Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
· Patrick O'Shaughnessy, Paul Tudor Jones
[00:00:00] S0: Did you always believe in God? [00:00:00] S1: I have trouble at times. I mean, yes, I do. My faith is tested like I think anybody’s faith is tested. I wish I could say with a hundred percent certainty I know I'm going to heaven. I certainly pray every night. The most important aspect is, and the reason why I think it's so important for us all to have God in our lives, is you’ve got to have some set, some code by which you live. I think Christianity, Judaism, a variety of these, have these wonderful doctrinaire ways of bringing stability and order and goodness to people's lives. They give you something that you can lead a productive life with in a way that's very sustainable, and allows you to engage with everyone around you with great happiness and joy. [00:00:00] S0: What about Africa? What has it taught you?
· Paul Tudor Jones
[00:00:00] S1: I love Africa so much, because I love the outdoors. Can I just say this – it's taken me 70 years to get to this point – my new, new thing is I love to find peak spring and peak fall. It doesn't have to be Africa. You can find that day in a neighborhood, and in peak spring when the colors are vibrant and when the fragrance is just overwhelming, you can find it to the minute in the right place. And I've never felt so alive in my life. And I look for that. I now travel the United States for that moment, because I know when peak spring is in Georgia. I know when peak spring is in Tennessee, and I know when it is in New York City and I know when it is north of New York City. Because New York City's normally a week behind this place I go to upstate. Same thing in fall, there'll be a day where you get the intersection – and the northeast is the best because it has the greatest biodiversity, where you see the greatest color, and you can see those color changes by day, by tree. And you find that day with that intersection of color changes. I'm telling you, if you find that, you can feel the energy. I've never felt so alive. You feel God in those moments. It's such a wondrous moment, as you go through how life is changing so fast. In the case of spring, obviously it's blooming. In the case of fall, it's transitioning into a more dormant period. But they are so energetic and so exciting and I highly recommend people try to, in their neighborhood, find that day. Boy, make sure you're walking that afternoon before sunset. Oh my gosh, it's a joy.
· Patrick O'Shaughnessy
[00:00:00] S0: You've lived so much life in the years that you've been with us. And I never ask the question of general advice, because I think it's kind of a lame question. But I'm tempted to close the conversation there, with what you would just tell people listening that – this audience is passionate, they're curious, they're searching for their thing, or they're trying to get to be the greatest at their thing. They're competitive. What would you tell them based on the sum total of all your amazing life and experience?
· Paul Tudor Jones, Patrick O'Shaughnessy
[00:00:00] S1: My mother used to always say – and I think this is what this country really needs right now. You've just gotta kill 'em with kindness. You're gonna wake up some days, it's gonna be terrible. You're gonna be in a bad mood. There's gonna be something on TV that's gonna make you angry. Particularly in these times right now, my gosh, when everyone wants to demonize the opposition, I think we've got to realize it doesn't have to be that way. We can humbly devote ourselves to finding the kindness within ourselves and the goodness within ourselves, and transmit that to somebody else during that day. I think that's the secret to happiness. You don't have to worry about yourself. You have to worry about, “How am I going to brighten someone else's day?” And with that attitude, one, you'll always be happy. I'm just gonna spend this one day doing this one outward act. And if you repeat it enough – again, everything is about the reps. Pretty soon you take “I should” and they will become “I ams”. So if you take that mentality, that I want to do this wonderful act of kindness for someone else, pretty soon you become an incredibly kind person. It becomes natural. It becomes instinctive and organic. And it's gonna brighten your day. And you'll have such a positive outlook on life. And I think that's what we need to intentionally begin to do, every single person. For sure, it'll be a much better world. [00:00:00] S0: Paul, thank you so much for your time. [00:00:00] S1: Thank you.