Pet Perks, Vol. 2

Rule Breaker Investing

The Motley Fool

Business, Investing, Invest, Rulebreaker, Stocks, Company, Growth, Stockmarket, Fool, Foolish

4.5 • 928 Ratings

🗓️ 19 February 2025

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Little things can make a big difference. From spotting hidden competitive advantages in investing to rediscovering the joy in work, this episode is packed with moments that brighten our days. David shares fresh “pet perks” across investing, business, and life—including seeing through dark clouds, the thrill of entrepreneurship, and the simple magic of a car wash. Tune in to celebrate “the small joys that make everything better”!

Companies Mentioned: NFLX, TSLA, WMT

Host: David Gardner
Producer: Rick Engdahl

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0:00.0	Rule breaker investing has been built on episodic series.
0:03.5	It's not true every week, but many a week we're adding the next episode toward a mailbag,
0:09.2	or an author in August, a great quote, or a mental tip, trick, or life hack,
0:14.4	all of which are episodic series with many past entries.
0:18.3	Each episode is brand new, mind you, no repeats, but these are big,
0:22.5	broad themes that we can return to time and again. And here's another one, pet peeves.
0:28.4	I've done eight episodes of those where I've shared with you, I counted them, 66 original
0:34.8	pet peeves coming across, I guess, as a peevish old fool. Well, four years ago,
0:40.4	fellow fool Ben Adams at Ben Adams 50 on Twitter X dropped me a line. He said, I think I've just
0:46.4	had a great idea for the next Rule Breakers podcast. Ben said, you've done pet peeves. Maybe it's
0:51.1	time for pet perks. The little things that make everything seem better. Ben went on.
0:58.2	Optimism is contagious, after all, and it is. And Pet Perks Volume 1 was born last June.
1:06.2	But that was just the start. The little things that make everything better in investing,
1:12.5	business, and life. Pet perks, volume two, only on this week's Rule Breaker Investing.
1:20.9	It's the Rule Breaker Investing podcast with Motley Full co-founder, David Gardner.
1:28.3	And welcome back to Rule Breaker Investing.
1:31.2	Let me mention right up front next week.
1:34.3	Next week is your mailbag.
1:36.4	I'm happy to say I already have one amazing note,
1:40.4	but I'm always looking for a bunch of amazing great notes. So let me just remind you that our
1:46.7	email address is RBI at fool.com. Did you listen to last week's podcast and our stock stories around
1:53.8	the frozen campfire, Apple, Axon Enterprise, Copart, Crocs, Zoedis. The week before, old, new, borrowed blue, we talked about
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