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Ben Carlson

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419 total appearances

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Motley Fool Hidden Gems Investing
Ben Carlson on Why It’s Better to Avoid a Strikeout Than to Swing for a Home run

And I probably should have known this because I'm a listener of podcasts, right?

Motley Fool Hidden Gems Investing
Ben Carlson on Why It’s Better to Avoid a Strikeout Than to Swing for a Home run

But it's something that you kind of don't understand.

Motley Fool Hidden Gems Investing
Ben Carlson on Why It’s Better to Avoid a Strikeout Than to Swing for a Home run

And I guess if we're bringing this back to investment analogies, it's kind of a diversification strategy, right?

Motley Fool Hidden Gems Investing
Ben Carlson on Why It’s Better to Avoid a Strikeout Than to Swing for a Home run

You're casting a wide net to get in front of people.

Motley Fool Hidden Gems Investing
Ben Carlson on Why It’s Better to Avoid a Strikeout Than to Swing for a Home run

Some people just prefer to read.

Motley Fool Hidden Gems Investing
Ben Carlson on Why It’s Better to Avoid a Strikeout Than to Swing for a Home run

They want something in their inbox.

Motley Fool Hidden Gems Investing
Ben Carlson on Why It’s Better to Avoid a Strikeout Than to Swing for a Home run

They want to read it.

Motley Fool Hidden Gems Investing
Ben Carlson on Why It’s Better to Avoid a Strikeout Than to Swing for a Home run

I hate to be a generational person here, but the generations of... Older investors tend to still be readers.

Motley Fool Hidden Gems Investing
Ben Carlson on Why It’s Better to Avoid a Strikeout Than to Swing for a Home run

I still get emails from people all the time like, hey, how do I print out your articles so I can read it on paper?

Motley Fool Hidden Gems Investing
Ben Carlson on Why It’s Better to Avoid a Strikeout Than to Swing for a Home run

I think I know how old you are probably by saying that.

Motley Fool Hidden Gems Investing
Ben Carlson on Why It’s Better to Avoid a Strikeout Than to Swing for a Home run

Maybe it's younger, middle-aged people who are more into podcasting.

Motley Fool Hidden Gems Investing
Ben Carlson on Why It’s Better to Avoid a Strikeout Than to Swing for a Home run

Very young people are more into YouTube and stuff.

Motley Fool Hidden Gems Investing
Ben Carlson on Why It’s Better to Avoid a Strikeout Than to Swing for a Home run

I think one of the things we've learned is you have to go where people are.

Motley Fool Hidden Gems Investing
Ben Carlson on Why It’s Better to Avoid a Strikeout Than to Swing for a Home run

You can't force someone to consume your content just because you think it's great.

Motley Fool Hidden Gems Investing
Ben Carlson on Why It’s Better to Avoid a Strikeout Than to Swing for a Home run

You have to find people where they're going to consume it.

Motley Fool Hidden Gems Investing
Ben Carlson on Why It’s Better to Avoid a Strikeout Than to Swing for a Home run

Yeah, I think...

Motley Fool Hidden Gems Investing
Ben Carlson on Why It’s Better to Avoid a Strikeout Than to Swing for a Home run

Someone told me earlier in my career, go to your boss and figure out the 20% of their job that they hate to do and take it off their plate for them.

Motley Fool Hidden Gems Investing
Ben Carlson on Why It’s Better to Avoid a Strikeout Than to Swing for a Home run

Especially, like you say, as a young person, I'm thinking of my kids too.

Motley Fool Hidden Gems Investing
Ben Carlson on Why It’s Better to Avoid a Strikeout Than to Swing for a Home run

What kind of career advice am I going to give them, especially in an ever-changing world of AI?

Motley Fool Hidden Gems Investing
Ben Carlson on Why It’s Better to Avoid a Strikeout Than to Swing for a Home run

Because all these stories about what AI is going to do to the nature of work, that stuff does terrify me, thinking about what it's going to mean for my kids someday.