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#64 Coco Chanel: Her Life and Secrets)

What I learned from reading <a href="https://amzn.to/2Yg86Il">Coco Chanel: Her Life, Her Secrets</a>.It is my work I am congratulated on, and to me, that's the only thing that counts (0:01)I've been miserable in a life that from the outside seemed magnificent (4:15)The maxims of Coco Chanel (6:43)Coco on marketing (13:22)Coco's early life (15:15)My need for independence began to develop when I was very young. (18:53)Coco Chanel at 20 (28:15)the beginning of her empire (34:00)I have nothing and I know I can do anything. (37:00)relentlessly resourceful / a metaphor on how to create opportunity (41:04)Coco goes to war for her profits - and wins (48:45)—“I have listened to every episode released and look forward to every episode that comes out. The only criticism I would have is that after each podcast I usually want to buy the book because I am interested so my poor wallet suffers. ” — GarethBe like Gareth. Buy a book: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/shop/founderspodcast">All the books featured on Founders Podcast</a>

Learn from history's greatest entrepreneurs. Every week I read a biography of an entrepreneur and find ideas you can use in your work. This quote explains why: "There are thousands of years of history in which lots and lots of very smart people worked very hard and ran all types of experiments on how to create new businesses, invent new technology, new ways to manage etc. They ran these experiments throughout their entire lives. At some point, somebody put these lessons down in a book. For very little money and a few hours of time, you can learn from someone’s accumulated experience. There is so much more to learn from the past than we often realize. You could productively spend your time reading experiences of great people who have come before and you learn every time." —Marc Andreessen