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Cyan Banister

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
692 total appearances

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Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
Cyan Banister - Investing for a Higher Purpose - [Invest Like the Best, CLASSICS]

And his bar for talent and for art is incredibly high. But I can tell you how I met him. So I put my dream out into the universe that I want to meet Bill Murray. And someday it would happen. And I visualized it. And I said, and when I meet him, I'm going to get to ask him a question. Just one question. That's the most important question to me.

Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
Cyan Banister - Investing for a Higher Purpose - [Invest Like the Best, CLASSICS]

And his bar for talent and for art is incredibly high. But I can tell you how I met him. So I put my dream out into the universe that I want to meet Bill Murray. And someday it would happen. And I visualized it. And I said, and when I meet him, I'm going to get to ask him a question. Just one question. That's the most important question to me.

Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
Cyan Banister - Investing for a Higher Purpose - [Invest Like the Best, CLASSICS]

If you do this, I guarantee you most of these things will come true. Not in the exact way that you imagine they'll come true because the universe works in its own mysterious ways. When I set out to meet Bill Murray, I did not have money. When I met him, I did. One day I was sitting on my couch. My favorite site to shop on for gifts for friends is Charity Buzz.

Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
Cyan Banister - Investing for a Higher Purpose - [Invest Like the Best, CLASSICS]

If you do this, I guarantee you most of these things will come true. Not in the exact way that you imagine they'll come true because the universe works in its own mysterious ways. When I set out to meet Bill Murray, I did not have money. When I met him, I did. One day I was sitting on my couch. My favorite site to shop on for gifts for friends is Charity Buzz.

Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
Cyan Banister - Investing for a Higher Purpose - [Invest Like the Best, CLASSICS]

And I was on Charity Buzz and all of a sudden this thing popped up that said, spend a day of golf with Bill Murray. And I was like, what on earth? No way. And I was like, I'm in a position where I could buy this. do I do it? And so I said, yes, I do. This is my chance. This, the universe has just handed me an opportunity and I get to support charity at the same time. Like how beautiful is that?

Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
Cyan Banister - Investing for a Higher Purpose - [Invest Like the Best, CLASSICS]

And I was on Charity Buzz and all of a sudden this thing popped up that said, spend a day of golf with Bill Murray. And I was like, what on earth? No way. And I was like, I'm in a position where I could buy this. do I do it? And so I said, yes, I do. This is my chance. This, the universe has just handed me an opportunity and I get to support charity at the same time. Like how beautiful is that?

Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
Cyan Banister - Investing for a Higher Purpose - [Invest Like the Best, CLASSICS]

So I reached out to the organizers. I didn't know how to golf. That's the funniest part about this. I had never gone out to golf in my life. I actually had a pretty negative opinion of golf. I thought it was hoity-toity and only for wealthy people. And it just was not for me.

Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
Cyan Banister - Investing for a Higher Purpose - [Invest Like the Best, CLASSICS]

So I reached out to the organizers. I didn't know how to golf. That's the funniest part about this. I had never gone out to golf in my life. I actually had a pretty negative opinion of golf. I thought it was hoity-toity and only for wealthy people. And it just was not for me.

Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
Cyan Banister - Investing for a Higher Purpose - [Invest Like the Best, CLASSICS]

And so I reached out to them and I said, I know this is a very strange request, but would it be possible if I just ride along with him while he plays and I could be his caddy? And so they wrote back and they said, well, he's willing to have lunch with you. And I was like, oh no, I heard golf is like a full day affair. Like, I really want to know this man. Can I please just come along?

Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
Cyan Banister - Investing for a Higher Purpose - [Invest Like the Best, CLASSICS]

And so I reached out to them and I said, I know this is a very strange request, but would it be possible if I just ride along with him while he plays and I could be his caddy? And so they wrote back and they said, well, he's willing to have lunch with you. And I was like, oh no, I heard golf is like a full day affair. Like, I really want to know this man. Can I please just come along?

Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
Cyan Banister - Investing for a Higher Purpose - [Invest Like the Best, CLASSICS]

And to his credit, he said, sure. He said, absolutely. So- The day that I showed up, he paired me with his partner, Scott Simpson, who is an amazing man, just absolutely amazing man. For the first 10 holes I spent with Scott Simpson, I brought my friend, Emily Gillette, who's an amazing golfer because I figured one of us has got to be able to play.

Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
Cyan Banister - Investing for a Higher Purpose - [Invest Like the Best, CLASSICS]

And to his credit, he said, sure. He said, absolutely. So- The day that I showed up, he paired me with his partner, Scott Simpson, who is an amazing man, just absolutely amazing man. For the first 10 holes I spent with Scott Simpson, I brought my friend, Emily Gillette, who's an amazing golfer because I figured one of us has got to be able to play.

Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
Cyan Banister - Investing for a Higher Purpose - [Invest Like the Best, CLASSICS]

So I brought Emily and she was paired up with Bill. And a little over half of the day later, he comes over me and taps me on the shoulder and he's like, didn't you buy this whole thing? And I was like, yeah. And he goes, don't you want to meet me or come for a ride? Right. playing golf with me because I was having the time of my life with Scott Simpson.

Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
Cyan Banister - Investing for a Higher Purpose - [Invest Like the Best, CLASSICS]

So I brought Emily and she was paired up with Bill. And a little over half of the day later, he comes over me and taps me on the shoulder and he's like, didn't you buy this whole thing? And I was like, yeah. And he goes, don't you want to meet me or come for a ride? Right. playing golf with me because I was having the time of my life with Scott Simpson.

Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
Cyan Banister - Investing for a Higher Purpose - [Invest Like the Best, CLASSICS]

So I go out and golf with Bill and he was teaching me how to chip and how to putt and how to everything. And he was just so gracious and didn't care if I knew how. And he took us out to Clint Eastwood's golf course. And I got to ask him my question. And my question was, how do you stay present? When I asked him, he stopped the golf cart and he gave me the stair and he

Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
Cyan Banister - Investing for a Higher Purpose - [Invest Like the Best, CLASSICS]

So I go out and golf with Bill and he was teaching me how to chip and how to putt and how to everything. And he was just so gracious and didn't care if I knew how. And he took us out to Clint Eastwood's golf course. And I got to ask him my question. And my question was, how do you stay present? When I asked him, he stopped the golf cart and he gave me the stair and he

Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
Cyan Banister - Investing for a Higher Purpose - [Invest Like the Best, CLASSICS]

You could tell it just took him by surprise. It was not what he was expecting out of this whole ordeal. All of a sudden he points to the hill and he goes, Turkey. And I go, what? And he points to the hill and he goes, Turkey. And I was like, okay, Turkey. All right. I looked at him and we start talking about this turkey. And he's like, he called it a he.

Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
Cyan Banister - Investing for a Higher Purpose - [Invest Like the Best, CLASSICS]

You could tell it just took him by surprise. It was not what he was expecting out of this whole ordeal. All of a sudden he points to the hill and he goes, Turkey. And I go, what? And he points to the hill and he goes, Turkey. And I was like, okay, Turkey. All right. I looked at him and we start talking about this turkey. And he's like, he called it a he.

Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
Cyan Banister - Investing for a Higher Purpose - [Invest Like the Best, CLASSICS]

And so I joked and I'm like, you don't know the pronoun of the turkey. And so then we got talking about that and joking with him. So then I came back to it again and start talking about it again. And he goes, tree. He points over to tree, tree. And I was like, yeah, that's a tree. And it became very clear he wasn't going to answer this question.

Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
Cyan Banister - Investing for a Higher Purpose - [Invest Like the Best, CLASSICS]

And so I joked and I'm like, you don't know the pronoun of the turkey. And so then we got talking about that and joking with him. So then I came back to it again and start talking about it again. And he goes, tree. He points over to tree, tree. And I was like, yeah, that's a tree. And it became very clear he wasn't going to answer this question.