TIP534: The Joys of Compounding by Gautam Baid

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Episode • Mar 14, 2023 • 56m

On today’s episode, Clay Finck reviews Gautam Baid’s book, The Joys of Compounding.

Gautam Baid is the Managing Partner and Fund Manager of Stellar Wealth Partners India Fund, a Delaware-based investment partnership which is available to accredited investors in the US. The fund is modeled after the Buffett Partnership fee structure and invests in listed Indian equities with a long-term, fundamental, and value-oriented approach.

IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN:

0:00 - Intro

05:54 - Why we should commit to lifelong learning.

14:49 - How mental models can help us make more rational and effective decisions.

16:53 - How understanding first principles can help us better understand the world around us.

18:06 - What the Feynman Technique is and how you can use it to learn anything well.

30:49 - What Warren Buffett and Bill Gates consider their most critical factor to their success.

31:51 - Why the best investors are those with a behavioral edge.

38:13 - Why the world’s most successful people choose the right role models to learn from.

42:16 - Why successful investing requires extreme humility.

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

BOOKS AND RESOURCES

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