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#183 - William Leith - Why Some People Become Ridiculously Rich

Modern Wisdom

Chris Williamson

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness

4.74.6K Ratings

🗓️ 13 June 2020

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

William Leith is a journalist & an author.

Acquiring an incredible fortune is the goal of many, but what is the true cost of being stupendously rich?

Expect to learn how to make money from The Real Wolf Of Wall Street Jordan Belfort, the downside of wealth from a Russian half-billionaire who lives alone in a British mansion with his butler, how to avoid risk by the hottest thinker on the planet Nassim Taleb and much more...

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Hi friends, welcome back.

0:02.1

My guest today is William Leith and we are talking about money specifically why some people

0:07.3

can make it and others can't.

0:09.7

During the course of researching his new book The Trick, William got to spend some time

0:14.3

with the real wolf of Wall Street, Jordan Belfort asking how he made his millions and why

0:20.1

he continued to try and make them when he had more money than he could already spend.

0:24.9

He gets to learn what the true cost of wealth is from a Russian half billionaire who lives

0:29.8

in a beautiful mansion on his own with a butler and from the hottest thinker on the planet

0:35.8

Nasim Talib on how to mitigate risk.

0:39.0

It's a really interesting journey through the true price that people have to pay in order

0:46.0

for ridiculous material success and if you haven't already learned it from this podcast

0:51.8

it reminds you that being rich might not make you happy but being poor can make you miserable.

0:58.0

In other news, the response to the ultimate life hacks list launch happening this

1:02.6

Monday, the 15th of June has been insane.

1:06.1

I've never had so many messages and so much support so thank you to everyone that is

1:11.9

saying that they can't wait for it to release.

1:14.4

It's going to be out this Monday.

1:15.6

It will, it might not change your life.

1:17.5

It might not change your life but at the very least it'll teach you how to make an unbelievable

1:21.0

toasted sandwich or convince you to buy an automatic car or anyone of 200 ways that

1:27.9

you can upgrade your existence.

1:30.6

So make sure that you tune in on Monday to find out how to get your copy for three in

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