The Fortunate FISHES Podcast

Most people think the hard part is making the money. The ones who actually make it learn the hard part comes after — when the constraint stops being dollars and starts being time, meaning, and who you are without the...

<p>Dr. Phil Radford sold his first company at 35 and walked away with $15 million. The first week on the beach was paradise. By the second week he was watching his phone — stocks up, he's happy; stocks down, he's sad —...

<p>Dr. Gary Sanchez, 32-year-old dentist, took two Advil for a hangover. One didn't dissolve, burned through an artery, and he lost half his blood waiting 11 hours in an ER. Two doctors told him he'd die either way...

<p>Dr. Jason Gladwell mailed Glock 19 handguns to a gun-club list as a promotional offer for clear aligners. CNN ran it. Invisalign pulled him off their site. His own PE group scrubbed him. The schedule sold out anyway...

<p>Chris Shonk has lived four lives most people would not survive. One of eight children, Army Special Operations Soldier of the Year, Merrill Lynch analyst, private equity founder, pawn shop operator, public-company...

<p>Silvia Costa has sat in the living rooms of 31 ultra-high-net-worth families — worth an average of $600M — and asked them one question no financial advisor ever will: "What do you want to tell the great-grandchildren...

<p>Most advice on wealth is written by people who've never traded through hyperinflation, been on a trading floor on 9/11, or built a firm after being legally barred from their industry for eight years. This...

<p>Anthony Ng Monica from London refused to fail in both business and life. He built a company called Swogo with no co-founders, no venture capital, and no connections. Then sold it for eight figures, all...

<p>Most people in the room with $600M in average net worth don't want to hear about kindness. Until they see the data. <br/><br/>Jaclyn Lindsey — co-founder and CEO of Kindness.org — walks into those rooms and flips the...

<p>In 2005, Damion's grandmother sent him a letter that read: " Damion, you should stay single. You're too much of a selfish ass hole. You should not be with anybody." <br/><br/>Three years later, the universe delivered...

<p>Will Finnerty has served 72 families through nine-figure exits and has earned ZERO salary. Pure P&L. <br/><br/>His paycheck dropped 60% in 18 days during COVID—because his compensation is tied directly to client...

<p>She was 19, pregnant, and on government assistance. He was 22 with no car, no diploma, and three failed businesses. Her mother pulled $1,700 from her bra and made them promise not to waste it.<br/><br/>Thirty-five...

<p>A Harvard department chair told Avi Loeb the job would consume 90% of his time. He did it in 20%—while holding two other leadership positions simultaneously. The difference wasn't talent. It was...

<p>Scientists spent $90 million over a decade searching for a "ghost particle" that doesn't exist. Nobody called it "nonsense on stilts." But when Avi Loeb, Harvard professor of science, Former Chair of Harvard's...

<p>Most people see 80% unemployment among adults with disabilities and think "charity opportunity." Wrong. It's the largest untapped labor market in America—and the accommodations often cost under $250.<br/><br/>Valerie...