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0:00I wanted to read a biography of Sochiro Honda after James Dyson wrote about the impact that Honda had on his career.
0:06The key lesson that James Dyson took from studying Honda was this framework that Dyson actually used throughout his career.
0:12And it was pretty straightforward.
0:14It was take an existing product, notice what's bad, clumsy, overcomplicated, or even ignored about that existing product, improve it obsessively and continuously.
0:24And you do this by making the product simpler and more pleasurable to use.
0:28Then you retain enough control of your company to keep improving the existing product.
0:34And then you repeat this loop and never stop.
0:36And so the book that I want to talk to you about today was written in 1975.
0:40And it was called Honda, the Man and His Machines, and it was written by Sol Sanders.
0:45And I think the dedication to this book actually describes the kind of entrepreneur that Honda was.
0:50It says, to the free spirits in all cultures, the Sochira Honda typifies.
0:56And I'm going to jump into the introduction and I'm going to pull out a few key ideas.
0:59I think it gives a wonderful overview of who Honda was.
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