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Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy

Dhani Jones - Adventures in Sports, Business, and Investing - [Invest Like the Best, EP.63]

Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy

Colossus

Investing, Business, Technology

4.82.4K Ratings

🗓️ 14 November 2017

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

My guest this week is unique. As you will hear early and often, he is programmed to go his own way, to, as he says, go one way when everyone else is going another. His name is Dhani Jones, a name I knew as a Notre Dame football fan, because he won a championship with our arch-rivals, the University of Michigan, in the late 90’s. Dhani went on to a long and successful career in the NFL, but even more interesting has been his many pursuits in business and investing outside of football. Like my conversation with Tim Urban, I’ll remember this conversation as a reminder to use a first principles mindset. Dhani seems to have this fresh mindset baked into his character, and as you’ll hear this has led to many a great adventure. Please enjoy my conversation with athlete, businessman, investor, philanthropist, movie buff, and bowtie wearer, Dhani Jones.

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Show Notes

1:30 - (First Question) – A introduction into Dhani Jones and everything he’s done

5:35 – How did Dhani change throughout his football career

9:55 – The power of your mind in every aspect of life

10:34 – Most memorable experience in the NFL

13:10 – Making the transition from the NFL to the business world

18:20 – Looking at Bowtie Cause

22:40 – The role of creative agencies in Dhani’s ventures and why story telling is so important for him

26:48 – Looking at some of the TV stuff that Dhani has done, particularly around travel

28:21 – Dhani’s favorite movie

30:35 – Back to the joy of travel and “Dhani Tackles the Globe.”

36:54 – How does Dhani think about risk

38:56 – Some of the other sports and activities Dhani did while filming his show

41:45 – The psychological benefit of travel in your personal and business life

44:41 – Looking into the business part of Dhani’s career

51:19 – How to expand diversity in the financial world

54:56 – Kindest thing anyone has done for Dhani

Learn More

For more episodes go to InvestorFieldGuide.com/podcast.

Sign up for the book club, where you’ll get a full investor curriculum and then 3-4 suggestions every month at InvestorFieldGuide.com/bookclub

Follow Patrick on twitter at @patrick_oshag

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome everyone, I'm Patrick O'Shaughnessy and this is Invest Like The Best.

0:08.6

This show is an open-ended exploration of markets, ideas, methods, stories, and of strategies

0:13.9

that will help you better invest both your time and your money.

0:17.2

You can learn more and stay up to date at InvestorFieldGuide.com.

0:24.6

Patrick O'Shaughnessy is a principal and portfolio manager at O'Shaughnessy Asset Management.

0:28.6

All opinions expressed by Patrick and podcast guests are solely their own opinions and do

0:32.5

not reflect the opinion of O'Shaughnessy Asset Management.

0:35.3

This podcast is for informational purposes only and should not be relied upon as a basis

0:39.2

for investment decisions.

0:40.5

Clients of O'Shaughnessy Asset Management may maintain positions in the securities discussed

0:44.2

in this podcast.

0:47.0

My guest this week is unique.

0:48.5

As you'll hear early and often he is programmed to go his own way, too as he says go one way

0:52.7

when everyone else is going another.

0:54.7

His name is D'Honey Jones, a name I knew as an Notre Dame football fan because he won

0:58.1

a championship with our arch rivals, the University of Michigan, in the late 1990s.

1:02.8

D'Honey went on to a long and successful career in the NFL, but even more interesting

1:06.8

are his many pursuits in business and investing outside of football.

1:10.7

Like my conversation with Tim Urban, I'll remember this conversation as a reminder to use

1:14.5

a first principal's mindset.

1:16.5

D'Honey seems to have this fresh mindset baked into his character and as you'll hear

1:19.9

it has led to many agreed adventure.

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