#67 Jaime Lester: Pause to Think

Jaime Lester is a hedge fund industry veteran who has worked at firms such as Steinhardt Partners and David Einhorn’s Greenlight Capital. He is also an adjunct professor at Columbia Business School and has managed his own investment fund for nine years. We discuss his book “Pause to Think,” which is a compilation of thirty-two mental models. Jaime also applies these models to various frameworks, such as how to make better decisions and how to become happier.

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This episode was recorded on January 22, 2025.

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Episode Chapters

(00:00) Introduction by Eddie & Niklas

(01:40) Welcoming Jaime

(03:09) Pause to Think

(07:51) Investing and science (focus on checklists)

(12:06) Cognitive biases

(19:30) Why learn about mental models?

(23:20) Inversion and investing

(29:54) Jaime’s experience from Greenlight Capital

(32:55) Cerrano Capital

(34:55) How Jaime is allocating his time today

(37:05) Current investment strategy

(39:22) Balancing personal life with work

(45:26) What can investors do to improve the world?

(48:07) Book discussions and recommendations

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Books Mentioned

• Pause to Think - Jaime Lester
• Same as Ever - Morgan Housel
• King: A Life - Jonathan Eig
• Creation Lake - Rachel Kushner

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More on Jaime

• Pause to Think (Amazon)
• Pause to Think (Columbia University Press)

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