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Built to Last
Jim Collins ISBN 9781844135844
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Jim Collins ISBN 9781844135844
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This book by Jim Collins has come up 3 times on Tim Ferriss. The people who brought it up: Jim Collins, Tim Ferriss. The earliest mention we indexed is from 2020-12-07 and the most recent from 2026-03-05. Every occurrence below links to the episode page and to the exact second it was said on YouTube.
"This is not a book about charismatic visionary leaders. It is not about visionary product concepts or visionary products or visionary market insights. Nor even is it about just having a corporate vision. This is a book about something far more important, enduring, and substantial. This is a book about visionary companies." So write James C. Collins and Jerry I. Porras in this groundbreaking book that shatters myths, provides new insights, and gives practical guidance to those who would like to build landmark companies that stand the test of time.
“I was off working on Built to Last and Good to Great. I was working on my company research”— Jim Collins
The guest here is Jim Collins: Researcher and author of Good to Great, Built to Last, and Great by Choice; here discussing his new book What to Make of a Life: Cliffs, Fog, Fire, and the Self-Knowledge Imperative, the product of 12+ years of research. Jim Collins joins Tim Ferriss to explore his new book on cliffs, fog, encodings, and getting a return on luck across a whole life.
“great by choice as well as built to last and Beyond entrepreneurship 2.0 which he co-authored with his mentor bill lazir”— Tim Ferriss
The guest here is Jim Collins and Ed Zschau: Jim Collins is the author of iconic business books including Good to Great, Built to Last, How the Mighty Fall, and Great by Choice. Ed Zschau is a polymath Princeton/Stanford/Harvard professor, 17-year tech-industry executive, and former U.S. congressman from California who became one of Tim Ferriss's most important mentors. A 10-year anniversary super-combo where Jim Collins and Ed Zschau share lifelong systems for creative discipline, purpose, and entrepreneurial teaching.
“the enduring classic built to last many of you will know that which explores how some leaders build companies that remain visionary for generations”— Tim Ferriss
The guest here is Jim Collins: Researcher and teacher of what makes great companies endure, and a Socratic advisor to leaders. Author or co-author of six books (including Good to Great and Built to Last) that have sold more than 10 million copies. Jim Collins returns to discuss mentors, the power of small gestures, light vs. dark motivation, the Stockdale Paradox, and renewing over a lifetime.
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