In this episode, William Green talks with Chris Davis, a renowned investor at Davis Advisors who also serves on Berkshire Hathaway’s board of directors. Here, Chris shares powerful lessons he’s learned from his mentors—Warren Buffett & Charlie Munger—about building financial resilience, learning from our mistakes, avoiding our weaknesses, harnessing trust, & flourishing as we age.

IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN:

00:00 - Intro

10:09 - What Chris Davis has learned from Buffett & Munger about aging well.

18:27 - Why trust is a superpower in business & life.

30:04 - Why many successful investors fail to build good relationships.

38:31 - How Buffett & Munger consciously avoid their weaknesses.

40:38 - What Buffett learned from Dale Carnegie.

1:00:26 - Why Chris views Jeff Bezos as “the LeBron James of capitalism.”

1:18:24 - What it’s like to hear Buffett talk at Berkshire’s board meetings.

1:21:37 - How Buffett thinks about risk & resilience.

1:26:44 - How Munger inspired Chris to be radically open about his mistakes.

1:38:59 - How to run an organization that breeds excellence. 

1:52:10 - What Chris learned from Cardinal John Newman.

2:00:25 - What Buffett teaches about friendship, generosity, & kindness.

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

BOOKS AND RESOURCES

• Chris Davis’s investment firm, Davis Advisors.
• Dale Carnegie’s book, How to Win Friends & Influence People.
• Dale Carnegie’s book, How to Stop Worrying & Start Living.
• Titan, Ron Chernow’s biography of John D. Rockefeller.
• Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin.
• Listen to William Green’s podcast interview with Ray Dalio or watch the video.
• William Green’s book, “Richer, Wiser, Happier” – read the reviews of this book.
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