Rule Breaker Investing

How to Pick the Best Stocks of the Future and Build Lasting Wealth

De: David Gardner

Narrado por: David Gardner

Have you always followed the rules? Do you believe that beating the stock market is just luck?

David Gardner, The Motley Fool’s Chief Rule Breaker, turns these ideas on their head. For over 30 years, he's guided millions to outperform market averages through unconventional choices. His investments in companies like Amazon, Netflix, Nvidia, and Tesla have defied traditional investing wisdom. As an entrepreneur, he transformed these principles into creating a billion-dollar business, outsmarting Wall Street’s wisemen by playing the Fool.

Now, David shares his unique rule-breaking framework, providing you the guidance and the gumption to win at investing by finding and owning the best companies of the future.

©2025 David Gardner (P)2025 Macmillan Publishers International Limited

Excelsior!!

I’m infinitely richer, wiser and happier because of David Gardener!! He crushed it yet again. A concise extension of his brilliant podcast.

Sound advice for choosing long term winners!

David uses his wealth of experience to create sound guidelines for picking winning businesses. There’s no get rich quick angle. Just basic principles on investing in companies you believe in.

Great Book

As a subscriber to the fool. This work was so helpful. If you want to understand how to make long term money investing stocks one of the greats.

A Refreshing and Contrarian Approach

An absolutely fantastic listen. The narrator's voice and pacing are perfect, making the material incredibly easy to absorb. But the real star is the content itself. The principles are wonderfully contrarian and challenge so much of the conventional investing wisdom out there. If you're looking for a fresh perspective that gets you excited about the future, this is a must-listen.

Time tested system

I've been a Fool for years. This is an excellent book whether you're experienced or just starting out.

One of the all-time best investing books

David Gardner is one of the best investors of all-time. In this book, he outlines his process about how to find outperforming companies, how to behave to maximize your returns, and how to construct and manage a portfolio. Not only is David an amazing investor, you can tell that he is an exceptionally kind, moral, and patient person. Do yourself a favor a read this book. If you do what it suggests, you will get the results that David earned---you will be smarter, happier, and richer.

Great views on investing

Love it! Learned a lot about a different look at investing. Strongly recommend this book for beginner, in intermittently for advanced investment.

A Refreshing Take on Investing — Both Practical and Inspiring

As a longtime fan of David Gardner and The Motley Fool, I found Rule Breaker Investing to be both insightful and motivating. Gardner has a unique ability to combine deep investing wisdom with an accessible, conversational style. This isn’t your typical finance book filled with jargon and formulas. David's book is a philosophy of how to think differently, spot great companies early, and have the conviction to hold them for the long term.

What stood out most to me is his emphasis on optimism and seeing potential where others see risk. Concepts like the “Snap Test” (would the world care if this company disappeared tomorrow?) and identifying “Rule Breaker” traits (first mover, visionary leadership, strong brand, etc.) give investors practical tools to evaluate companies in a fresh way. Gardner also doesn’t shy away from talking about mistakes, which makes the lessons even more relatable.

Whether you’re new to investing or have years of experience, this book will encourage you to be bolder, think longer term, and invest in businesses that truly make the world better. If you’ve ever enjoyed David’s podcasts or writing, this book captures his spirit perfectly—playful, wise, and full of heart. A must-read for anyone who wants to not only build wealth, but also invest with joy and conviction.

Exceptional

Rule Breaker Investing is an exceptional book which provides what you need to know about investing in individual stocks to help you become very happy as well as smarter and rich.

Truly valuable.

Very easy to understand, logical, extremely valuable advice on investing. I highly recommend it. One of the top 10 investing books I have read.