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Lewis HowesThe INVESTING Expert: Do This To Get RICH and STAY Rich (It’s SIMPLE!) | Morgan Housel
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WHAT IT’S REALLY ABOUT
Morgan Housel on Luck, Behavior, Contentment, and Staying Rich Simply
- Housel argues that wealth is relative, so people who keep comparing themselves to peers never feel rich even as society improves, and he urges treating money as a tool for a better life rather than a scorecard.
- He names luck, short-termism, and low tolerance for pain as the main forces keeping people broke, illustrating endurance with MrBeast's advice, Navy SEALs, and his own 17 years and 3,500 blog posts.
- He says getting rich requires optimism and risk-taking while staying rich requires paranoia and pessimism, and that easily gained money is easily lost.
- His book Same As Ever focuses on behaviors that never change, like greed, fear, and storytelling, because the future is unpredictable and history hangs on tiny accidents.
- Housel says success brought him contentment rather than happiness, and that he wants his identity rooted in being a father, husband, and friend rather than an author.
IDEAS WORTH REMEMBERING
5 ideasMoney is best used as a tool, not a scorecard
Housel says most strangers you try to impress are not paying attention, and he likens a high-end Toyota that makes you happy to an entry-level BMW that only offers bragging rights.
Luck plays a larger role than people admit
He says the more extreme the success, the more luck was involved, approaching 90% luck and 10% skill, while still acknowledging that the successful were talented and hardworking.
Endurance through pain separates those who make it
Housel says people are paid for putting up with uncertainty and pain, and cites his 17 years of writing before his book and MrBeast's advice to make 100 videos.
Getting rich and staying rich are opposite skills
Getting rich takes optimism and big swings, while staying rich takes pessimism and paranoia; he points to Bill Gates keeping a year of payroll in cash and to high turnover on billionaire lists.
Save like a pessimist, invest like an optimist
Housel says the world is fragile and something bad will eventually happen to everyone, but those who endure can be rewarded, as the stock market rose fourfold during his 20 years of investing despite constant bad news.
WORDS WORTH SAVING
5 quotesDo you wanna use money as a tool to give yourself a better life or as a scorecard for other people to measure you by?
— Morgan Housel
I think getting rich and staying rich are two completely different skills.
— Morgan Housel
In any business endeavor, in any investing endeavor, what you're really getting paid for is to put up with uncertainty and pain.
— Morgan Housel
Save your money like a pessimist and invest your money like an optimist.
— Morgan Housel
One would be the luckier you are, the nicer you should be.
— Morgan Housel
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Author and investing/behavioral-finance writer known for The Psychology of Money and Same As Ever.
Lewis Howes
hostHost of The School of Greatness and interviewer for the episode.
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