1: Introductions and Purpose

3: Quality Above All Else and the Founding of Patagonia

Book discussion based on, "Let My People Go Surfing" by author and founder of Patagonia, Yvon Chouinard. An amazing story of a reluctant businessman who focused on what mattered most to him. So many great life and business lessons here that we are really excited to share with you. As always thanks for listening!

2: Ben Horowitz Book Discussion on The Struggle, Putting People First, and Leadership

Book discussion on the Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a business when there are no easy answers by Ben Horowitz. Anthony and Drew are back at it discussing business topics and how they apply to medicine. So many great points in this book that are very applicable to jobs within and outside of healthcare. This is the first part of a two part episode with topics discussed including: * Ben Horowitz' background * Anthony's start of being a leader in the marine core * The Struggle and how it is easy to get discouraged * Telling it like it is * Building trust * No silver bullets (no magic solutions) * Taking care of people first

1: Introductions and Purpose

In this episode co-hosts Anthony Massoll and Drew Albert discuss their backgrounds and the purpose behind the physician forge podcast.