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How the Mighty Fall
Jim Collins ISBN 0977326411
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Jim Collins ISBN 0977326411
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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.
Discusses signs pointing toward the decline of a business, how far the decline can proceed before failure becomes inevitable, and crucial steps companies can take to reverse course.
“Good to Great, Built to Last, Great by Choice, How the Mighty Fall, so forth, where I was doing match pair studies”— 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.
“iconic business books that include good to Great how the Mighty Fall and great by choice as well as built to last”— 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.
“how the mighty fall just in some ways the exact opposite which delves into how once great companies can self-destruct”— 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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