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Nov 2024
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Anthony Pompliano — How to Live an Extra...

Jim O'Shaughnessy
About this episode

Anthony Pompliano — investor, entrepreneur, and media powerhouse — returns four years and 228 episodes later to discuss his new book, How To Live an Extraordinary Life, a collection of 65 heartfelt letters to his two children.

At just 36, Anthony has already invested in circa 200 companies, served in Iraq with the U.S. Army, built and sold multiple businesses, and created one of the world's largest independent media platforms. You don't accomplish all that without learning a thing or two, and in this episode we dig into his hard-earned insights — from the uniting traits of the world's smartest people, to the luxury of pessimism, to why luck isn't real.

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Show Notes:

  • The hidden power of "I don't know"
  • Why Anthony started writing letters to his children
  • Today is practice for tomorrow
  • Carve your ethics in stone, but your opinions in sand
  • How bad positioning poisons decision-making
  • Are there any parts of the book Anthony no longer believes in?
  • What unites the smartest people in the world
  • Why luck isn't real
  • The luxury of pessimism
  • Power laws everywhere!
  • Anthony as Emperor of the World
  • MORE!

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