Episode 43 - Captain Fluckey & Entourages
Jim Rohn famously said “We are the average of the five people we spend the most time with.” - So how do we find the highest caliber people to fill those spots in our entourage?
Sports heroes have them. Movie stars travel with them. And rappers use them as accessories like handbags or purses. Entourages are more than a symbol of fame, or a group of friends to to hit the clubs with. In a practical business sense, entourages are your mentors, your personal evaluators, your advisors, and your private think-tank. A good entourage will go out to dinner with you, listen to your business startup plan, and help shore up the weak spots. On today’s episode we want to clarify the role of an entourage in a practical day-to-day sense, and we want to talk about how to find good entourage members without having to shell out big bucks. We’ll even look into the science of how good teams work together. Why the structure of how friends interact with each other looks like a chemical compound. And how you can become the information broker of multiple entourages.
We’ll also look at the exploits of the ultimate entourage: Captain Eugene Fluckey and the crew of The Barb. A submarine in WWII that broke all the records (and the rules) about sub warfare, thanks to her captain and officers. Not only did The Barb smash records, re-write the book on submarine operation, and earn the interest of Franklin Delano Roosevelt...it was also the only submarine to ever torpedo a freight train. A little trick that wouldn’t have been possible, if Captain Fluckey hadn’t recruited the brightest, most talented, craziest officers to his side.
History Links:
https://www.usni.org/magazines/naval-history-magazine/2011/march/sailor-who-torpedoed-train
https://www.historynet.com/hell-and-high-water-the-uss-barb.htm
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/893889.Thunder_Below_
Science Links:
https://www.fastcompany.com/3023424/why-successful-people-have-so-many-groups-of-friends