Morgan Housel: The Psychology of Luck - Outside Insights

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Morgan Housel (The Psychology of Money) joins Brent Beshore & David Cover to discuss how to build wealth, why people are mad at Morgan, and why most investors are asking the wrong questions – plus, they clear the air on Brent’s online feud with Morgan. 

LINKS & MENTIONS FROM THIS EPISODE

Preorder Morgan’s new book, Same As Ever https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/672339/same-as-ever-by-morgan-housel/ 

Read The Psychology of Money https://www.amazon.com/Psychology-Money-Timeless-Lessons-Happiness/dp/B08D9WJ9G8/ref=sr_1_3?crid=1ZWO7MWLGMIF4&keywords=morgan+housel&qid=1681911241&sprefix=morgan+hous%2Caps%2C302&sr=8-3 

Listen to Morgan’s podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-morgan-housel-podcast/id1675310669 

Listen to Brent & David’s interview with Shane Parrish https://www.permanentequity.com/content/why-discipline-doesnt-matter-with-shane-parrish 

Morgan mentions the book, April 1865 by Jay Winik https://www.amazon.com/April-1865-Professor-Jay-Winik-audiobook/dp/B00VQPDKWS/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2T648CGQZ69TS&keywords=jay+winnick&qid=1681928090&sprefix=jay+winick%2Caps%2C104&sr=8-1

CONNECT

Morgan on twitter https://twitter.com/morganhousel 

Morgan on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/morgan-housel-5b473821/ 

Brent on twitter https:/https://twitter.com/BrentBeshore

Brent on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/brentbeshore 

David on twitter https://twitter.com/DavidACover

David on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-cover-318752230/ 

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TIMESTAMPS

0:00 Intro & Why Brent Hates Morgan

2:08 David Apologizes to Morgan

4:27 Did Morgan Know He Was Going to be a Best Selling Author?

10:17 Why People Are Mad at Morgan & Why Investors Are Asking the Wrong Questions

15:09 Why Brent Doesn’t Consider Himself an Investor

17:35 How Almost Dying Shaped Morgan’s View of Risk & Luck

26:31 How to Not Make Bad Decisions

29:22 How to Have Enough

36:06 How to Create Something That Will Have Impact

38:36 Is it Possible to Save Too Much Money?

41:26 What Should Owners & Operators Do With Their Money?

47:37 Getting Rich vs Staying Rich

53:47 How to Learn from the Past and What Never Changes

56:75 How to Be Less Cynical

59:08 Housel Hot-Takes: What Are You Reading?

1:00:52 Housel Hot-Takes: Bitcoin & AI

1:03:39 Housel Hot-Takes: The Fed

1:05:03 Housel Hot-Takes: Expensive Wine Is Overrated 

1:06:08 Housel Hot-Takes: Twitter & Elon Musk

1:08:02 What Would You Go Back & Tell Your 30 Year Old Self?

1:09: Frenemies Are Frenemies Forever

1:10:46 Let’s Send This Podcast to Someone Together

1:11:40 What Happens Next

1:12:35 Moment of Compliance Zen

EPISODE CREDITS

Produced by David Cover

Intro music by David Cover, Andy Freeman, Rhett Johnson, & Andrew Luley

Outro music by Jees Guy

Moment of Compliance Zen music by Shimmer

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