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Show Notes

(00:04:40) - (Sam Hinkie) - His focus on quality people and talent as a key driver for success

(00:05:55) - The most amazing thing he’s seen from someone he has worked with, early on in the partnership

(00:07:59) - The different leadership styles he has absorbed through his career

(00:09:51) - His interest in finding “digital breadcrumbs” on his pursuit of knowing a person

(00:13:18) - The impactful story of meeting the assistant GM of the Houston Rockets

(00:17:22) - Strategies he has developed to avoid transactional people

(00:18:19) - The move he made that most factored in to him getting the GM position

(00:19:22) - How he shapes his career and optimizes from an investment perspective

(00:24:06) - The strangest things he has come across in early-stage investing

(00:25:47) - How listeners can use the proverbial bread crumbs to enable serendipity and prosperity

(00:29:47) - (Boyd Varty) - His childhood and his dad’s black mamba story

(00:33:04) - His early experiences with tracking wildlife and how it applies to investing

(00:38:32) - What a full day of tracking looks like, and his Track Your Life retreat program

(00:44:46) - What can be learned about life goals and paths from the experience of tracking

(00:47:59) - The influence of culture on decision-making and goal-setting

(00:50:39) - His concept of “the ordering of chaos on behalf of others” and its impact on life purpose as it relates to the so-called wild self

(00:52:13) - How his theories stand up to common objections from skeptics

(00:54:41) - The importance of moving towards the unknown to start approaching goals

(00:57:15) - His most memorable tracking experience

(01:08:43) - The kindest thing anyone has ever done for him

(01:12:40) - (Charlie Songhurst) - His interest in studying people’s virtues and vices

(01:15:10) - His diverse career highlights

(01:16:29) - His analysis of why startups succeed or fail

(01:21:21) - What founders can learn to enable and maintain productivity in their company

(01:25:21) - Nature versus nurture as it applies to adept founders, and the controversial “alien founder” concept

(01:30:10) - The importance of good recruiting from an early stage

(01:33:32) - How founders can make their companies attractive to prospective talent

(01:35:53) - Why he is interested in investing in highly boring and highly complex ideas