What Is the Point of Using Money as a Proximity?

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In his day job, charles dodson was a well respected logician. He wrote a very short piecethat is alled what the tortoise said to achilles,. And it's literally three pages long. So he makes the point that even are most what would be considered rigorous mathematical systems start with that's true. It one of the beautiful ideas that he teaches that's related to this idea of money and whether it's about starting off wanting the money or not.

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