Is There a Dress Rehearsal?

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William: We're here for a very brief time. Some of us believe that we come back. But i think it's best if the probabilities might suggest that this is not a dress rehearsal. It's funny, even that even thag i think about that, i listend to your train griffin inteiew, and hereas i go, this is it. Unless you're a hindo at everni my limits of what i real know and believe are so enormous. I have no idea if i 'm right or not. And there's something so wonderfully humbling and profound about that. Even something as profound and foundational as this discussion we're having about whether we

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