{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"David Senra \u2014 Pick The Right Heroes (EP.127)","description":"\u201cTo get me stop, they\u2019re going to have to pry the microphone out of my cold dead hand\u201d.  Hot on the heels of his hugely popular appearance on \u2018Invest Like The Best\u2019, David Senra joins a marathon episode of Infinite Loops to discuss obsession, education, optimism, podcasting, and so much more.  Unsurprisingly, this one is not to be missed.  Important Links:  Founders Podcast  Founders on Colossus  David\u2019s Twitter David\u2019s Substack Runnin\u2019 Down a Dream - Bill Gurley  Show Notes:  David\u2019s grandfather, refugees, and risk-taking Why reading history raises our ambition Obsession and genetics Why founders are the most important people in the world Our failing education system \u201cTo get me to stop, they\u2019re going to have to pry the microphone out of my cold dead hand\u201d \u201cDon\u2019t do anything that somebody else can do\u201d Societal responses to change, predicting the future The benefits of small teams \u201cPlan B should be to make plan A work\u201d Optimism, risk and the bridge of nihilism Why you need to start a podcast \u201cHistory doesn\u2019t repeat, human nature does\u201d AI and art The internet is the greatest variance amplifier in history \u201cYou can\u2019t fake passion\u201d Infinite networks Luck, burnout, learning and excuses \u201cDon\u2019t be surprised if your best idea comes 30 to 40 years into your career\u201d The blueprint for a great day Pick the right heroes  Books Mentioned:  Am I Being Too Subtle?: Straight Talk From a Business Rebel; by Sam Zell The Sugar King of Havana: The Rise and Fall of Julio Lobo, Cuba's Last Tycoon; by John Paul Rathbone The Hypomaniac Edge: The Link Between (A Little) Craziness and (A Lot of) Success in America; by John D. Gartner One Summer: America, 1927; by Bill Bryson Reluctant Genius: The Passionate Life and Inventive Mind of Alexander Graham Bell; by Charlotte Gray Born of this land : my life story; by Chung Ju-yung Shoe Dog; by Phil Knight Pulitzer: A Life in Politics, Print, and Power; by James McGrath Morris Only the Paranoid Survive: How to Exploit the Crisis Points That Challenge Every Company; by Andrew S. Grove Time to Make the Donuts: The Founder of Dunkin Donuts Shares an American Journey; by William Rosenberg Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration; by Ed Catmull The Tao Te Ching; by Laozi My Life &amp;amp; Work - An Autobiography of Henry Ford; by Henry Ford One from Many: VISA and the Rise of Chaordic Organization; by Dee Hock Zanies: The world\u2019s greatest eccentrics; by Jay Robert Nash  ","author_name":"Infinite Loops","author_url":"https:\/\/infiniteloopspodcast.com\/","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/24667125\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/item\/24667125"}