Write Like Wall Street’s Best | Michael Mauboussin | How I Write Podcast

Sign Up for "Writing Examples" and Learn From The Best Writing of All Time: https://www.writingexamples.com Perhaps the best-kept secret of any writer is the ability to find inspiration in unconventional places. And that’s Michael Mauboussin in a nutshell. Investing, business, reading, writing, luck, skill — name a topic he’s passionate about, and he’s found a way to make money from it in his writing. How? By subverting “The Curse of Knowledge.” With his decades-long career on Wall Street, you’d think that reading Michael’s work would be like trying to learn Latin on the fly. But the opposite is true. “I put my arm around the reader, and we gaze off into the world and say, “Let’s talk about what we see. Let’s make this concrete and interesting.” No stuffy professionalism. No robotic jargon. While many of us writers see the ignorance of a reader as a handicap, Michael sees it as an opportunity. And as a result, he’s become a billboard for how to build a career around who you truly are and what you’re actually interested in. In this episode, you’ll learn how to do the same. Come learn tactical writing and life instruction from one of Wall Street’s best and brightest. SPEAKER LINKS: Twitter: https://twitter.com/mjmauboussin Website: https://www.michaelmauboussin.com/ Books: https://www.michaelmauboussin.com/books WRITE OF PASSAGE: Want to learn more about the next class for Write of Passage? Click here: https://writeofpassage.com/ PODCAST LINKS: Website: https://writeofpassage.com/how-i-write Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-i-write/id1700171470 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2DjMSboniFAeGA8v9NpoPv TIMESTAMPS: 00:00:00 Introduction 00:01:40 Writing is understanding 00:03:30 Paradox of skill 00:05:20 Storytelling 00:06:10 Curse of knowledge 00:07:35 Writing style 00:13:40 Wisdom of crowds 00:19:55 Gathering domain expertise 00:24:20 Michael's career 00:36:00 Research process 00:38:40 Finding new things 00:41:00 Finding your edge as a writer 00:42:25 Outlining 00:45:15 Cormac McCarthy 00:51:45 World of synthesis 00:58:00 Learning by doing 01:00:25 Editing process 01:02:30 Injecting personality ABOUT THE HOST: I’m David Perell and I’m a writer, teacher, and podcaster. I believe writing online is one of the biggest opportunities in the world today. For the first time in human history, everybody can freely share their ideas with a global audience. I seek to help as many people publish their writing online as possible.