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The Knowledge Project with Shane Parrish

#94 Chamath Palihapitiya: Understanding Yourself

The Knowledge Project with Shane Parrish

Farnam Street

Business, Investing, Entrepreneurship

4.72.9K Ratings

🗓️ 13 October 2020

⏱️ 87 minutes

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Summary

The Founder and CEO of Social Capital Chamath Palihapitiya sits down with Shane Parrish to chat about what it means to be an observer of the present, how to think in first principles, the psychology of successful investing, his thoughts on the best public company CEO’s and much more.

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being happy personally is the pathway to help everything else make sense.

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And that is around mental health.

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And I think the key unlock for mental health is just finding a resource to talk to.

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And when you first start talking, it's going to be just kind of blathery bullshit

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and it's going to be imprecise and it's going to be super awkward and you're going to feel like,

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what is this?

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And then over time, it's like anything like when you start to get good at it, it's really good.

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Welcome to the Knowledge Project podcast. This is Shane Parrish.

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0:57.0

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Check out the show notes for link.

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My guest today is Chamoth Polyhapetia.

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Chamoth is the founder of Social Capital, part owner of the Golden State Warriors, and so much more.

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We talk about what it means to be an observer of the present, how to think in first principles,

1:29.0

the behavior and psychology of successful investing, and so much more, including the best public company CEOs,

1:35.0

get comfortable. It's time to listen and learn.

1:39.0

The Knowledge Project is sponsored by Metal Lab.

1:47.0

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