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My guest in the Book Club podcast this week is my namesake (but no relation) William Leith – whose new book The Cut That Wouldn't Heal: Finding My Father describes the death of his father and the way it caused him to revisit and re-evaluate his childhood. We talk about the perils and possibilities of autobiography, the difficulty of looking death in the face, and an awkward moment with Karl Ove Knausgaard.

My guest in the Book Club podcast this week is my namesake (but no relation) William Leith – whose new book The Cut That Wouldn't Heal: Finding My Father describes the death of his father and the way it caused him to revisit and re-evaluate his childhood. We talk about the perils and possibilities of autobiography, the difficulty of looking death in the face, and an awkward moment with Karl Ove Knausgaard.

The Book Club: William Leith

William Leith: Finding My Father

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020 Some people can make money. Other people can't. It's a thought that makes William Leith wake up in a cold sweat.  He doesn't know why it makes him feel anxious. After all, money isn't real. We created it. Humans did. It's our masterpiece.  But the desire for it is killing us.  It is this dilemma that sets William Leith off on an adventure into the bizarre, morally dubious, yet highly desirable world of the mega-rich.  He spends several days with the real-life Wolf of Wall Street who, not content with his hundreds of millions, devised a fraud so he could make hundreds of millions more. He visits a Baroque mansion where a Russian half-billionaire lives alone with his butler. He tours the estate of Felix Dennis, the maverick tycoon who commissioned an avenue of statues to tell the story of his life. He flies to private islands on private jets, meets private men in private clubs, experiencing the dizzy highs of a life without limits – but all it does is give him crippling anxiety.  Throughout it all he asks himself: what makes these people wealthy? And how come I'm not?  ---   Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pbliving/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pbliving/support

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020 Some people can make money. Other people can't. It's a thought that makes William Leith wake up in a cold sweat. He doesn't know why it makes him feel anxious. After all, money isn't real. We created it. Humans did. It's our masterpiece. But the desire for it is killing us. It is this dilemma that sets William Leith off on an adventure into the bizarre, morally dubious, yet highly desirable world of the mega-rich. He spends several days with the real-life Wolf of Wall Street who, not content with his hundreds of millions, devised a fraud so he could make hundreds of millions more. He visits a Baroque mansion where a Russian half-billionaire lives alone with his butler. He tours the estate of Felix Dennis, the maverick tycoon who commissioned an avenue of statues to tell the story of his life. He flies to private islands on private jets, meets private men in private clubs, experiencing the dizzy highs of a life without limits – but all it does is give him crippling anxiety. Throughout it all he asks himself: what makes these people wealthy? And how come I'm not? --- Send in a voice message: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pbliving/message" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pbliving/message</a> Support this podcast: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pbliving/support" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pbliving/support</a>

A Book Review - The Trick: Why Some People Can Make Money and Other People Can't by William Leith

William Leith is a journalist &amp; an author.Acquiring an incredible fortune is the goal of many, but what is the true cost of being stupendously rich?Expect to learn how to make money from The Real Wolf Of Wall Street Jordan Belfort, the downside of wealth from a Russian half-billionaire who lives alone in a British mansion with his butler, how to avoid risk by the hottest thinker on the planet Nassim Taleb and much more...Sponsor:Shop Tailored Athlete’s full range at https://link.tailoredathlete.co.uk/modernwisdom (FREE shipping automatically applied at checkout)Extra Stuff:Buy The Trick - https://amzn.to/2BJK959Take a break from alcohol and upgrade your life - https://6monthssober.com/podcastCheck out everything I recommend from books to products - https://www.amazon.co.uk/shop/modernwisdom-Get in touch. Join the discussion with me and other like minded listeners in the episode comments on the MW YouTube Channel or message me...Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillxTwitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillxYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/ModernWisdomPodcastEmail: https://www.chriswillx.com/contact Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

William Leith is a journalist &amp; an author.Acquiring an incredible fortune is the goal of many, but what is the true cost of being stupendously rich?Expect to learn how to make money from The Real Wolf Of Wall Street Jordan Belfort, the downside of wealth from a Russian half-billionaire who lives alone in a British mansion with his butler, how to avoid risk by the hottest thinker on the planet Nassim Taleb and much more...Sponsor:Shop Tailored Athlete’s full range at <a href="https://link.tailoredathlete.co.uk/modernwisdom" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://link.tailoredathlete.co.uk/modernwisdom</a> (FREE shipping automatically applied at checkout)Extra Stuff:Buy The Trick - <a href="https://amzn.to/2BJK959" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://amzn.to/2BJK959</a>Take a break from alcohol and upgrade your life - <a href="https://6monthssober.com/podcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://6monthssober.com/podcast</a>Check out everything I recommend from books to products - <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/shop/modernwisdom" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.co.uk/shop/modernwisdom</a>-Get in touch. Join the discussion with me and other like minded listeners in the episode comments on the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/ModernWisdomPodcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">MW YouTube Channel</a> or message me...Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx</a>Twitter: <a href="https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx</a>YouTube: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/ModernWisdomPodcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/ModernWisdomPodcast</a>Email: <a href="https://vimeo.com/128428182" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.chriswillx.com/contact</a> Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>