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In this episode, we discuss what mastery really means, particularly in sport and in a professional setting. We discuss what drives some people to go that extra mile and whether it's something that all of us seek.

We close things out with our content recommendations.  Content discussed in this episode:


Angela Duckworth: Grit and Human Behavior [The Knowledge Project Ep. #109]

Harley Finkelstein — Tactics and Strategies from Shopify, the Future of Retail, and More ( The Tim Ferris Show #486)

Radical Candor: Fully Revised and Updated Edition: How to Get What You Want by Saying What You Mean by Kim Scott

Brain fog: how trauma, uncertainty and isolation have affected our minds and memory

A forty-year career by Will Larson

Open: An Autobiography by Andre Agassi

Running: The Autobiography by Ronnie O'Sullivan

In this episode, we talk about learnings from Jeff Bezos' operating style - trying to identify areas where we can apply these learnings to our personal and professional lives. 

Jeff Bezos, as most of us would know, is the legendary founder-CEO of Amazon.com - possibly the most successful company of the current century. He has recently stepped down from his post of CEO at Amazon to pursue interests - specifically in space exploration with this company Blue Origin. 

We cover the following themes in our discussion:
1. Clarity - Amazon's famous narrative, 6-pager meetings (No Powerpoint!).

2. Balance - Evaluating multiple decision frameworks simultaneously and using the best ones. Specifically, the Type-1 and Type-2 decision-making process. 

3. Conviction, Self-belief & Bezos' famous regret-minimization framework.

Our recommendation for the episode:
1. Invent & Wander - The Collected Writings of Jeff Bezos, with an Introduction by Walter Isaacson

2. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams

3. Carry On - Rainbow Rowell

4. Siddhartha - Herman Hesse

5. Beyond The Last Blue Mountain: A Life Of J. R. D. Tata - R.M. Lala

6. The 50 Best Contemporary Novels Under 200 Pages

Happy listening! 

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You can connect with us on Twitter for suggestions, recommendations, & criticisms at:
Chaitanya: @ckingalpha
Achyut: @a_2510

In this episode, we have a freewheeling chat about money and our philosophies around it. We talk about how people think about money and how it affects their decision making.
While this was recorded in the week that Bitcoin hit $40k and Elon Musk became the richest man in the world, a week where money took centre-stage in people's minds, it seems even more relevant this week as GameStop hits record highs, propped up by online armies of retail investors.
In such whirlwind times, having a philosophy around money and thinking about how to think about money is important lest you get carried away by all the FOMO swirling around you.

Content discussed in this episode:
The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel
The Psychology of Money (Article) by Morgan Housel
Anything You Want: 40 Lessons for a New Kind of Entrepreneur by Derek Sivers
How I got rich on the other hand by Derek Sivers
Ed Catmull on how he helped foster creative collaboration at Disney and Pixar by Ed Catmull
How Pixar Fosters Collective Creativity by Ed Catmull

Recently, Salesforce signed an agreement to acquire Slack for a deal valued at $27.7 billion! 

We discuss the strategic significance of the acquisition for both companies. Additionally, we try to understand what such a consolidation means for the future of enterprise software. Consumerization of Enterprise software is one of the hottest fields right now and we are excited to observe what's next! Happy listening!



Our recommendations from the episode: 

1. Roger Martin talking about Integrative Thinking in the Knowledge Project Podcast

2. Richard Koch on The Tim Ferriss Show

3. Delivering Happiness by Tony Hsieh (RIP)

In this episode, we discuss whether a platform-specific UI/UX can create new opportunities for incumbents and startups in the enterprise space. We discuss the unique challenges faced by B2B businesses compared to B2C - such as high inertia and necessary friction in solutions! 

Hopefully, you'll find this interesting. Do reach out to us on Twitter if you have comments, suggestions, criticism on the episode (or, in general!). You can find us on the following ids - Frameworks & Flywheels (@FFlywheels), Chaitanya (@ckingalpha) & Achyut (@a_2510). 



The content we discussed during the episode: 

1. Alchemy by Rory Sutherland 

2. Notes of a Dream - The Authorized Biography of A.R. Rahman

3. Rory Sutherland on the Invest Like the Best podcast 



Happy listening! 

In this episode, we talk about the American connected fitness company Peloton and its uniquely successful business model. By selling premium hardware and premium subscriptions, Peloton has managed to avoid many of the pitfalls of hardware businesses. We also talk about how this compares to Apple and the subscriptions that it offers and the bundle that it recently announced.
We round things out with our content recommendations for this episode.

Content discussed in this episode:


Returning to the Edge and the End of Cloud Computing - Peter Levine of Andreessen Horowitz
Roelof Botha of Sequoia on the investment thesis for investing in Youtube
The Mike Speiser Incubation Playbook by Kevin Kwok
Five Books - The best books on everything