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Chief Rule Breaker @themotleyfool Investing, business & life through a Rule Breaker lens. My final stock market book: https://nitter.cf/t.co/SWb1dnoHSj Mag 7 Score: 121

Washington, DC
Joined February 2009
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I spent 15 years taking notes for it. I spent 41 years picking stocks for it. I spent 6 months writing it (and loved every moment). I hope you’ll love it too. 📗 My aim with Rule Breaker Investing is to make YOU: Smarter, Happier, and Richer.
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❄️ Can your investments do TOO well? 🤪 One Fool built a sizable IRA. Now his snowball keeps growing—and so do the taxes on required withdrawals. A high-class problem! A real one. More on this week’s @RBIPodcast Mailbag: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
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Today, one very special Fool heads into retirement. 💛 After 34+ years in finance, Jeff Haslow has earned fewer spreadsheets, fewer meetings, and zero unnecessary pivot tables. 😉 Happy retirement, Jeff. We’re glad you’re not going too far!
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David Gardner retweeted
Dear @DavidGFool, I wanted to personally thank you for your kind and thoughtful comments on our YouTube review of Rule Breaker Investing with @NeerajCNBC. It truly made our day to see you engage with the conversation. Thank you for your generosity, wisdom and encouragement.🙏
A big thank-you to Mr. David Gardner! I’m truly grateful to David Gardner, co-founder of The Motley Fool and author of Rule Breaker Investing, for responding to the review of his book, Rule Breaker Investing, by myself and my friend Raza on my YouTube channel. It’s incredibly encouraging when an author of his stature engages with the conversation. His ideas on backing innovative businesses, letting winners run, and thinking long-term challenge a lot of conventional investing wisdom. Thank you, Mr. Gardner, for your generosity and for inspiring investors to stay curious, patient, and independent in their thinking. @raza786_khan @DavidGFool Watch the full review here: youtu.be/alZlxQHXX0Y #RuleBreakerInvesting #TheMotleyFool #Investing #LongTermInvesting #BookReview
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David Gardner retweeted
A big thank-you to Mr. David Gardner! I’m truly grateful to David Gardner, co-founder of The Motley Fool and author of Rule Breaker Investing, for responding to the review of his book, Rule Breaker Investing, by myself and my friend Raza on my YouTube channel. It’s incredibly encouraging when an author of his stature engages with the conversation. His ideas on backing innovative businesses, letting winners run, and thinking long-term challenge a lot of conventional investing wisdom. Thank you, Mr. Gardner, for your generosity and for inspiring investors to stay curious, patient, and independent in their thinking. @raza786_khan @DavidGFool Watch the full review here: youtu.be/alZlxQHXX0Y #RuleBreakerInvesting #TheMotleyFool #Investing #LongTermInvesting #BookReview
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Aim high, hit high!
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A quick Foolish moment from a much bigger conversation. 💛 @gkhalaf recently joined @DavidGFool on David’s Rule Breaker Investing podcast and shared a little about the Freedometer. Listen to the audio clip, then catch the full episode here: fool.com/podcasts/rule-break…
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📈 Rule Breaker Habit #6: Aim to beat the market with 60% of your stock picks. Have I achieved that myself? Probably not! 😃 Yet I’ve crushed the market over my career. The secret? Winners win > losers lose! More on this week’s @RBIPodcast Mailbag: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
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DC looks good in every shade of fall. 🍁🤎 📸: minhp / IG #Only1DC #FallinDC
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Coming from you, Jason, that means a lot! Thank you. ❤️
With gratitude to my crucial friend Dave. This mailbag is all about paying it forward, which is exactly what he's done for as long as I've known him, nearly 30 years now. So much in this one resonated with me. Give it a listen and pass it on!
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youtu.be/0athNQ_xSSo?is=kYXk… The point was made that although rules are introduced to advance the science of pitching, we lose the quality of entertainment that fans once loved in great pitching battles. It really made me think about the tension between qualitative and quantitative measures in fundamental analysis and about the rule-breakers who push through with cult like following’s. It also brought to mind corporate culture’s constant emphasis on putting the customer first. What does the customer actually want? What do they love most about the product? Companies who honor that really have an edge and seem to come up on-top. Hearing the crowd ERUPT!! as Jack locks in another perfect pitch tells you everything you need to know about the fans. That energy should be honored, the roar of the crowd, the pure exhilaration. You can still feel it, even if only through an old video clip. I am a Buy and Hold on bringing back these pitching battles for the game of baseball. ⚾️
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The second coolest thing after the awesome poem is the Miroir d’eau. Very cool !!
Inspiration for all Rule Breakers: "Something has changed within me Something is not the same I'm through with playing by the rules Of someone else's game Too late for second-guessing Too late to go back to sleep It's time to trust my instincts Close my eyes: and leap!" #FoolOn
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Replying to @DavidGFool
I did hear the shout-out, right after I posted that I was listening to the new episode. Thanks for that! Keep up the great work teaching regular people how to invest like co-business owners in a world full of short-term traders. It is invaluable advice. 🤝
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I’m listening to this new episode right now on my daily walk! 🚶🎉 #FoolOn
🌲 Ever feel lost in the forest? You don’t need to see the whole path. Just the next step. A lighthouse in the distance can be enough. 💡 From stockpicking to finding your way in life, the October @RBIPodcast Mailbag has something for all & is out! 📬 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
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🌲 Ever feel lost in the forest? You don’t need to see the whole path. Just the next step. A lighthouse in the distance can be enough. 💡 From stockpicking to finding your way in life, the October @RBIPodcast Mailbag has something for all & is out! 📬 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
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“Monotony collapses time; novelty unfolds it. You can exercise daily and eat healthily and live a long life, while experiencing a short one. If you spend your life sitting in a cubicle and passing papers, one day is bound to blend unmemorably into the next - and disappear. That's why it's so important to change routines regularly, and take vacations to exotic locales, and have as many new experiences as possible that can serve to anchor our memories. Creating new memories stretches out psychological time, and lengthens our perception of our lives.” ~ Joshua Foer, Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything
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Very kind, @JRogrow, and thank you. Yes, reps! The number of reps you rack up across many contexts in your life, John, is awesome. Keep up the great work.
Really enjoyed this interview @ethanrkho and @orrdavid! To point #1, @DavidGFool has done 20% (maybe more) annualized for 20 years. I once asked him how he got so good? He answered: reps!!! He explained that he picked 3 stocks every single months for something like 20 years. Some of those picks were re-recs. For example, at the time he stepped back from active stock recommendations he had rec’d ISRG 7 times, each one destroying the market. My GOAT 🐐
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What if traditional stock market investing rules are holding you back? Should you always buy low and sell high? Can holding winning stocks through market crashes create extraordinary long-term wealth? In this episode of #TheNShow #TNSLibrary, we explore Rule Breaker Investing by David Gardner, co-founder of The Motley Fool, and uncover unconventional investing strategies that challenge traditional market wisdom. @raza786_khan @DavidGFool @themotleyfool youtu.be/alZlxQHXX0Y
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🔮 Planning to retire at 65? Beware: 58% of retirees retired EARLIER than planned. Sometimes by choice. Too often because life intervenes. The Curse of the Broken Crystal Ball—one of seven financial frights on this week’s @RBIPodcast. 🎃 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
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I gave this pod a listen on today's walk. It was a great listen, with many helpful financial planning tips... especially for those in or near retirement! Kudos @DavidGFool and @RobertBrokamp for another solid rip. 🤝
💀 Will YOU be the richest person in the graveyard? You’ve saved. You’ve invested. You’ve built wealth. But… have you remembered to LIVE? One of seven financial frights @RobertBrokamp & I confront on this week’s @RBIPodcast: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
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