How the World's Greatest Investors Win in Markets and Life
The Jesse Mecham Show
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4.7 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 29 September 2021
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
Jesse speaks with renowned financial journalist William Green about his new book -- Richer, Wiser, Happier: How the World's Greatest Investors Win in Markets and Life -- in which Green interviewed numerous billionaires, fund managers, and legendary investors about their investing wisdom, mindset, and even philosophy. Even if you are just a passive index investor who does not aspire to purchase individual securities, the words of these accomplished investors contain much wisdom.
Richer, Wiser, Happier: How the World's Greatest Investors Win in Markets and Life by William Green
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| 0:00.0 | Hello wine advers, my name is Jesse Meekam and this is podcast number 532 for Wine |
| 0:09.2 | Adware. |
| 0:10.2 | We teach you four rules to help you stop with impassure to paycheck, get out of debt |
| 0:12.6 | and save more money. |
| 0:14.5 | Today I am very, very excited to have with me William Green. |
| 0:18.1 | He is the author of a new book, fairly new, came out earlier this year, Richard Weiser |
| 0:23.5 | Happier, how the world's greatest investors win in markets and life. |
| 0:28.9 | So this is interesting. |
| 0:29.9 | William over the last 25 years has interviewed many of the world's best investors, exploring |
| 0:36.0 | in depth the questions of what qualities, what insights enable them to achieve enduring |
| 0:42.2 | success. |
| 0:43.2 | That's an ROI play, but he also talks about what gives them wisdom, how they've been |
| 0:48.7 | able to live a good life and how they balance all of that. |
| 0:53.3 | We talk about the principles of what makes a great investor and you may think, well, |
| 0:58.2 | I don't want to become a great investor, I just want to stick my money in a passively |
| 1:01.2 | managed, very cheap index fund, yes, that's very, very smart of you, but these lessons |
| 1:06.7 | still very much apply. |
| 1:08.5 | Green is a pleasure to chat with. |
| 1:09.5 | He's written for many leading publications, my favorite is Fortune, but also Time, New |
| 1:14.3 | Yorker, Bloomberg, it goes on and on and on. |
| 1:17.8 | He's reported in places all over the world, China, India, Japan, the Philippines, Bangladesh, |
| 1:22.1 | Saudi Arabia, he's been all over the place and he's interviewed everyone from presidents |
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