Michael Jordan In His Own Words

**David Senra** (0:00)
I wanted to make an episode on this book that Michael Jordan published when he was about halfway through his career. And so I spent the week reading that book, and I also read this long form piece about Jordan when he was 50 And when I was done with all that, and I was just reviewing all my notes and highlights, I didn't think I had, I just wasn't as excited about it. I didn't think I had enough good information to actually make an episode. And so since that wasn't good enough, what I'm gonna do instead is I'm republishing this episode that I made about Michael Jordan that I do love, and it's based on a book that I absolutely love and highly recommend you buy. It's called Driven From Within. And so even if you listen to this episode when it first came out three years ago, I would listen to it again. And if you haven't heard it before, then you're in for a treat. This is one of history's greatest competitors in his own words. And I just wanna tell you about two quick things before we get into it. I'm hosting two more conferences this year. The first one is July 29th through the 31st in Scotts Valley, California. The venue is absolutely gorgeous. It is surrounded by beautiful California redwoods. The second one is in September 27th through the 29th in Austin, Texas, directly on the Colorado River in a secluded spot, 15 minutes from downtown Austin. These events exist. I do this for one reason, to help you build relationships with other founders, investors and high value people. The last event, the event I did in March, sold out and was a massive success. People traveled all over the world to be there. And they left with new friendships, new business partners, new advisors, new customers, new investors, and new energy and inspiration. It is so important to invest time, energy and resources into building these relationships. The best way I've ever heard this put was from someone that designed in-person relationship for family offices. He said, relationships between two people like this, these investor founder types, they produce nonlinear returns. Here are a few details that you need to know before you attend. Number one, I ran out every single event I do. I ran out the entire venue. That means every single person you see there is there for the same reason and has the same interest as you. Number two, they are all inclusive locations. That means you get yourself there and I take care of the rest. Your lodging, your food, access to all the events, it's all taken care of. Number three and four are related. Number three, these are events for already successful people that have already progressed in their career, that have already built a successful career. The price should not be a stretch to you. And if you were just starting out on your career, the podcast is free. It's a world-class education on demand for free. Listen to it, use those ideas to build your work, and then come to another event in the future. So that leaves us number four. These are smaller events. This is intentional. The one in beautiful Scotts Valley, California, among the Redwoods, is going to be around 120 to 130 people. The one in Austin is going to be around 150 people. I will, of course, be there the entire time. The one change I'm making for the second and third event that is different from the first event, way less stage time for me, and way more small group conversations. If you want to attend, do not dilly-dally. I'm doing both of these events in partnerships. These events are being advertised not only on this podcast, but on Business Breakdowns and Invest Like The Best. I'm doing that in partnership with them for the Austin, Texas event, and then the Art of Investing podcast as well for the Scotts Valley, California event. So you are welcome to attend both events if you'd like. Some people have already bought tickets to both events. You can see more details and apply to the event by going to founderspodcast.com forward slash events. The second thing, and I'll make this really fast, you're about to hear, in the episode that you're about to hear, Michael Jordan talks a lot about how his career was made better as a result of the studying that he did of the great people that came before him. I have made myself a tool, and now it's available to you, so I now have made you and me a tool that allows you to do the exact same thing. It is called Founders Notes. It's available at foundersnotes.com, Founders with an S, just like the podcast. And it allows you to get access to every single one of my highlights, notes, and transcripts for every single book and episode I've ever done. It's in one giant database that you can search. So you can search by keyword. You can have SAGE, which is the AI Assistant search and synthesize the data for you. Or you can read highlights by book. An existing Founder Notes subscriber sent me this message this week. He says, Founder Notes is literally a compounding tactical advantage over my competition. So at the end of this episode, which you're gonna hear me, you're gonna hear me use Founders Notes to answer the question, how did history's greatest founders think about hiring? What you hear was not committed to memory. This is the most important part. It came from me doing a keyword search on hiring in Founders Notes. This becomes a superpower for you or a compounding tactical advantage, as the one subscriber said, because it gives you the ability to tap into the collective knowledge of history's greatest founders on demand. So make sure you stick around to the end to hear that. I think the last 20, 30 minutes is remarkable. And of course, don't forget to subscribe at foundersnotes.com. That is foundersnotes.com. And now I hope you enjoy this episode of Michael Jordan and his own words.