I try never to say never, but I'm nearly, nearly there with a few things.

One is running for public office.

I'm more drawn to the private sector where the vast majority of us work every day.

I see immense value in what I call private service, serving others through the private sector,

often finding it more enjoyable and rewarding than traditional

public service. Another never for me is repeating a rule breaker investing podcast. We've delivered a

new podcast every week since July of 2015. That's 550 plus weeks in a row now without a skip or a repeat.

Yet, continuously introducing new content can lead to neglecting essential timeless truths.

And that's why a couple of times a year I revisit and highlight key lessons in our blast

from the past series, ensuring both new and long-time listeners

catch important takeaways, whether they're hearing them for the first time, or as a reminder

from years ago. Which brings us to this week, Blast from the Past, volume 12, only on this week's Rule Breaker Investing.

It's the Rule Breaker Investing podcast with Motley Fool co-founder, David Gardner.

And welcome back to Rule Breaker Investing, a delight to have you join me. Happy April Fool's Day. Let me be

maybe not the first to say that to you, but we're recording the day before April Fool's Day,

but this podcast comes out noon, Eastern, typically on Wednesdays, and that means it's April

Fool's Day today, our national holiday. I hope you make a foolish day of it.

I'm really delighted to be bringing you the 12th in our episodic series Blast from the past.

That means I've done 11 of these in the past, and here's how it works. I basically think about what were some

important points that I made three years ago or 10 years ago,

and I'm pretty sure nobody remembers what I said 10 years ago,

and yet some of these points I think are very important, often pertinent here in 2026.

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