William Green is a journalist and author, who has written for many leading publications in the US and Europe, including The New Yorker, Fortune, Forbes, Fast Company, Money, The Economist, and others. He has interviewed presidents and prime ministers, inventors, criminals, prize-winning authors, the CEOs of some of the world\u2019s largest companies, and countless billionaires.
William\u2019s most recent book is "Richer, Wiser, Happier,\u201d where he draws on interviews that he\u2019s conducted over twenty-five years with many of the world\u2019s greatest investors. He spent time with time with people like Sir John Templeton, Joel Greenblatt, Nick Sleep, Mohnish Pabrai, and Charlie Munger, and distilled for the readers what it is that we can take away from their disciplines, their mindsets, their habits, and day to day activities, that we can apply in other walks of life beyond financial management.
What Is Covered:\xa0
- Why we can regard the world\u2019s greatest investors as practical philosophers
- The connection between resilient wealth creation and emotional resilience
- Why the idea of cloning other investor\u2019s practices is still subversive in today\u2019s world
- Exercise, nutrition, meditation and sleep as the basics for making good decisions
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Key Learnings and Takeaways:\xa0
- When you decide to clone someone\u2019s fundamental ideas and insights that work, you have to do it in a way that's aligned with your own temperament and skills\xa0
- In order to create resilient wealth, you don't need the optimal strategy, you need a strategy that's good enough, that\u2019s directionally correct
- You don't want to wait until you're in the midst of a crisis to adopt habits such as quality nutrition, exercise, meditation and sleep; it's important to adopt these good habits before the crisis.\xa0
Links and Resources Mentioned in This Episode:\xa0
- \u201cRicher, Wiser, Happier\u201d by William Green http://www.williamgreenwrites.com/richer-wiser-happier/\xa0
- Connect with William Green on Twitter https://twitter.com/williamgreen72\xa0
- Connect with William Green on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/william-green-79809a19/\xa0
- \u201cPower vs. Force\u201d by David R. Hawkins https://www.amazon.com/Power-vs-Force-David-Hawkins-ebook/dp/B00EJBABS2\xa0
- \u201cLetting Go: The Pathway of Surrender\u201d by David R. Hawkins https://www.amazon.com/Letting-Go-David-R-Hawkins-ebook/dp/B00EY818TQ/\xa0\xa0
- \u201cCarefree Dignity\u201d by Tsoknyi Rinpoche https://www.amazon.com/Carefree-Dignity-Discourses-Training-Nature/dp/9627341320\xa0
- \u201cOpen Heart, Open Mind\u201d by Tsoknyi Rinpoche https://www.amazon.com/Open-Heart-Mind-Guide-Transformation/dp/1846043441/\xa0
- \u201cAltered Traits\u201d by Daniel Goleman https://www.amazon.com/Altered-Traits-Science-Reveals-Meditation/dp/0399184392/\xa0
- Colliding with the Unexpected with Gillian Tett on OutsideVoices https://outsidelens.com/colliding-with-the-unexpected-with-gillian-tett/\xa0
- Accidental CEO with David Novak on OutsideVoices https://outsidelens.com/accidental-ceo-with-david-novak/\xa0\xa0\xa0
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