Vitaliy Katsenelson is an investor, writer, and author of the new book Soul in the Game: The Art of a Meaningful Life. Nassim Nicholas Taleb, the author of "The Black Swan," calls the book deep, insightful, inquisitive, and civilized, which is a pretty good description of Vitaliy himself.
In this episode, we discuss:
What it was like growing up in Russia, north of the Arctic Circle
How America did and did not fit with his expectations, which were set by all the American movies he had seen before he arrived at age 18
Whether rich people are actually happier
What we can learn about careers in comparison from Franz Schubert and Beethoven
What it means to be a student of life
What may or may not happen in Ukraine (Note: This conversation was recorded in June 2022 and is being released in July 2022, so some events may have changed since then)
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