Jay Z's Autobiography

What I learned from reading Decoded by Jay Z.  ---- Get access to the World’s Most Valuable Notebook for Founders at Founders Notes ---- (1:39) I would practice from the time I woke in the morning until I went to sleep (2:10) Even back then I though I was the best. (2:57) Bourdain: The Definitive Oral Biography  (Founders #219) (4:32) Belief becomes before ability. (5:06) Michael Jordan: The Life (Founders #212) (5:46) The public praises people for what they practice in private. (7:28)  Lock yourself in a room doing five beats a day for three summers. (7:50) Sam Walton: Made In America  (Founders #234) (9:50) He was disappointed in the world, so he built one of his own — from Steven Spielberg: A Biography (Founders #209) (12:47) The Pmarca Blog Archive Ebook by Marc Andreessen (Founders #50) (13:35) I'm not gonna say that I thought I could get rich from rap, but I could clearly see that it was gonna get bigger before it went away. Way bigger. (21:10) Over 20 years into his career and dude ain’t changed. He’s got his own vibe. You gotta love him for that. (Rick Rubin) (21:41) Against The Odds: An Autobiography by James Dyson (Founders #200) (25:27) I believe you can speak things into existence. (27:20) Picking the right market is essential. (29:29) All companies that go out of business do so for the same reason – they run out of money. —Don Valentine  (29:42) There are two things in business that matter, and you can learn this in two minutes- you don’t have to go to business school for two years: high gross margins and cash flow. The other financial metrics you can forget. —Don Valentine  (31:54) I went on the road with Big Daddy Kane for a while. I got an invaluable education watching him perform. (33:12) Everything I do I learned from the guys who came before me. —Kobe (34:15) I truly hate having discussions about who would win one on one or fans saying you’d beat Michael. I feel like Yo (puts his hands up like stop. Chill.) What you get from me is from him. I don’