The lesson in some ways that I drew from Howard that's been life-changing for me is you can't predict the future, but what you can do is accommodate yourself to reality as it is.

I'm Robert ProCamp, and that was William Green, the author of Richer, Wiser, Happier,

How the World's Greatest Investors Win in Markets and Life.

Really, one of the best books about investing and investors that I've read over the past few years.

In this replay of an interview from February of this year, I caught up with William to discuss what successful investing comes down to,

personality traits of market beaters, and the investing lessons from Charlie Munger, Howard Marks, John Templeton,

and Arnold Vandenberg, an investor you may not know about, but you should.

So, William, you've interviewed countless investors over your career through your writing,

your own podcast. And you could have made this book just about cold, hard facts about investing,

investing principles. But it's not just that, right? You do many sort of mini biographies of famous investors and not quite such

famous investors. You explore their life stories, their work habits, psychology, in some cases,

spirituality. What led you to choose that path for this book? I think part of it is just that I'm so

full of existential angst that I'm always trying to figure out how are we supposed to live?

And so part of that obviously is figuring out what role money plays in our life.

You know, how can I create a life where I'm free to do what I love to do?

How can I have financial independence and financial security?

But I think all of us sense that that's not enough. And so I'm always looking at these questions and

thinking, yeah, but so then what actually will constitute a rich life? What will constitute an

abundant life? Is it possible to live in a way that's truly aligned with who you are and yet also be part of the group?

Is it possible to live with integrity and honor and truthfulness?

Or is that kind of naive in a brutally Darwinian capitalistic dog-eat-dog environment, or how do you deal with the fact that

the future is unknowable, and yet we have to make decisions about the future?

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