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The Knowledge Project Podcast Transcripts

Mickey Drexler: The Art of Knowing What Sells [The Knowledge Project Ep. #213]

Shane Parrish: Let’s start at the beginning. You said your father was a model of what you didn’t want.

Mickey Drexler: He didn’t fit my job description of what I thought a good father should be. Yeah. I didn’t know what I wanted then. I didn’t know. When you’re a kid, you’re moving all over the place; you don’t know what’s right and what’s not right. You learn over time.

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