# 065 - "8 Quality Lessons from Losing 100 Lbs " with Subhi Saadeh

- Show: [Let's Combinate](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/lets-combinate)
- Published: 2022-12-28
- Length: 29m
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/lets-combinate/2022-12-28-065-8-quality-lessons-from-losing-100-lbs-with-subhi-saadeh
- Listen: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/letscombinate/episodes/065---8-Quality-Lessons-from-Losing-100-Lbs--with-Subhi-Saadeh-e1smerj

## Summary

In this solo episode, host Subhi Saadeh shares eight quality lessons derived from his personal journey of losing 100 pounds over ten years, drawing parallels between physical fitness and quality management in medical devices. He discusses the importance of small decisions, the inefficiency of excessive pain, environmental design, and the evolution of constraints, emphasizing that 'quality is conformance to requirements' and that processes outwork motivation.

## Chapters

- [0:00](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/lets-combinate/2022-12-28-065-8-quality-lessons-from-losing-100-lbs-with-subhi-saadeh#t=0) Introduction and Personal Stories

## Topics

- [Quality & yield](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/quality-and-yield)

## Most relevant to

makers and hobbyists

## Mentioned

- GNC (company)
- Baxter (company)
- Trader Joe's (company)
- Atomic Habits (other)
- Quality is Free (other)
- The Goal (other)
- Why We Sleep (other)

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- [#367: Interviewing the Interviewer](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/global-medical-device-podcast/2024-05-16-367-interviewing-the-interviewer) (Global Medical Device Podcast)
- [#352: Fundamentals of Quality & Regulatory](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/global-medical-device-podcast/2024-01-18-352-fundamentals-of-quality-regulatory) (Global Medical Device Podcast)

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