Andrew Thorp King: Why Safety Is an Illusion and Failure Is the Point

The Unmistakable Creative Podcast by Srinivas Rao

Sep 5, 202647:38Society & Culture

Andrew Thorp King, author of Failure Rules, shares how losing everything multiple times taught him that safety is an illusion and failure is the true teacher. He discusses the spiritual nature of money, the portfolio pur...

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