Length: 1 Hour 46 Minutes
Outcome: Added to Library
Link to Episode: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/founders/id1141877104?i=1000632137138
I was listening to another podcast a couple of weeks ago and David Sentra was the guest. I learned that he had a podcast where he reviewed biographies and autobiographies. I made a note to go back and listen to his podcast.
Today I was scrolling through his library of recorded episodes and decided to listen to episode #324. From scrolling it looked like there was a heavy emphasis on people in business like Rockefeller, Bezos, Steve Jobs. There were also episodes about Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant, directors like Spielberg or George Lucas, and historians like Will Durant.
The thought of this podcast appealed to me. In the podcast where I was introduced to Sentra and again in this podcast he states “you can find a million dollar idea in a $30 book.” Reading the autobiography of a successful person can give you valuable knowledge that you can apply to your life.
I picked the episode that I did because I wanted to see what insights Rockefeller would pass on to his son. Sentra took snippets from the letters and painted a picture of the type of person that Rockefeller was. The vast majority of it focused on business endeavors but he was also trying to teach his son life lessons in the letters. His perspectives on luck and failure were worth the listen.
Overall I found this to be a well done podcast and I will be adding it to my library. I look forward to listening about other figures that I am not more familiar with.
“What about Roxane?” Alexander asked.
“Your prisoner bride?”
“Such disrespect is worthy of death!”
“There is no possible way that you could love her or that she could truly love you.”
“What gives you the insight to speak so assertively about matters you know nothing about?”
“Daughter of Oxyarthes, the man who surrendered the Iron Gates to you, makes for a very political marriage.”
“Continue,” said Alexander.
“At a feast celebrating your latest victory a number of young women were brought in for entertainment. You spotted one of them whose beauty far surpassed the others and you decided on the spot to marry her once you learned she was the daughter of Oxyarthes. You needed to cement a strong relationship with the local leaders. What better way to do this than through marriage? You didn’t share a common language and never even spoke to each other beforehand. She never was given a choice. So she is your prisoner bride.”
“You have a vague outline of the past. I suppose it is remarkable that you have as much ...
