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cover of episode The Architecture of Scale: Building a $200m Business | David Segal

The Architecture of Scale: Building a $200m Business | David Segal

2024/4/16
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David Segal: 我认为创业没有捷径可走,成功取决于持续的努力和良好的习惯。即使在感觉不佳的时候,也要坚持不懈。这就像跑步一样,在精力充沛的时候跑步很容易,但当身心俱疲时,更需要坚持。过去一年,我更加注重心理管理,在情绪低落时避免冲动决策,保持长远的眼光。我通过喝茶、冥想和锻炼来调节身心,并注重建立日常习惯和仪式感,例如在周五晚上回顾一周的收获,在周末与家人共度时光,这有助于我更好地应对工作压力。在商业决策中,我会考虑如果决策错误,会造成多大的影响,以及不做决定等待更多信息,风险有多大。对于重大决策,我会谨慎分析,而对于日常琐事,则需要保持紧迫感,提高效率。我坚信,商业的本质在于交易,持续提升交易效率至关重要。成功的企业家需要关注细节,但随着企业发展,需要建立值得信赖的团队来处理细节,自己则专注于宏观战略。在培养员工方面,我认为责任心比技能更重要,虽然技能可以通过培训获得,但责任心需要员工自身去培养。我从不回避失败,每一次失败都是宝贵的学习机会。我经历过创业失败,也经历过公司发展瓶颈,但这些经历让我更加成熟,也让我对商业有了更深刻的理解。我曾经在出售公司股份后陷入抑郁,这让我意识到,成功不等于幸福,需要找到人生的意义和目标。我从巴菲特身上学到了耐心和长远的眼光,他很少做决定,但一旦决定,就会坚定地执行。时间管理方面,我注重早起,规律作息,并确保有充足的睡眠。我将周末视为放松时间,与家人共度时光。我努力在工作和生活中取得平衡,并时刻提醒自己,人生苦短,要学会享受生活。 Shane Parish: (作为主持人,Shane Parish 的观点主要体现在对 David Segal 的提问和引导中,没有形成独立的论点。他的问题引导了 David Segal 对创业、心理健康、商业策略、时间管理等方面的深入探讨。)

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From a single storefront to a $200M enterprise, David Segal reveals the sophisticated frameworks behind building a category-defining business.

Learn the counterintuitive principles that separate exceptional operators from average founders, including the hidden challenges of success and the strategic tension between working in versus on your business.

A look into the mind of a builder who has mastered both the science of operations and the art of scale. And watch in real-time as he does it again with Firebelly Tea.

TKP listeners can receive a special 15 percent discount on Firebelly Tea products by visiting www.firebellytea.com) and entering the code Shane15 at checkout.

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(00:00) Intro

(04:59) What entrepreneurship is

(07:10) How to manage your psychology

(10:40) Yearly planning, daily action

(15:50) Avoiding "ivory-tower syndrome"

(18:30) Segal's childhood and background

(25:15) The history of DAVIDsTEA and Firebelly

(36:40) The evolution of tea and business over the last twenty years

(42:30) On failures

(49:00) Dealing with depression

(52:30) Lessons about money

(56:55) Business and life lessons from Warren Buffett

(1:00:00) On time management

(1:04:50) What's missing in Segal's life

(1:08:39) On success

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