RWH028: Lessons From Legends w/ Mohnish Pabrai, Tom Gayner, & John Spears

We Study Billionaires - The Investor’s Podcast Network

Stig Brodersen

Education, Investing, Business

4.6 • 3.6K Ratings

🗓️ 25 June 2023

⏱️ 90 minutes

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Summary

In this special episode, William Green shares several fundamental, life-changing lessons that he’s learned from his conversations with Charlie Munger, Mohnish Pabrai, Tom Gayner, & John Spears. The focus here is on powerful insights that can guide & enrich you both in business & life.

IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN:

00:00 - Intro

02:37 - Why Charlie Munger thinks being ethical is a huge competitive advantage

17:16 - Why Munger urges you to get “toxic people” out of your life, & do it fast.

24:52 - How Mohnish Pabrai forges strong relationships based on trust & fairness and how Mohnish’s success is built on David Hawkins’ insights in “Power vs Force.”

36:09 - What William Green learned from Hawkins’ books that changed his life.

46:36 - Why Munger won’t indulge in destructive emotions like anger & envy.

57:32 - How Markel CEO Tom Gayner infuses his business dealings with timeless values.

1:06:33 - How Tom operates by initiating trust & then assessing whether it’s deserved.

1:16:23 - What Tom looks for when appraising a person’s integrity.

1:25:18 - What John Spears learned from Quakerism that guided him in business & life.

Disclaimer: Slight discrepancies in the timestamps may occur due to podcast platform differences.

BOOKS AND RESOURCES

Tune in to William Green’s full interview with Mohnish Pabrai or watch the video.
Listen to William Green’s full interview with Tom Gayner or watch the video.
Tune in to William Green’s full interview with John Spears or watch the video.
Listen to William Green’s interview with Daniel Goleman & Tsoknyi Rinpoche or watch the video.
“Power vs Force” by David Hawkins.
“Letting Go” by David Hawkins.
“Transcending the Levels of Consciousness” by David Hawkins.
William Green’s book, “Richer, Wiser, Happier” – read the reviews of this book.
William Green’s Twitter.

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Transcript

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0:00.0	You're listening to TIP.
0:03.0	Hi, folks.
0:04.0	It's lovely to be here with you again on the Rich Her Wives, a happier podcast.
0:08.5	My plan for today is to do something slightly different that I hope you'll find helpful
0:13.0	and illuminating.
0:14.0	We're going to look back and highlight a handful of the most important lessons that our
0:18.5	guests have shared with us on this podcast over the last year.
0:22.0	As I'm guessing you find in your own life, there's such a barrage of information and advice
0:27.2	coming at us all of the time that it's often difficult to distinguish this signal from
0:32.0	the noise.
0:33.0	So I think it's valuable to pause once in a while, take stock and focus our attention
0:38.4	on the truly robust and enduring lessons that matter most.
0:42.6	Personally, I want to pound these fundamental lessons into my own head so that I never forget
0:48.1	them and so that I can actually live by them.
0:51.0	As Charlie Munger says, take a simple idea and take it seriously.
0:56.2	Specifically, we're going to focus on several of the most powerful insights from three of
1:01.4	my favourite guests on the podcast.
1:04.1	All three of them are superb investors, but they're also unusually wise thinkers about
1:08.8	what it takes to succeed over the long run both in business and life.
1:13.4	The first of our three guests in the spotlight is the legendary hedge fund manager Monish
1:17.6	Pabri.
1:18.5	The second is Tom Gainer, the revered CEO of Marquell, very oversees something like 20,000
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