If you want to know how to invest， look at qualityand find some numbers to assess risk， profitabilty etcdon't listen to engaging storiesby a bunch of lucky bozos---Now if someone didn't have such an atrocious titleand the people interviewed were interesting to mei would say， yes it's a decent enough interview bookhonestly none of the companies got me excitedand if did， would I learn anything about how to invest better？---further musingswell， I think Rubenstein is fine for doing friendly low-pres If you want to know how to invest， look at qualityand find some numbers to assess risk， profitabilty etcdon't listen to engaging storiesby a bunch of lucky bozos---Now if someone didn't have such an atrocious titleand the people interviewed were interesting to mei would say， yes it's a decent enough interview bookhonestly none of the companies got me excitedand if did， would I learn anything about how to invest better？---further musingswell， I think Rubenstein is fine for doing friendly low-pressure interviews， never putting his guests in an uncomfortable situation with his questions。 He's funny and friendly and works better on television than in book form， but I still think there's going to be a real lack of substance， if you're going to sell these interviews as 'How to Invest'。He's got a cookie cutter strategy15% of his questions are humorous， like asking the head of GM if he pumps his own gas， or if Bill Gates ever carries any money。30% will be personal questions about their life40% about their careerand 10% on current eventsAs fun fluffy interviews i give him a 6， and as insights for investing， maybe a 2。Charlie Rose can interview the same people and you get a lot more out of it。I've looked as deep as one can with a pre-release and i actually hesitated in doing a review last month， but I did look into who he was interviewing and what questions he was asking them， and this book isn't much different than his previous interview books， but a lot of my judgement goes on 'who' they are interviewing。Klarman for example， feels that there isn't a big difficulty in getting the technical information for value investing， but like a poker player it is the psychologicals of things which are the real challenge to him。 Buying is easy， but selling might be trickier。Rubenstein's books are fine as low-key interviews， and their appeal is universal， but i dont believe any of the hype about any valuable lessons， or any of that bunk。 At least you'll hear about their successes and their failures。Now if people like to hear personal stories of how people attain a lot in life， and you hear what their stresses and struggles and unique challenges are， then you'll totally love this stuff。---I'm not all that interested in a guy doing one currency trade making someone a billion dollarsor who someone makes a quarter of a billion off cryptocurrency madness in a yearso i don't think it's all that useful。---I'd suggest someone watch David doing some interviewing thoughI came up with the idea that he's 80% Larry King， trying never to be boring， and always curiouswith a 20% Jay Leno amusement factorand 0。02% investment insight， which i think is the masterful and crafty part of it all 。。。more