Nov 30 2018 69 mins
"Those who tell stories rule society" so said, Plato. Monty Munford collects and tells very good stories. He doesn’t run society yet, but we’ll have more fun when he does.
Monty was on the way to the pub when the lure of a few unusual beers persuaded him to join us in Ray’s cellar for a conversation that helped explain:
- Why he runs fast towards the edge of life’s cliff and then walks back
- Why he’s fed up with journalism
- Why Peter Jones in Sloane Square is unlikely to replace his Mont Blanc pen
- His period ducking and diving in the Sinai Desert
- Why he was cast as a Russian drugs dealer in a Bollywood movie
- Why writing is better than athletics
- How the 5’ 2” Monty learned to use his mouth
- What it’s like to grow 11 inches in 18 months
- Why he declared war on money
- How he personally lost £50K from bitcoin hackers
- Why he’s more interested in the unknown than the known
- How his company turned down Angry Birds
- Why it’s important to laugh at your mistakes
- Why he left the London commute for India
- The difference between ‘running away’ and ‘running towards’ something
- How an experiment in separating himself from friends and family almost killed him
- How not to have a fight in the lift at Covent Garden Tube Station
- The importance of reinventing himself
- What falling in love and becoming a Dad can do to a man
- How he ended up being invited to John McAfee’s island
- How he exposed Steve Wozniak as a man who once smuggled Coke into Russia
- Why he tells his audiences to “fuck off”
External Links:
Snoop Dogg on 'Personal Responsibility' (wait until the end - it's worth it!)
Kidnapping, murder, guns and prostitutes - John McAfee at Malta BlockChain Summit
Monty's Forbes article on Steve Wozniak