And I truly believe if there is a one-to-one between what is in your portfolio and what your hopes are for the world,

not only will that feel much better, but you're going to do much better.

That was Motley Full co-founder David Gardner, author of the new book, Rule Breaker Investing,

how to pick the best stocks of the future and build lasting wealth. I'm Motley Fool producer Matt Greer.

Now my colleague Brian Richards heads up our rule breakers franchise here at the Motley Fool,

and he recently had a chance to talk with David about the new book and about breaking the rules.

David, welcome.

It's great to have you here.

Thank you, Brian.

Great to be with you.

David, I want to start by talking a little bit about the rule breaking mindset.

You've built your entire investment philosophy around quote unquote breaking the rules, specifically

challenging well-worn maxims like buy low and sell high.

I'd be curious to hear a little bit about the pivotal moment or moments when you realize

conventional investing wisdom was actually kind of holding investors back

and how you decided to help people overcome decades of this ingrained financial thinking.

Well, I've always paid very close attention to language. Brian, I know you are also somebody

who loves to read books and maybe fellow English major. But I think that the language

that we use is just so telling. Not only does it reveal kind of how we're thinking about things,

but it often drives our actions. And so we have to be very careful with the language that we use.

And buy low, sell high. It's somewhere in the 1990s, late 90s, it dawned on me, this is not actually a great phrase

because the third word is sell.

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