The Blueprint
Most biographies read like singular stories. Read enough of them and
the same patterns begin to surface. The Blueprint distills 27 of
those recurring behaviors into a practical operating system for ambition.
27 Recurring patterns
3 Core disciplines
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Opening 00 Introduction 17 min Part 01 / Business 01 The Universal Challenge 36 min 02 Break the Rules 20 min 03 Trust the Incentives 37 min 04 The Right Kind of Obsession 31 min 05 The Only Asset You Can’t Replace 26 min 06 How to Be Wise 40 min 07 Nothing is Original 33 min 08 Sell The Dream 31 min 09 The Job Is an Apprenticeship 28 min 10 Own What You Build 35 min 11 Lead From the Front 37 min Part 02 / Investing 12 The Illusion of Certainty 24 min 13 How to Predict the Future 28 min 14 The Life and Death of Money 21 min 15 Empathy Is Not a Policy 10 min 16 Know What You Own 23 min 17 Make Your Own Luck 19 min 18 Build a War Chest 12 min 19 The Allocator’s Advantage 24 min Part 03 / Political strategy 20 How to Read Minds 23 min 21 Everyone Is Crazy 20 min 22 Are You Good, or Just Afraid? 31 min 23 Others Have Gone Through Worse 22 min 24 How to Reach the Unreachable 37 min 25 Every Relationship is an Exchange 9 min 26 A Long Conversation 24 min 27 Power Grows With Use 36 min Closing 28 Conclusion 16 min
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00 Introduction
Part 01
Business
11 chapters
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Innovation, execution, persuasion, resilience, and scale.
01 The Universal Challenge 02 Break the Rules 03 Trust the Incentives 04 The Right Kind of Obsession 05 The Only Asset You Can’t Replace 06 How to Be Wise 07 Nothing is Original 08 Sell The Dream 09 The Job Is an Apprenticeship 10 Own What You Build 11 Lead From the Front
Part 02
Investing
8 chapters
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Markets, money, cycles, risk, patience, and asymmetric bets.
12 The Illusion of Certainty 13 How to Predict the Future 14 The Life and Death of Money 15 Empathy Is Not a Policy 16 Know What You Own 17 Make Your Own Luck 18 Build a War Chest 19 The Allocator’s Advantage
Part 03
Political strategy
8 chapters
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Power, incentives, coalitions, perception, and human nature.
20 How to Read Minds 21 Everyone Is Crazy 22 Are You Good, or Just Afraid? 23 Others Have Gone Through Worse 24 How to Reach the Unreachable 25 Every Relationship is an Exchange 26 A Long Conversation 27 Power Grows With Use
28 Conclusion
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