"So, it took me nine years to get to episode 400. That means over the last nine years, I've read and reread 400 biographies and autobiographies of history's greatest entrepreneurs. My number one recomm..."

"control. This is one of the most important ideas that I've learned from James Dyson. One that has absolutely grabbed me and held on to me for, you know, for six or seven years. Says difference for the..."

"they would talk with each other about their designer and engineer heroes from history. And it's from these conversations that Dyson said this. I was left with a burning ambition to emulate the designe..."

"with them and seeing parallels with every stage of my own life enabled me to see my career as a whole and to know that it would all turn out the way that it has. And one of the most important things t..."

"overcome nerves. As I grew more and more neurotic about being caught from behind, I trained harder to stay in front. To this day, it is the fear of failure more than anything else, which makes me keep..."

"they first try to sell the sea truck. And as a result, it was really hard to sell. And so Dyson says this. I learned then one of the most crucial business lessons of my life. To stint on investment in..."

"revolutionary wheelbarrow, the ballarrow, was impossible, he said, "This only strengthened my resolve and made me more determined to prove them wrong." Another one of his most important ideas, and one..."

"position to convince others of its greatness and to inspire others to give it their very best efforts to developing it and to remain true to it and to see it through all the way to its optimum point. ..."

"his perseverance, hugely inspired by the the unique ideas that he has in the book and his unique business philosophy, but he's also funny as hell. These these books make you especially his first one m..."

"three days a week with Dyson on real research projects alongside young Dyson engineers. We pay them a proper salary and then we teach them for the remaining two days. When the undergraduates complete ..."

"new thinking about old problems. Buckminister Fuller had been described as one of the century's greatest dreamers. Fuller dreamt because his vision was of a world that did not yet exist. The value of ..."

"he brings up the the fear of failure over and over again. He brings up the fact that he's just obsessed with retention of total control. So why is he so obsessed with control and driven by a fear of f..."

"for more than a thousand days. And to me, this is the most important part of the story. This is the part that's full of terror and agony and doubt. Listen to what he says about the next 14 years of st..."

"it. I get asked by founders all the time like, "What do you think of my idea?" And my answer is all the same. I don't know. And it doesn't matter what I think. It matters what you will do. And no one ..."

"cyclone built by my own staff at my own factory. It was amazing. A vacuum cleaner designed entirely by me, incorporating innovations up to the very latest point at which my technology had arrived to b..."

"the sake of difference. This is core to his philosophy. I think the way to really think about this is just ask yourself like how can I be different than my competitors? It is a great question to sit a..."

"self-reliance and faith on the part of the inventor. I can also see that it's hard for an outsider to understand the challenge and the thrill of inventing new technology, designing and manufacturing t..."

"companies used to be run by people who love cars. They knew how to make cars themselves and were always trying to make them better. Retail companies used to be run by people who love shops. And a 100 ..."

"of greatness is to be different and the beginning of failure is to be the same. I think Dyson would agree with that. Dyson says, "This is part of my anti-billance campaign. Very few people can be bril..."

"wise friends advised me to sell when a few offers came in. A family business has most of its wealth tied up in the business. So continuing to keep it a family business is both a risk and a responsibil..."