 #712 - Dr Jordan Peterson - How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs: https://tinyurl.com/2rtz7avf #700 - Dr Andrew Huberman - The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain: https://tinyurl.com/3ccn5vkp - Get In Touch: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact - Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello everybody, welcome back to the show. My guest today is David Senra. He's the host of
0:05.7	Founders Podcast and an investor. Every success story is like a unique song composed with different
0:12.9	instruments. Yet, when you listen closely, many of them share the same underlying rhythms.
0:17.7	So what are the core principles that play a key role in the lessons
0:22.4	of the most successful individuals from history? Expect to learn why excellence is defined by the
0:27.4	capacity to take and manage pain, why having high-powered relationships is the secret to running
0:32.4	the world, if self-pity has any utility, the reason that bad boys move in silence, why the story of the
0:39.5	father is embedded in the story of the son, and much more. But now, ladies and gentlemen,
0:46.4	please welcome David Sanra.
0:53.6	Music Did you hear me say when I was asked, who is the podcast is podcaster's podcaster, the underground one that all of us listen to?
1:15.7	It's you.
1:16.2	Yes. I almost clipped it and then posted it. I appreciate it. I watch all your Q&As. I love them.
1:20.2	Thank you. Yeah, dude. I would love a weekly Q&A from you.
1:24.1	God. I don't know whether the internet's ready for that. There'll be a new one coming up soon.
1:28.4	Anyway, today I want to go through a bunch of lessons. You spend your entire time studying history's
1:35.3	greatest founders, greatest leaders, thinkers, and I wanted to go through some broad buckets
1:40.3	of lessons that you've taken away from them. So we're going to do 15 today. Okay. First one, excellence is the capacity to take pain.
1:48.1	Persevering through pain is mandatory.
1:50.5	Why?
1:51.5	That is probably my all-time favorite maxim from studying all of these history of
1:55.4	these stories actually comes from the founder of Four Seasons.
1:57.8	This guy named Izzy Sharp.
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