The Psychology of Money: Timeless Lessons on Wealth, Greed, and Happiness

The Psychology of Money: Timeless Lessons on Wealth, Greed, and Happiness

Morgan Housel

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Doing well with money isn’t necessarily about what you know. It’s about how you behave. And behavior is hard to teach, even to really smart people.

Money―investing, personal finance, and business decisions―is typically taugh...

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Every chapter is a standalone essay and they're all good. Housel writes about money the way I wish my Econ professors had — through stories and human behavior, not formulas. The chapter on compounding using Warren Buffett's timeline genuinely shocked me. As a young professional in Manila, the "save ...

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Wealth is what you don't see. It's the cars not purchased. The diamonds not bought.


BookStreak Morgan Housel · page 78

The compounding chapter using Buffett's timeline: 97% of his wealth came after age 65. Not because he's the best investor — because he started at 10 and never stopped.


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Every chapter is a standalone essay and they all land

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Short chapter but packed with insight

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  • 209 pages · Pan Macmillan UK
  • 242 pages · Harriman House
  • Paperback · 242 pages · Harriman House
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