RWH026: Wealth & Health w/ Jason Karp

<p>In this episode, William Green talks with Jason Karp, a prodigiously talented investor &amp; entrepreneur whom he also profiled in his book, “Richer, Wiser, Happier.” Jason founded Tourbillon Capital Partners, where he managed $4.5 billion. He then quit the hedge fund business &amp; created HumanCo, a holding company that invests in the health &amp; wellness sector. Here, he speaks with extraordinary candor about his relentless quest for financial &amp; professional success, &amp; how his obsession with overachievement almost destroyed him.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN:</strong></p><p>00:00 - Intro</p><p>04:27 - How Jason Karp switched from underachiever to “hyper-neurotic overachiever.”</p><p>09:32 - How his obsession with productivity devastated his health.</p><p>25:01 - How he transformed his health, healing diseases that seemed incurable.</p><p>35:34 - What he learned about how to eat well for health &amp; longevity.</p><p>53:13 - Why it’s helpful to “confuse your body” with random stressors.</p><p>54:32 - How the best investors succeed by deferring gratification.</p><p>1:09:17 - How Jason simplifies his life to reduce the impact of “decision fatigue.”</p><p>1:13:37 - How he designed his hedge fund’s offices to promote productivity &amp; good health.</p><p>1:25:08 - What’s helped him most in dealing with his mental health challenges.</p><p>1:25: 25 - How he came to be suicidally depressed at the pinnacle of his investment career.</p><p>1:28:24 - How he thinks about money, family, happiness, &amp; fulfillment.</p><p>1:29:24 - Why founding a health &amp; wellness conglomerate brought him a new level of joy.</p><p><br></p><p><em>Disclaimer: Slight discrepancies in the timestamps may occur due to podcast platform differences.</em></p><p><br></p><p><strong>BOOKS AND RESOURCES</strong></p><ul><li>Jason Karp’s company,&nbsp;<a href="https://humanco.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>HumanCo</strong></a>.</li><li><a href="https://hukitchen.com/" rel="noopener