I write to know what I'm thinking | Life, mistakes, health & big picture investing | ft. John Addis, founder of Intelligent Investor

John Addis is the Founder of IntelligentInvestor, a brilliant writer, thinker and entrepreneur. John Addis's lessons are deep and vast, making this Australian Investors Podcast episode with Owen Rask oh-so special.

You'll L-O-V-E this episode if you love value investing, how to live an alternative life with meaning and purpose, the pitfalls of founding a company, Warren Buffett, what makes most great investors great writers, daily rituals to live by, and more.

John Addis podcast talking points

Aside from enjoying a G&T, what daily, weekly or yearly rituals do you practice and why? If any.  

What’s something you believe about investing or business, that few people would agree with you on? 

If you could grab a new investor by the shoulders and shake some sense into them, what would you say? 

Related: what were the key learnings, failures or successes you experienced and can now reflect on? 

Do you think Buffett is as good as everyone thinks? Why, why not? 

Why is the learning curve for investing so steep?

Behind the scenes at II, do you now spend more of your time teaching people to invest or to rite gud? 

Why is it important to be able to write well?

Which writers do you look to for their quality? What do they do well that others could leverage?