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Soul in the Game (w/ Vitaliy Katsenelson)
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Soul in the Game (w/ Vitaliy Katsenelson)

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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