Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
· Patrick O'Shaughnessy, Dan Sundheim
[00:00:00] S0: I think it's come through today that you are clearly one of the most passionate stock pickers, stock people, markets people that's active today. Mostly I like these things just to be inspirational to other people that might want to do the same thing, so it's been so much fun to do it with you. I ask everyone the same traditional closing question. What is the kindest thing that anyone's ever done for you? [00:00:00] S1: With my wife right now, I was a pretty bad boyfriend in college, in that like, I was busy doing other things and I was not very attentive. I was not somebody that you'd want to necessarily marry. And we broke up and I remember, I sat down with her – we went to get a drink just to catch up as friends. And I said, “I got a job at Bear Stearns.” And I remember she just started crying. I was fine, but it wasn't like that was Goldman Sachs knocking down my door to get me to go. I didn't really work for the first three years of college. She just started crying like tears of joy, and I was like, “Wow.” Like, this person who I really didn't properly appreciate how much they cared for me, and how they devoted they were, and how much they were rooting for me. To me, it wasn't an act that was kind, it was just a gesture that I was kind of taken aback by. And immediately I walked out and I was like, “I'm gonna marry that girl and I'm gonna be a better boyfriend slash husband going forward.”
· Dan Sundheim, Patrick O'Shaughnessy
[00:00:00] S1: With my wife right now, I was a pretty bad boyfriend in college, in that like, I was busy doing other things and I was not very attentive. I was not somebody that you'd want to necessarily marry. And we broke up and I remember, I sat down with her – we went to get a drink just to catch up as friends. And I said, “I got a job at Bear Stearns.” And I remember she just started crying. I was fine, but it wasn't like that was Goldman Sachs knocking down my door to get me to go. I didn't really work for the first three years of college. She just started crying like tears of joy, and I was like, “Wow.” Like, this person who I really didn't properly appreciate how much they cared for me, and how they devoted they were, and how much they were rooting for me. To me, it wasn't an act that was kind, it was just a gesture that I was kind of taken aback by. And immediately I walked out and I was like, “I'm gonna marry that girl and I'm gonna be a better boyfriend slash husband going forward.” [00:00:00] S0: I love that story. I haven't heard a specific moment quite like that one in all the 500 times I've asked this question. So, an awesome place to close. Thanks for your time. [00:00:00] S1: Awesome. Thanks Patrick.