What I learned from reading Enzo Ferrari: Power, Politics, and the Making of an Automobile Empire by Luca Dal Monte.
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[0:01] Ferrari was animated by an extraordinary passion that led him to build a product with no equal
[3:52] Lee Iacocca on why Enzo Ferrari will go as the greatest car manufacturer in history: "Ferrari spent every dollar chasing perfection."
[8:50] Business lessons from his father
[11:47] Enzo Ferrari was not interested in school. He wanted to start working immediately.
[16:36] The deaths of his father and brother
[18:20] No job. No money. No connections. A young man desperate to succeed in life.
[23:06] He learned something that he would never forget for the rest of his life: Not even the best driver had any chance of victory if he was not at the wheel of the best car.
[24:20] Starting his first business which ends in bankruptcy.
[28:31] Enzo learned from those who already accomplished what he was trying to do.
[31:10] He does the best possible job at whatever task he is given. Even if he doesn't want to do it. Enzo focuses on being useful.
[33:35] A young Enzo Ferrari is plagued with doubts and close to a nervous breakdown.
[38:28] The large leave gaps for the small: The start of Scuderia Ferrari.
[49:38] Enzo Ferrari at 33 years old.
[51:30] For Enzo Ferrari it was always day 1.
[52:33] Alfa Romeo pulls the plug/the end of Scuderia Ferrari, the birth of Ferrari.
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