What You Have Learned from David Gardner, Vol. 7

Rule Breaker Investing

The Motley Fool

Business, Investing

4.4 • 959 Ratings

🗓️ 13 May 2026

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Once a year, around David’s birthday, listeners send in notes sharing what they’ve learned from this podcast over the years—about investing, business, and life. This year’s volume includes reflections on “dips wait for dips,” learning to appreciate mistakes instead of fearing them, the surprising power of simply doing nothing during market volatility, and why optimism itself may be one of the great competitive advantages in life.Along the way: a physician assistant on the front lines of COVID, a renowned cancer surgeon who juggles, a Foolish Leprechaun who finally stopped trading and started investing, and a Scotsman reminding us all to look for L’Optimisme in the world.Host: David GardnerProducer: Bart Shannon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Once a year, well, it happens to you too. You have a birthday. That time of year, every year for me
0:07.0	is mid-May. We've had a tradition with this podcast, which is that you give me a gift,
0:13.2	which you did once again this month. Thank you so much. You give me a gift in the form of notes,
0:19.1	emails, tweets, sharing what you've learned from this podcast.
0:24.0	And then I get to organize these thoughts and share back reflections on some of the cardinal points that you make,
0:29.8	which in a way summarize rule breaker investing, especially for new listeners.
0:35.2	This series is entitled, What You Have Learned from David Gardner.
0:39.5	Here in 2026, well, it's volume 7.
0:43.2	What you've learned from me.
0:44.8	Thanks for the birthday present.
0:47.4	Only on this week's Rule Breaker Investing.
0:51.6	It's the Rule Breaker Investing podcast
0:53.8	with Motley Full co-founder, David Gardner.
1:01.0	Nine notes I want to share this year, and we get to close this podcast with a leprechaun and then a Scotsman.
1:08.5	So we got that going for us.
1:09.8	Before we start, let me just mention next week's
1:12.8	podcast. Next week's podcast is crazy. I can't believe what I'm going to try to do. I mean,
1:19.7	it's just another podcast, but it's crazy. So Circle May 20th and or make sure you're subscribed
1:26.7	to Rule Breaker Investing for next week's
1:29.6	podcast, which reminds me, by the way, of one other short point.
1:32.6	I would really appreciate it if you drop a review of this podcast on Apple Podcasts.
1:38.5	I almost never say this in a world where I know many people, and it clearly works and more
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