Darran Brown's Book Happy Why More or Less Everything Is OK, Is Quite Good

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Darran brown's book, happy why more or less everything is ok, is quite good. I read all the original so aurelius and seneca and the full epitane to uesan ye. And what i find fascinating is the way these things hat you just pointed out, they all really do work together and symbionically. An investing is just a microcosm of life. So really what you are dealing with is uncertainty. How do i deal with the fact that the future is unknowable? The world is full of scheisters and self deceivers who pretend that it's knowable. You're trying to figure out your way through this very murky world where nothing

William Green is a journalist and author of the book “RICHER, WISER, HAPPIER: How the World's Greatest Investors Win in Markets and Life.” — a book that draws on hundreds of hours of interviews with many of the world’s super-investors to demonstrate that key insights for building wealth apply to life as well. You can follow William on Twitter https://twitter.com/williamgreen72 and get his book at https://www.amazon.com/Richer-Wiser-Happier-Greatest-Investors/dp/1501164856 Show Notes:

From Journalism to Investing
Obsessiveness required to play and win a game
Behavioral biases
Role of patience in investing
Stoicism, and dealing with uncertainty
Reading authors like Henry James
Saying YES to serendipity
Being present in the moment
Delaying gratification
“When I fall, I shall rise”
Getting out of your own way
Staying away from the games that don't suit you
How body posture can affect you psychologically
Giving pleasure to your creator
Not knowing the truth

Books Mentioned:

Richer, Wiser, Happier: How the World's Greatest Investors Win in Markets and in Life; by William Green
Happy: Why More Or Less Everything is Absolutely Fine; by Derren Brown