How to Take Over the World

After being pushed out of Apple, Steve Jobs built NeXT and nearly destroyed it. This episode explores how those years of failure taught him discipline, compromise, and leadership, preparing him for his historic return to Apple.

00:00 Steve Jobs on Strengths & Weaknesses
03:11 Founding NeXT
12:14 Building the NeXT Team and Culture
20:58 The Cube: Launch and Failure
22:58 Government Deals and Missed Opportunities
25:56 Steve's Personal Life and Marriage
28:20 NeXT's Near-Bankruptcy and Turnaround
34:22 Becoming a Software Company
38:55 Apple Buys NeXT
43:43 Lessons on Leadership and Trade-offs

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Source:⁠

Steve Jobs in Exile: The Untold Story of NeXT and the Remaking of an American Visionary by Geoffrey Cain

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My diagnosis and prognosis

What this means for How to Take Over the World

A few thoughts on death

Links:

https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-ben-fight-cancer-support-his-treatment

http://takeoverpod.supercast.com/

My email: Ben@takeoverpod.com

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On this episode we discuss lessons learned from Miyamoto Musashi, his life as a traveling Samurai, his work as an artist, and his famous work "The Book of Five Rings."

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In part 3, we explore how Hitler went from taking over Europe to losing everything.

00:00 Introduction

06:51 Reichstag Fire

09:44 Working Toward the Führer

14:40 Night of the Long Knives

22:18 Rearmament

23:26 Rhineland Reoccupation

31:37 Berlin Olympics

42:03 Anschluss

44:51 Sudetenland

48:15 Czechoslovakia

53:45 Pact With Stalin

01:01:11 Phony War

01:03:17 Norway to Fall of France

01:06:16 Dunkirk and Aftermath

01:11:59 Battle of Britain Blitz

01:14:31 Barbarossa

01:20:08 Wolfsschanze And Early Confidence

01:21:08 Genocidal War

01:25:53 Winter Pushback

01:31:43 War With America Declared

01:34:31 Operation Blue

01:36:51 Stalingrad Catastrophe

01:39:31 Kursk And Lost Initiative

01:42:16 Allies Coordinate Axis Fractures

01:46:27 Unconditional Surrender Debate

01:49:19 D Day And July Plot

01:53:33 Bunker Collapse And Suicide

01:56:13 Conclusion

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Sources:⁠

Hitler: A Biography by Ian Kershaw⁠⁠

Hitler: Beyond Evil and Tyranny by RHS Stolfi

⁠⁠Hitler: A Global Biography by Brendan Simms

⁠⁠In His Own Words: The Essential Speeches of Adolf Hitler by CJ Miller⁠

⁠Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler (New Ford Translation)⁠

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The Classical Society⁠⁠

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Zodl (The new Zashi wallet)⁠⁠

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In this premium-only episode, we take a deeper look into the mind and philosophy of Adolf Hitler. Drawing from Mein Kampf (Parts I and II) and his unfinished second book, we examine how he saw the world and how that worldview shaped his actions.

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