Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
· Shyam Sankar, Patrick O'Shaughnessy
[00:00:00] S1: The greatest thing, which is covered in the story is, Miss Ethel Danhof was the head of admissions for this private school in Orlando. My dad took me for a tour of the school, having learned that it's the best school. And that was the other fixation my dad had, that education was how you were going to achieve some prosperity. I'm going to give my son every opportunity I possibly can. Turns out, we'd missed the admission window by a mile and everything was done. And I was actually very reluctant to go even on this trip and see the school. I was very happy with the school I was at. But when I saw the science facilities there, I was like, "I need to go here. I need to learn this stuff. This is inspiring." So now I was all spun up and excited. And of course I'm learning, hey, you totally screwed this up and you'll have to wait a year. And Miss Danhof – no data – it's not like I had some standardized test scores or something. She's like, "Give this kid the admission test. Just do it." And maybe she had a modicum of data after that test, but we were a family that needed financial aid. So it's like, here it is, let's admit a kid that we're going to have to subsidize to come here. And that opened the entire future. And I think – if you look later in life, okay, maybe people have cynical reasons to help you, you’re further along, they think there might be something – there was nothing in it for her. It's just a profound act of kindness that fundamentally changed my life. [00:00:00] S0: Great place to close, Shyam. Thanks for your time. [00:00:00] S1: Thank you.