Blast from the Past, Vol. 10

Rule Breaker Investing

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🗓️ 1 January 2025

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

David kicks off 2025 by revisiting five timeless lessons drawn from classic episodes spanning nearly a decade of weekly podcasts—now approaching 500 consecutive weeks of fresh content. Reaching back to 2016 and beyond, he rediscovers core investing principles: the surprising advantage of never selling, the folly of waiting for dips, the power of choosing stocks of stellar employers, and how great leaders transform intuition into intentional culture. Revisiting stories of Warren Buffett, Danny Meyer, and exceptional stock picks like Amazon and Nvidia, this episode delivers valuable, enduring truths for investors both new and seasoned.

Host: David Gardner

Producer: Dez Jones

Companies Mentioned: AAPL, AMZN, ARM, BIIB, CRM, GOOG, META, NFLX, NVDA, TSLA

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0:00.0	I try never to say never, but I'm nearly there with a few things.
0:04.6	One is running for public office.
0:06.9	I'm much more drawn to the private sector, where the vast majority of us work every day in the United States, by the way.
0:13.0	I see immense value in what I call private service that would be serving others through the private sector,
0:19.3	often finding it more enjoyable and rewarding
0:21.3	than traditional public service. Another never, for me, is repeating a rule breaker investing
0:26.4	podcast. We've delivered a new podcast every week now since July of 2015, by my math, that makes
0:32.9	it 496 weeks without a skip or a repeat. This approach suits me because I thrive on innovation rather
0:41.5	than repetition, unlike the constant soundbites, heard in 2024's numerous political campaigns.
0:48.0	Yet, continuously introducing new content can lead to neglecting essential timeless truths.
0:55.7	That's why a couple of times a year, I revisit and highlight key lessons in our blast
1:01.7	from the past series, ensuring both new and long-time listeners catch important takeaways,
1:08.5	whether they're hearing them for the first time or as a reminder from
1:12.9	years ago. Let's kick off 2025 with a blast from the past, volume 10 only on this week's
1:21.5	Rule Breaker Investing. It's the Rule Breaker Investing podcast with Motley Full co-founder, David Gardner.
1:35.1	Welcome back to Rule Breaker Investing, and Happy New Year. I know I'm not the first to say it,
1:40.1	but since this year's show, based on how the week was set up, comes out on January 1st, just like last week's show came out on Christmas Day.
1:49.7	It's one of the earlier times I get to say, happy New Year to you.
1:53.0	Thank you for joining me.
1:54.7	This is a blast from the past.
1:56.6	I'm really excited to share with you five points.
1:59.5	Each was made at some point in the past,
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