Steve Green - This Beautiful Book
A Book with Legs
Smead Capital Management
4.2 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 5 August 2024
⏱️ 71 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, businessman Steve Green joins Bill and Cole Smead to discuss his work, "This Beautiful Book," in which he delves into the transformative impact of the Bible on society and culture. The book explores how biblical wisdom has shaped major business decisions and leadership styles throughout history, emphasizing its influence on business ethics, leadership, and decision-making through compelling anecdotes, such as the establishment of Hobby Lobby and its adherence to biblical principles.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to A Book with Legs, a podcast presented by Smead Capital Management. |
| 0:08.1 | At Smead Capital Management, we advise investors who fear stock market failure. |
| 0:12.9 | You can learn more at Smeadcap.com or by calling your financial advisor. |
| 0:26.1 | Welcome to a book with legs podcast. I'm Cole Smead, CEO, and portfolio manager here at Smead Capital Management. At our firm, we are readers, and we believe in the power of books to help |
| 0:31.0 | shape informed investors. In this podcast, we speak to great authors about their writings. The late |
| 0:36.1 | great Charlie Munger prescribed using multiple mental models and analysis. |
| 0:40.4 | We analyze their work through the lens of business, markets, and people. |
| 0:45.5 | Luke 252 says, quote, |
| 0:49.1 | And Jesus grew in wisdom and stature and in favor with God and man. |
| 0:52.9 | End quote. |
| 0:53.6 | We talk a lot about those two kinds of wisdom, worldly wisdom and biblical wisdom. |
| 0:58.2 | Charlie Munger talked a lot about worldly wisdom. |
| 1:00.6 | Today, we will spend our time talking about biblical wisdom. |
| 1:04.6 | Joining us on the podcast is Steve Green to discuss his book titled This Beautiful Book. |
| 1:09.4 | And hosting alongside of me is our chairman, chief investor officer, Bill Smead. |
| 1:13.2 | Thanks for joining me, Dad. |
| 1:14.2 | Great to be here. |
| 1:15.4 | Steve has been the president of Hobby Lobby since 2004. |
| 1:18.1 | He holds an honorary doctorate divinity from the Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary |
| 1:21.9 | and an honorary doctorate of biblical literature from American University. |
| 1:25.6 | Mr. Green is also the chairman in the Museum of the Bible. |
| 1:28.9 | He has authored three of their titles, Faith in America in 11, Bible in America in 2013, |
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