David Gardner

... a lot of these businesses, they're wonderful businesses, but they've reached a scale...

Yeah, I work for the Rule Breaker side of, of The Motley Fool, and David Gardner's, you know, the, this, his, his sixth, um, trait of a rule breaker is a stock that's widely considered by the financial media to be grossly overvalued.

Now, that's a, that's a trait of a rule breaker.

It is not a thing that makes a stock a rule breaker.

And because I was in these places where you really didn't wanna go out at night, I would mess around on the internet on this website called The Motley Fool as a, as a member.

And at one point, uh, in 1999, when I was completely burned out in telecom, just so happened to get an email from David Gardner, who's the founder of the, of The Motley Fool, saying, "Hey, we've been reading the stuff that you've been writing.

Would you be interested in coming to work for, for us?" And I said, "Yes.

Yes, I absolutely would.

It is really important to us and to you that you understand that there is a very strict border between the two.

We take that very seriously.

So in 2008, uh, I was talking with David Gardner one day, and, you know, we'd ma- we had, we had recommended stocks for people.

The Motley Fool, basically what you're going to learn from us is a philosophy company.

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It's the Rule Breaker Investing podcast with Motley Fool co-founder David Gardner.

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When Kimball Crossley first joined me back in April 2025 for Breaking the Rules of Sports, I invited him to do what rule breakers love doing, and that's challenge conventional wisdom, and Kimball came ready to play.

There's no pocket rule that exists anywhere [laughs] in football, unless there is.

I know you're gonna argue this.

The punishment needs to fit the crime, David.

It needs to be severe because right now there is no punishment.

Let one good sentence drive your next decision.

A lot of advice is about how to live well, but sooner or later, the question becomes, what do you do with the money you earn while you're living that life? Rule Breaker Investing by David Gardner.

I've been reading about markets and investing for a long time, and this book genuinely made me rethink my own approach.

David is the co-founder of The Motley Fool.

Those who are short-term pessimistic can't often think further out and see, you know...

David Gardner, we've talked about before, the Motley Fool co-founder, talks about dark clouds he can see through.

That's kind of what he means by that.

It's like, yeah, there are dark clouds on the horizon, but I can see through them.

You know, what this reminds me of, I believe it's author Morgan Housel who says, "Everything worth doing in life has less than a 100% chance of success." There are risks in any business, but as you, as we're pointing out, I mean, these great investment opportunities, you have to be able to kind of see through these clouds.

As Motley Fool co-pound- co-founder David Gardner puts it, clouds you can see through.

There are clouds, but you can, gotta see the sunshine on the other side.

But of course, it's not all sunshine and roses, Rachel.

Then you have Instagram and TikTok and all of those other things that are in our pocket filling time, and it's tough.

Uh, I, I had an i- I interviewed David Gardner recently on another podcast, the original rule- rule breaker.

It's...

Netflix is still his biggest stock in his portfolio, but he was clear, it's not a rule breaker anymore.

I mean, it was absurd what he was saying.

Finally, the Motley Fool's David and Tom Gardner with business advice on the internet.

This particular medium, medium is two-way.

It's the first interactive medium.

Stay with us.

[upbeat music] For many Americans, playing the stock market is a frightening experience better left to financial bigwigs who earn their living off their expertise.

But brothers David and Tom Gardner have set out to prove that even fools can beat Wall Streeters at their own game.

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