Charts Everything, Even Love With Nick Jain | Ship's Log 18

Project Candor: Ordinary People. Unexpected Stories · Apr 30, 2026 · 36m · transcript

Guest Quote

"Instinctual thinking is great when you're on a savanna running from a lion. It's not so great in the 21st century."

— Nick Jain

Episode Summary

Nick Jain came to this conversation carrying credentials that would make most people nervous — Harvard MBA, top of his class, a decade in private equity, three company turnarounds including one he scaled past $100 million. But what comes through immediately is that the math never stays abstract with Nick. It shows up everywhere: in how he proposed to his wife, in how he chooses which poker hands to play, in how he sized up an investment…