Morgan Housel: Understand & Apply the Psychology of Money to Gain Greater Happiness
from Huberman Lab
by Scicomm Media
Published: Mon Dec 02 2024
Show Notes
In this episode, my guest is Morgan Housel, an expert in private wealth generation and management and author of the bestselling book The Psychology of Money. We discuss how desiring, pursuing, saving, and spending money impact our psychology and perception of wealth. We explore why people tend to either overspend or oversave and examine the most common mistakes made in the pursuit of financial freedom. Additionally, we discuss how to best use money — and one’s relationship with it — as a tool to create psychological security, freedom, and a deeper sense of life purpose.
We also delve into the impact of purchases, social media, and wealth signaling on our internal reward circuits, the dangers of using money as a gauge of career progress or self-worth, and the healthiest psychological stances to adopt while building wealth at any level. By the end of the episode, listeners will have gained numerous practical tools for making smarter financial decisions and should have a clearer understanding of the role money plays in their psychology, happiness, and life.
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Timestamps
Morgan Housel
Sponsors: Wealthfront & BetterHelp
Spending Habits & Cynicism
Tool: Money & Future Regrets
Money Management Extremes; Credit & Hope
Money as a Tool, Happiness, Independence & Purpose
Sponsors: AG1 & ROKA
Unstructured Time; Independence, Identify & Money; Addiction
Longevity, Health & Money
Ambition, Social Media, Fame & Social Debt
Sponsor: Function
Resume Virtues vs. Eulogy Virtues
Compound Interest, Math vs. Behavior
Dopamine & Time, Marshmallow Test & Distraction
Motivation, Pleasure; Relationships
Freedom, Tool: Savings & Independence
Peak-End Rule, Autonomy & Independence; Elder vs. Elderly
Familial Wealth & Identity; Entrepreneurs
Life Purpose; Dogs; Social & Historical Comparison
Social Comparison & Geography, Angst
Carrot vs. Stick, Identity, Tool: Verb States & Energy
Envy & Spending Money; Wealth & Birth Rates
Tools: Parent Modeling; Resentment, Individual Goals
Purpose, Happiness & Money
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