transcript · 7,726 words

#427 How Raymond Plank Built a $50 Billion Oil Company

Transcribed with NVIDIA Parakeet · Timestamps stay in sync with the live audio

The capacity of the human mind for learning and personal growth greatly exceeds that which I would have deemed plausible in my early years. The purpose of this memoir is to open the window of my life. In the hope that readers may find parts useful in achieving a fuller measure of their own capacities. to attain worthy goals on behalf of self and others. In the certain belief that happiness and understanding uplift the human spirit.

contributing to the base For a full and happy life. I look back to the years of my life from the vantage point of now being in my ninetiet year. I look back in order to see forward. Hindsight informed me of several primary individual lifetime learnings which might be useful to others.

Especially those who desire to expand the remarkable individual capacities granted us when we seek beyond self. the greater common good. My values have been influenced by a few cornerstones. First, at perhaps the age of ten, when I was on a walk with my dad. He dropped my hand.

That is the first couple of minutes. The rest is $1.49.

We already have this episode, so unlocking it is cheap and permanent: the full transcript, segment and word-level timestamps, and .txt, .srt, .vtt and word-level JSON downloads, as many times as you like, forever.

No account needed, we create one from your checkout email. With credits it is 1 credit; packs start at 5 episodes for $3.49, and monthly plans are cheaper still.

get it now

Ready in under two minutes.

pay once · credits never expire

monthly · cheapest per episode · cancel any time

One episode is up to 4 hours of audio; a longer one counts as one more for every started 4 hours. Secure checkout by Stripe. Paying once needs no account: we create one from your email. By paying you agree to the terms.