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1299: How to Invest: Meaning and the 3 Circles by Phil Town of Rule One Investing on Picking The Right Stocks

Optimal Finance Daily - Financial Independence and Money Advice

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Investing, Self-improvement, Education, Business

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🗓️ 29 September 2020

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

Phil Town of Rule One Investing shares a unique perspective on how to invest with meaning. Episode 1299: How to Invest: Meaning and the 3 Circles by Phil Town of Rule One Investing on Picking The Right Stocks Phil Town's portfolio has been ranked No. 1 by the American Association for Individual Investors when it produced a 50% rate of return. He has a passion for investing that is hard to beat and he wants to share it with you. Phil has written three New York Times #1 Best-Selling Investment Books, Rule #1, Payback Time, and Invested, and he's been invited to speak on TV shows on CNBC, FOX, and MSNBC. The original post is located here: https://www.ruleoneinvesting.com/blog/how-to-invest/how-to-invest-meaning-the-three-circles/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Interested in advertising on the show? https://www.advertisecast.com/OptimalFinanceDaily Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

This is Optimal Finance Daily, episode 1299.

0:04.0

How to Invest, Meaning and The Three Circles by Philtown of Rule 1 Investing.com.

0:10.0

And I'm Dan and I am here every day reading to you from the best personal finance blogs on the web,

0:16.0

but we've got some changes coming around here this week.

0:19.0

You can stick around until the end to hear what's going on.

0:22.0

But for now, let's hear today's post and

0:24.4

start optimizing your life.

0:29.8

How to Invest, Meaning and the Three Circles by Philtown of Rule 1 Investing.com

0:37.0

Investing for Beginners Circle of Competence

0:41.0

The most important thing I can tell you about becoming a great investor is to focus on your circle of competence.

0:47.0

What that means is that area of the world that you live in that you actually know quite a lot about.

0:52.0

For most beginning investors, we sort of think we do. live in that you actually know quite a lot about.

0:53.0

For most beginning investors, we sort of think we don't know anything about anything.

0:57.0

I know I certainly felt like that when I started off.

1:00.0

But in fact, my teacher told me to start by looking for meaning in each investment.

1:04.9

Invest in a business that means something to you.

1:07.7

Try to buy businesses that really mean something to you.

1:10.8

To start with, I have to find out more about me.

1:13.0

What actually means something to me?

1:15.0

What do I actually know something about?

1:17.0

To figure it out, I want to look at the three circles exercise.

1:21.0

Choose industries you're interested in.

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