211- Gillian Zoe Segal on Interviewing Warren Buffett

InvestED: The Rule #1 Investing Podcast

Phil Town & Danielle Town

Investing, Business

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🗓️ 30 April 2019

⏱️ 38 minutes

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For show notes and more info visit investedpodcast.com This week, Danielle talks to Gillian Zoe Segal about how she was able to interview Warren Buffett for her book, Getting There. Gillian is the author of two books. The first one is called New York Characters and the second one is called the Getting There. She is also an amazing photographer and she took all the photos in the book. Getting There is a compilation of essays written by a number of luminaries. And one of them is Warren Buffett. They also discuss when you can tell the difference between persevering through hard times and when it’s time to know when you should pivot and change directions. In Gillian’s book, Warren Buffett talks about how important it is to know your strengths and weaknesses. Knowing what to leave out is just as important as knowing what to focus on. Gillian interviewed some amazing people in her book and tells some fantastic stories. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi everybody and welcome to Invested I'm Danielle town we're heading on a pilgrimage to Omaha this week
0:06.3	the Berkshire Hathaway shareholder meeting is this Saturday May 4th it's the first Saturday in May so the first
0:12.4	Saturday in May equals Mr. Warren Buffett.
0:15.0	So this week on the podcast we have an interview with someone who knows Mr.
0:19.7	Buffett personally. It seemed appropriate to lead into Berkshire Hathaway Week with Mr.
0:24.7	Buffett.
0:25.7	Jillian Zoe Siegel not only interviewed Mr. Buffett for her beautiful book in his private
0:30.1	office in Omaha. She also photographed him there and she is now friendly with him and with
0:35.3	Charlie Munger. So she's got some stories and I got to talk with her about them, about her
0:41.0	experiences interviewing Mr. Buffett and especially about how he and the other people
0:46.1	she talked to dealt with failure and the ups and downs as they grappled with reaching success.
0:53.1	Next week, we're gonna have stories
0:55.1	from our Berkshire Hathaway weekend,
0:56.9	everything that happened behind the scenes.
0:59.0	I'm excited.
1:00.3	Enjoy.
1:02.2	This episode is brought to you by Pepsi Max.
1:05.0	Christmas is great, but there's loads of ways to make it better.
1:10.0	Like sneaking some chili into the gravy for some extra in,
1:14.0	or building a playlist that will even get your nun up on the table.
1:17.9	Or just cracking open an ice cold Pepsi Max.
1:23.0	Christmas. Christmas.
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