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The Tai Lopez Show

How You Can Gain Wisdom, Not Just Information, To Be Truly Successful

The Tai Lopez Show

Tai Lopez

Business

4.86.9K Ratings

🗓️ 19 May 2017

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

The Tai Lopez Show is now available on Soundcloud. Check it out here: Soundcloud.com/TaiLopezShow “Try to attain wisdom rather than just information” - Tai Lopez (click to tweet) Information is important, but facts can distract from the foundational principles of the world. A lot of people get far too caught up in the process of attaining peripheral information, rather than exploring and seeking to deeply understand the principles and foundations of life. Things like general economics, social skills, the ability to read people, and financial principles, are the kind of foundational knowledge that you should be seeking to acquire. Because without them, when you simply focus on the peripheral information and education, it’s easy to be led astray by things that are not true. But knowledge and wisdom of foundational principles will allow you to see through the lies, identify them, and allow you to build on that foundation in a strong way so that you can be more successful in life and your pursuit of health, wealth, love and happiness. “Wisdom is the common sense you get from being curious and observant” - Tai Lopez (click to tweet) Points to Keep In Mind Everyone has a different opinion on how to lead the best life. But you need focus in your life if you want to see success If you aren’t careful in life, you just won’t get anything done Try to attain wisdom rather than just information Understand the foundational principles, so that you don’t get distracted by all of the extra information available. Without the foundation, you won’t be able to tell the truth from the lies If you don’t have common sense and wisdom, you can make a lot of money, but will probably lose it Sometimes you must be cynical, and sometimes cynicism closes the door on opportunity Most problems come from problems of how to interact with people Wisdom is the common sense you get from being curious and observant Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Formal education will make you a living, but self-education can make you a fortune.

0:05.0

Out of the ashes, you will rise.

0:07.0

If you feel sad, lost, depressed, finances are in the gutter.

0:11.0

Social life, you're lonely. Out of the ashes, you will rise.

0:17.0

You're in my garage.

0:18.0

Invest in yourself. Always be curious. Don't be a cynic.

0:23.0

Sleeping on a couch in a mobile home with only $47 in my bank account.

0:29.0

When everything's burnt to the ground, when your sad, lost, depressed, and everything's at rock bottom,

0:34.0

you get to rebuild the exact and precise way you want the damn thing rebuilt.

0:40.0

Health, wealth, love, happiness, each of these four gold.

0:46.0

In case you missed the last episode, make sure you go back and check it out. Here's what went down.

0:50.0

You know, one of the definitions of investing is simply the ability to make money with money.

0:59.0

Coming up today, you basically focus on one thing and by doing it, everything else lines up, kind of like dominoes.

1:04.0

Push one, boom, boom, boom, boom. You just gotta push the one and the four all fall into place.

1:17.0

Seeking wisdom. Now this book's backwards because of the phone flip, but that's what it says. Seeking wisdom.

1:24.0

And you know, somebody asked me, how should you focus? What should your daily routine be? I'm gonna tell you this.

1:29.0

Depending on who you listen to, you can get a whole bunch of advice. You know, you need to be healthy, you need to eat right, get a six pack.

1:35.0

Other people say you need to pursue money, get your, you know, what they say. Secure your bag. Other people tell you, you gotta find love.

1:42.0

That's the most important thing. Other people are gonna say, happiness, this is the most important thing.

1:47.0

But Confucius said, the man who chases two rabbits catches none. And even though I'm a big fan of going after health, wealth, love, and happiness, that's four things.

1:56.0

The man who pursues four rabbits definitely gets none or a woman. I don't know why Confucius said just man, but you know, times have changed.

2:04.0

So I'll tell you what a friend told me, because if you're not careful in life, you ain't getting anything done. Because there's too much to do. If you're like me, you're busy.

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