David's Pet Peeves, 2017 Edition: It's Not "Change" That's Good

On this week's Rule Breaker Investing podcast, Motley Fool co-founder David Gardner takes a break from his usual topics and generally upbeat outlook to dig into some things that just irk him. He thinks we'd all be better off retiring some phrases from our vocabularies, because they're linked to ideas we'd do well to dump as well.

Among the common phrases and idea that pains him is "changing the world." Why, he wonders, is everyone acting as if all change is for the better, when we know it's not? As a double bonus, he also delves briefly into literary criticism, and picks on a book that's perennially popular at graduation time, and we can pretty much guarantee you've read a few works by the author. And then, an even more focused critique -- a specific usage he especially opposes for the verb "to do."

A full transcript follows the video.

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