Smart Money

By Dean Thomas

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Podcast hosted by Dean Thomas, a former investment analyst at Goldman Sachs and the Blackstone Group who quit the corporate life in 2019 to backpack the world, start his own business, and explore spirituality. Hope you enjoy :) Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/smartmoneycrew/support

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Smart Money episodes:

04.04.2021
#045 - The Comparison Trap
What’s up Smart Money Crew. Hope you are having a wonderful Easter Sunday. There’s a famous quote attributed to President Teddy Roosevelt that goes something along the lines of: “comparison is the thief of joy.” Over the past couple of...
03.25.2021
#044 - Uncovering Happiness: What Death Taught Me About Life
Death is not usually a fun topic to talk about. But in many ways it’s also something we all share. The moment we were born on this earth, we were destined to die. And yet we spend so much of...
03.23.2021
#043 - 5 Things I Wish I Knew Before Starting My Career at Goldman
What’s up Smart Money Crew. Hope you are having a wonderful week! On this episode I wanted to go over 5 things I wish I knew before starting my first investment banking internship at Goldman and my finance career in...
03.21.2021
#042 - Realizations from Teaching Myself How to Code
What’s up Smart Money Crew! Hope y’all are having a wonderful weekend. One of the hobbies I’ve been picking up recently during quarantine is teaching myself programming. In college one of my biggest regrets is that I didn’t dedicate more...
03.21.2021
#041 - What Endurance Running Taught Me About Life
What’s up Smart Money Crew. It has been a minute since our last episode. Hope you guys are well! This episode is going to be a bit more on the more personal side as we all navigate the tail end of...
02.23.2021
#040 - Tony Robbins and What it Means to be Human - Interview w/ Nuvid Bhuiyan Pt. 2
What’s up Smart Money Crew. Welcome back to another episode. This is part two of a two-part series with the soon to be Dr. Nuvid Bhuiyan. If you missed the first part, please feel free to check out the previous...
02.22.2021
#039 - Goldman iBanker to Medical Doctor - Interview w/ Nuvid Bhuiyan Pt. 1
What’s up Smart Money Crew. It’s your host Dean Thomas. Welcome back to another interview with a very special guest. This will be part one of a two part series with a good friend of mine. We both started our...
02.17.2021
#038 - Becoming Fluent, Norway, and Ultra-Running - Interview w/ Krysta Alexa Singh
What’s up Smart Money Crew! Welcome back – this is your host Dean Thomas. On today’s episode we have a very special guest who not only fluently speaks Norwegian, Mandarin, and English but has spent her early adulthood literally around...
02.15.2021
#037 - Solo Travel, Gay Identity, and the Power of the Subconscious Mind - Interview w/ Ian Hodge Pt. 2
What’s up Smart Money Crew! Hope you had a wonderful weekend. Welcome back to part two of my conversation with the incredible Ian Hodge. In case you missed the first part, feel free to check out the previous episode #036....
02.10.2021
#036 - Stanford, Running, and Resilience - Interview w/ Ian Hodge Pt. 1
What’s up Smart Money Crew welcome back to another episode. On today’s show, we have one of the most accomplished young adults in the tech space I’ve had the honor of meeting. From graduating Stanford with a 4.0 gpa in...
02.07.2021
#035 - Conor Mcgregor vs. Nate Diaz & How "No Surge" Changed My Life
What’s up Smart Money Crew – it’s your host Dean Thomas. Hope you are having a wonderful weekend. Apologies for the small break – markets once again went on steroids this past week so my attention and energy has been...
02.01.2021
#034 - The Secret to Happiness - Mental Habits of Joy, Fulfillment, and Satisfaction
What’s up Smart Money Crew – thank you for tuning in! It’s your host Dean Thomas. On today’s episode, I wanted to talk about some mental tools I picked up recently that have made my life a whole lot better....
01.31.2021
#033 - Attachment Theory, Dependency Paradox, and Unconditional Love - Attached Book Review
What’s up Smart Money Crew – hope you are having a wonderful weekend. We’re going to do something a little different in this episode - transitioning from the IQ side of the equation to delve a little into the EQ....
01.29.2021
#032 - Mental Models, Good Judgment, and Inversion - Naval Ravikant Pt. 3
What’s up Smart Money Crew – happy Friday! It’s your host Dean Thomas. Congratulations all – we made it once again. Hope you are having a great start to the weekend. This will be part three and the finale of...
01.29.2021
#031 - Ethics of Biohacking, Competition in a Neuralink Future, and Alternative Life Paths - Interview w/ Amy Chang Pt. 3
What’s up Smart Money Crew! It is has been a crazy few days in the stock market. Hope you guys are staying safe. This is part 3 of our interview with the incredible Amy Chang. Thank you guys for your...
01.27.2021
#030 - r/wallstreetbets, Rationality, and Contrarian Psychology - Interview w/ Amy Chang Pt. 2
What’s up Smart Money Crew – it’s your host Dean Thomas. This is part two of a three part interview series with the incredible Amy Chang. If you missed the first part, please feel free to check out the previous...
01.25.2021
#029 - Hedge Fund Life, Investment Philosophy, and Reflections - Interview w/ Amy Chang Pt. 1
What’s up Smart Money Crew – Happy Monday! It’s your host Dean Thomas. We have a very special guest on the show today who, like me, started her career in investment banking at Goldman Sachs. We both went through the...
01.24.2021
#028 - Competition, Uncovering Genius, and Authenticity - Naval Ravikant Pt. 2
What’s up Smart Money Crew – it’s your host Dean Thomas. Hope you are having a wonderful start to the weekend. Just got my morning workout in – lookin’ good, feelin’ better! This is going to be part 2 of...
01.22.2021
#027 - Freezing Ovaries, Modern Dating, and a Beautiful Mind - Interview w/ Valerie Zhao Pt. 2
What’s up Smart Money Crew – it’s your host Dean Thomas. Hope you guys are having a wonderful Friday. We did it! We made it :) This is part 2 of a two-part series with Valerie Zhao. In case you missed...
01.21.2021
#026 - New England Patriots, McKinsey, and Creating Structure - Interview w/ Valerie Zhao Pt. 1
What’s up Smart Money Crew! It’s your host Dean Thomas. We are rounding out the week with a very good friend of mine whose experience has spanned the top education institutions in this country from Philips Exeter Academy to Dartmouth...
01.21.2021
#025 - Smart Work, Hard Work, and Leverage - Naval Ravikant Pt. 1
What’s up Smart Money Crew! It’s your favorite host Dean Thomas. Today’s episode is going to be a little bit different. If you follow me at all on Instagram or know me in real life, you’ll know that I am...
01.20.2021
#024 - Airbnb, Quarter-Life Crises, and Finding Meaning - Interview w/ Xu Rui Pt. 2
What’s up Smart Money Crew – hope you are having a wonderful week. It’s your favorite host Mr. Dean Thomas. This is part two of a two part series with the incredibly talented Xu Rui. If you missed the first...
01.19.2021
#023 - Foreign Perspectives, the Portfolio of Life, and Financial Freedom through Real Estate - Interview w/ Xu Rui Pt. 1
What’s up Smart Money Crew. It’s your host Dean Thomas. Happy New Year – hope you are having a wonderful start to the big 2021. Apologies for being away for a minute! If you follow crypto markets at all, you...
12.24.2020
#022 - Ayahuasca, Shadow Selves, and Healing Childhood Trauma - Interview w/ Phil Louden Pt. 2
Welcome back to the second half of a two part interview series with Mr. Phil Louden. If you missed the first half of the interview, please feel free to check out the previous episode – podcast #021. If you are...
12.23.2020
#021 - Limiting Beliefs and Entrepreneurship - Interview w/ Phil Louden Pt. 1
What’s up Smart Money Crew! It’s your host Dean Thomas :) - back with a two part interview series with Mr. Phil Louden. Phil is a true citizen of the world. He has traveled to more places than I’ve heard...
12.22.2020
#020 - David Goggins, Personal Development, and Time - Interview w/ Paul Hoffman Pt. 3
This is part 3 of a three part series with big data analyst and perhaps the luckiest man in the world of crypto trading, Mr. Paul Hoffman. If you missed the first and second parts of this interview, please feel...
12.21.2020
#019 - Military Training, Productivity, and the Success Formula - Interview w/ Paul Hoffman Pt. 2
This is part 2 of a three part series with big data analyst and perhaps the luckiest man in the world of crypto trading, Mr. Paul Hoffman. If you missed the first part of his interview, please feel free to...
12.20.2020
#018 - How I 60x'd My Money through Crypto - Interview w/ Paul Hoffman Pt. 1
This will be the first part of a three part series where I interview a very special guest. A big data scientist for the Dutch military by trade, he has made over 60x his money investing in cryptocurrencies in his...
12.20.2020
#017 - Veggie Tales #2 - Jack Bogle & Index Funds
On the last episode of Veggie Tales, we discussed the importance of tracking. Now that we know where we are and we are taking steps to save more of what we are making, where do we go from here? Let’s take...
12.17.2020
#016 - Pro Tennis, iBanking, and Love - Interview w/ Taylor Ng
As we grow up in life, people tend to tell us that less and less is possible - that there is no magic in the world - That we should grow up and that our dreams are unrealistic. And yet if...
12.15.2020
#015 - Veggie Tales #1 - Tracking & Budgeting
What’s up Smart Money Crew. Due to popular demand, we will be starting a segment on the show called “Veggie Tales.” This is the section where we get real about money, saving, and investing where we take out the flash...
12.14.2020
#014 - Medicine, Surgery, and a Higher Calling - Interview w/ Sohrab Vatsia
As the world battles through one of the hardest periods in recent history, healthcare workers have been fearlessly facing the situation head-on. While the rest of us quarantine and hide, they’re the ones who rise up and step forward in...
12.12.2020
#013 - Supermodels, High Fashion, and Big City Dreams - Interview w/ Kristin Parks
In a way, we’re all artists. The words we speak, the roads we travel, the moments we share. Our reality is merely the composition of our collective imaginations – swirling, colliding, dancing to the soundtrack of infinity. My next guest...
12.11.2020
#012 - eCommerce, Crowdfunding, and Escaping the Rat Race - Interview w/ Vance Lee
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ll have noticed that technology has drastically transformed how we live, work, and experience the human condition. My next guest took Tim Ferriss’ blueprint in the classic 4-Hour Workweek and life hacked his...
12.10.2020
#011 - End of Season 1 - Thank you :)
So some folks have been asking me, “hey Dean! - why do some of your interviews have little if anything to do with money?” I think at its core this comes from a slight misunderstanding of the purpose of money...
12.09.2020
#010 - Old Friends, Goldman, and Law - Interview w/ Clive Wong
I think it was Walt Whitman who said in life it’s not how many breathes you take, but friends who take your breath away…or something like that. My next guest started his career with me in the trenches and in...
12.08.2020
#009 - Bollywood, Red Carpets, and Self-Creation - Interview w/ Lakshay Narula
Sometimes in life there are those serendipitous moments. Moments where you know you must say yes. I met my next guest on such an adventure while riding a camel exploring the expansive deserts of Dubai. Call it fate or call...
12.07.2020
#008 - Bali, Beautiful Women, and Diving - Interview w/ Father Nicolaas
As New York City enters the darkness of winter, I think most if not all of us have had fantasies about leaving it all behind to live on a SE Asian tropical paradise sippin’ Mai Thais. My next guest did...
12.06.2020
#007 - NYC Life During the Pandemic - Interview w/ Gwendolyn Howard
Decades from now looking back, we can safely define 2020 as a pretty unusual year to say the least. It was the year when a deadly virus spread across the planet and brought great cities like NY to a complete...
12.05.2020
#006 - Entrepreneurship & The Human Spirit
In this short episode, we talk about the entrepreneurial spirit and how young professionals should approach advice from friends, family, and even mentors. Thank you for your support and hope you enjoy :) Smart Money is a podcast recorded by...
12.05.2020
#005 - Interview w/ Rockstar Venture Capitalist Morgan Lai
Very excited to share with you this episode. For the first time in Smart Money history, we will be having a guest on the show. Born in Taipei Taiwan, this absolute powerhouse of a human being embodies not only resilience...
12.03.2020
#004 - The Future of Real Estate
In this episode, we dive into the world of real estate discussing what we see in the current pandemic landscape, the generational paradigm shift as assets transfer from the older generation to the new, and what we think ownership will...
12.02.2020
#003 - Taylor Swift & Why Money Matters
In this episode we dive into why this podcast exists, why money matters, and how even a global megastar like Taylor Swift is facing huge headaches due to lack of financial awareness. Hope you enjoy :) Smart Money is a podcast...
12.01.2020
#002 - Investment Landscape & Asset Classes Available to Retail Investors
In this episode we talk about why successful investing is paramount, the general investing landscape, and the 4 general asset classes available to us as retail investors. Hope you enjoy :) Smart Money is a podcast recorded by Dean Thomas, a...
12.01.2020
#001 - Emotions of Investing & Knowing Yourself
Podcast recorded by Dean Thomas, a former investment analyst at Goldman Sachs and the Blackstone Group who quit the corporate life in 2019 to backpack the world, start his own business, and explore spirituality. None of this should be construed...

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Smart Money episodes:

#045 - The Comparison Trap

#044 - Uncovering Happiness: What Death Taught Me About Life

#043 - 5 Things I Wish I Knew Before Starting My Career at Goldman

#042 - Realizations from Teaching Myself How to Code

#041 - What Endurance Running Taught Me About Life

#040 - Tony Robbins and What it Means to be Human - Interview w/ Nuvid Bhuiyan Pt. 2

#039 - Goldman iBanker to Medical Doctor - Interview w/ Nuvid Bhuiyan Pt. 1

#038 - Becoming Fluent, Norway, and Ultra-Running - Interview w/ Krysta Alexa Singh

#037 - Solo Travel, Gay Identity, and the Power of the Subconscious Mind - Interview w/ Ian Hodge Pt. 2

#036 - Stanford, Running, and Resilience - Interview w/ Ian Hodge Pt. 1

#035 - Conor Mcgregor vs. Nate Diaz & How "No Surge" Changed My Life

#034 - The Secret to Happiness - Mental Habits of Joy, Fulfillment, and Satisfaction

#033 - Attachment Theory, Dependency Paradox, and Unconditional Love - Attached Book Review

#032 - Mental Models, Good Judgment, and Inversion - Naval Ravikant Pt. 3

#031 - Ethics of Biohacking, Competition in a Neuralink Future, and Alternative Life Paths - Interview w/ Amy Chang Pt. 3

#030 - r/wallstreetbets, Rationality, and Contrarian Psychology - Interview w/ Amy Chang Pt. 2

#029 - Hedge Fund Life, Investment Philosophy, and Reflections - Interview w/ Amy Chang Pt. 1

#028 - Competition, Uncovering Genius, and Authenticity - Naval Ravikant Pt. 2

#027 - Freezing Ovaries, Modern Dating, and a Beautiful Mind - Interview w/ Valerie Zhao Pt. 2

#026 - New England Patriots, McKinsey, and Creating Structure - Interview w/ Valerie Zhao Pt. 1

#025 - Smart Work, Hard Work, and Leverage - Naval Ravikant Pt. 1

#024 - Airbnb, Quarter-Life Crises, and Finding Meaning - Interview w/ Xu Rui Pt. 2

#023 - Foreign Perspectives, the Portfolio of Life, and Financial Freedom through Real Estate - Interview w/ Xu Rui Pt. 1

#022 - Ayahuasca, Shadow Selves, and Healing Childhood Trauma - Interview w/ Phil Louden Pt. 2

#021 - Limiting Beliefs and Entrepreneurship - Interview w/ Phil Louden Pt. 1

#020 - David Goggins, Personal Development, and Time - Interview w/ Paul Hoffman Pt. 3

#019 - Military Training, Productivity, and the Success Formula - Interview w/ Paul Hoffman Pt. 2

#018 - How I 60x'd My Money through Crypto - Interview w/ Paul Hoffman Pt. 1

#017 - Veggie Tales #2 - Jack Bogle & Index Funds

#016 - Pro Tennis, iBanking, and Love - Interview w/ Taylor Ng

#015 - Veggie Tales #1 - Tracking & Budgeting

#014 - Medicine, Surgery, and a Higher Calling - Interview w/ Sohrab Vatsia

#013 - Supermodels, High Fashion, and Big City Dreams - Interview w/ Kristin Parks

#012 - eCommerce, Crowdfunding, and Escaping the Rat Race - Interview w/ Vance Lee

#011 - End of Season 1 - Thank you :)

#010 - Old Friends, Goldman, and Law - Interview w/ Clive Wong

#009 - Bollywood, Red Carpets, and Self-Creation - Interview w/ Lakshay Narula

#008 - Bali, Beautiful Women, and Diving - Interview w/ Father Nicolaas

#007 - NYC Life During the Pandemic - Interview w/ Gwendolyn Howard

#006 - Entrepreneurship & The Human Spirit

#005 - Interview w/ Rockstar Venture Capitalist Morgan Lai

#004 - The Future of Real Estate

#003 - Taylor Swift & Why Money Matters

#002 - Investment Landscape & Asset Classes Available to Retail Investors

#001 - Emotions of Investing & Knowing Yourself