The Knowledge Project with Shane Parrish

#82 Bill Ackman: Getting Back Up

Apr 28, 2020

01:38:26

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Importance of Sleep, Exercise, and Nutrition in Personal Routine

02:09

Dealing with Failure and Success

03:51

Key Criteria for Investing: Simple, Predictable, Free Cash Flow Generating Business

02:10

Admiration for Heroes and Investing Mentors

00:54

Introduction

4min

Dot Ink, That's Eight, Zero, Two, Dot I

2min

How Do You Deal With Failure?

3min

How to Deal With Failure

2min

Dealing With Failure

4min

How Do You Manage Your Weight?

2min

Do You Have a Regular Bedtime Routine?

2min

How Do You Source Your Investment Ideas?

3min

Do You Do More Work Than Any Other Investor?

2min

10.

How to Make an Investment Decision?

3min

11.

Starbox - Is Starbucks Taking It Away?

3min

12.

Index Funds - How Do They Affect Investors?

4min

13.

Index Fund Performance - Is It a Good Thing?

2min

14.

Investing Heroes

2min

15.

Is There a Discipline That Comes From Being a Public Company?

3min

16.

Are Mark Ups in Venture Capital Funds Realistic?

2min

17.

The Role of Short Selling in the Capital Markets

2min

18.

I Yo Want to Do This Right Now?

3min

19.

How Do You Deal With the Chronovirus?

2min

20.

Is the Hedge Worth Zero?

4min

21.

Why Didn't You Sell Everything Instead of the Hedge?

3min

22.

Hedge Credit Risk

2min

23.

CDS Contracts Are a Commitment to Make Payments Overnight

2min

24.

The Risk of Credit Threads Tightening

2min

25.

The Only Way to Stop a Virus Is to Shut Down the Economy

4min

26.

Is This Affecting Real Estate?

2min

27.

Is There a Work From Home Solution?

2min

28.

Is There a Way to Save a Business?

3min

29.

Malls Are a Good Place for People to Gather

2min

30.

Corporate America - Do You Think We Come Away From It?

2min

31.

Berkshire Hathaway - Is It a Monopoly?

4min

32.

Is This a Long Term Holding or a Proxy for Cash?

2min

33.

Lessons Learned From Buffet and Munger

3min

34.

Buffet Is a Better Deal Than We Aren't

2min

35.

How Do You Think You'll Get Into Buying Complete Companies?

3min

36.

The Return on Invested Brain Damage for Short Selling Is So Small?

2min

37.

Is There a Problem With Large Institutions Like China?

3min

38.

What Do You Teach Your Kids?

2min

39.

F S Dot Blog Slash Podcast

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Legendary activist investor, Bill Ackman talks about lessons he’s learned growing up, raising a family, what drives him forward and back up from failure, consuming information and ideas, and facing criticism.

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