Peter D. Kaufman

This podcast is all about learning from others, mastering the best of what they've figured out so you can use their lessons in your life.

Peter Kaufman is someone you've probably never heard of, and that's by design.

He's the chairman and CEO of Glenair, an aerospace company that he's led since 1977.

Over that tenure, he's compiled one of the best track records in business history.

Peter's also the editor of Poor Charlie's Almanac, the definitive collection of Charlie Munger's wisdom.

He was one of Charlie's closest friends for decades.

Peter is also a personal friend.

I've learned more from him in the past decade than nearly anyone else in my life.

Despite all of his wisdom, Peter rarely gives public talks or interviews.

He prefers it that way.

One of his favorite sayings is that the whale that surfaces gets harpooned.

In 2018, he made an exception.

He gave a speech that was never supposed to be recorded.

But Peter believed the message was too important to keep private.

As he put it, it was critical for anyone interested in living a full, meaningful life with minimal regret.

So he allowed that talk to be transcribed.

And I'm so glad he did, because what he shared that day might be one of the most valuable frameworks for living I've ever encountered.

We're going to talk about some of the lessons from that talk today using a lot of Peter's ideas and thinking.

The complete transcript and audio are reproduced at fs.blog with the written permission of Peter.

So you can find a link in the description for this episode or just Google the multidisciplinary approach to thinking.