Cover of The Psychology of Money

Book · 2020 · Business & Economics

The Psychology of Money

Timeless lessons on wealth, greed, and happiness

by Morgan Housel · Recommended by 23 people on 12 podcasts

#59 of 15,601 books, ranked by how many different people bring it up on podcasts

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The psychology of money, as I told you before, is the book that changed my financial life. the one book my brother who's a very smart person told me to re to read and there's no wonder that it's one of the bestselling books of all time.
Steven Bartlett · The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett · Oct 2025 Listen at 2:05:30

What they say about it

Grouped from 71 mentions
  • Recommended by a family member“my brother who's a very smart person told me to re to read”
    5
  • Changed the speaker's life“changed my financial life”
    3
  • Calls it best money book“best book on money ever written”
    2

The best things said about it

6 of 71 · every mention
Recommended
The Psychology of Money I think is the best book on money ever written.
Steven Bartlett The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett · Nov 2023
Recommended
It was called The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel and it is a masterpiece.
On the show ChooseFI · May 2023
Recommended
Morgan Housel's The Psychology of Money, as far as I'm concerned that's really the only book on finance that you need.
Chris Williamson Modern Wisdom · Jun 2021
Recommended
That's why his book I recommend The Psychology of Money, fantastic book because he understands what wealth really is.
Jim O'Shaughnessy Modern Wisdom · May 2021
Discussed
Your mega bestseller, The Psychology of Money, changed my life, changed the way I think about money, changed my mindset about money.
Mel Robbins The Mel Robbins Podcast · Sep 2025
Recommended
The title may seem generic. The book is outstanding. I really enjoyed it.
Tim Ferriss The Tim Ferriss Show · Jan 2023

Where and when it comes up

Mentions per year

Counted mentions by episode date. Our archive is deeper for recent years; 2026 so far.

How it comes up

Recommended means the speaker tells listeners to read it.

Most mentions, by podcast

Top 9 of 12 shows

23 people who brought it up

Most recommendations first

Also: Rachel Cruze · Richard Shotton · Mel Robbins · Shaan Puri · Andrew Wilkinson · Cody Garrett · Daniel Ek · James Clear · Marcia Kilgore · Morgan Housel · Ramit Sethi

Why people recommend it

The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel is a popular finance and self-help book that explores how behavior and emotions drive financial decisions rather than purely mathematical formulas. Andrew Huberman discussed the book on Huberman Lab, expressing his fondness for the author's work while talking about the past and future. Chris Williamson recommended it on Modern Wisdom as a foundational text for personal development, grouping it alongside productivity guides. On The Ramsey Show, Rachel Cruze highlighted it as a great financial read for listeners navigating specific steps of money management. Steven Bartlett shared on The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett that the book fundamentally changed his financial life, noting that it was recommended by his brother and has likely made him millions of pounds by shifting his investment strategy away from stock picking toward index funds. David Senra praised the title on The Tim Ferriss Show, emphasizing its enduring sales and strong appeal. Additionally, Chris Sacca mentioned the book on The Tim Ferriss Show, pointing out its core focus on achieving wealth through thrift. Overall, multiple podcast hosts and guests have championed the work for shifting their perspectives on wealth generation, risk management, and the behavioral traps inherent in personal finance.

Every mention

71 counted mentions · 30 passing or ad reads below
Chris Williamson there's a Morgan housel quote where he says the best way to win the game is to stop moving the goal posts a… 15
Discussed
“So for instance um the psychology of money book by Morgan Hel my friend for every person that buys the book another 1.2 2 people buy the book.”
Recommended
“And this is why I highly recommend that people become totally obsessed with personal development and productivity and David Allen's Getting Things Done and James Clear's Atomic Habits and Morgan Housel's Psychology of Money and The Subtle Art of Not Giving a … for like probably between three and six years.”
Discussed
“Morgan Hustell, The Psychology of Money. I've spoken to each of these guys individually. Mark said to me, he's like, 'The worst thing that I could have done was have a book that went that big'”
Discussed
“speaking to Morgan howel who wrote the psychology of money he was telling me a story both about himself I think but also another friend who first book amazing success”
Recommended
“there's a Morgan housel quote where he says the best way to win the game is to stop moving the goal posts and he's wrote this great book called the psychology of money”
Recommended
“you know it's the reason that if you look at Morgan hausel's the the psychology of money what a book”
Discussed
“and that's morgan housel's psychology of money says having wealth is the ability to do what you want”
Discussed
“or morgan housel in the psychology of money says the number one way to become financially free in the game of finances is to stop moving the goal posts like keep the goal post still”
Discussed
“morgan housel has a quote in the psychology of money where he says the number one thing that you need to do to win the game is to stop moving the goal posts further away from you”
Recommended
“he's got a book called the psychology of money which is an awesome awesome read that you should go and check out”
Recommended
“yes i do morgan households the psychology of money as far as i'm concerned that's really the only book on finance that you need”
Recommended
“everybody should get his book the psychology of the money of money get it i uh i said that that was one of the first comments i made about the book”
Recommended
“um and it's called the psychology of money timeless lessons in wealth greed and happiness and it is awesome only 200 pages real [__] he's a blogger kind of by trade”
Discussed
“so it's called the psychology of money why should we be bothered at all about the psychology of money”
Recommended
“look morgan man psychology money will be linked in the show notes below i implore you to go and check it out”
Steven Bartlett the psychology of money, as I told you before, is the book that changed my financial life. the one book my… 12
Discussed
“Isn't there a story in the Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel where like was it Warren Buffett bet someone?”
Discussed
“I kind of learned that from reading your your book, The Psychology of Money, because I I think like many people thought there was some trick or hack that this book was going to teach me to figure out how to trade coins at the right time or to like do forex trading or whatever.”
Recommended
“the psychology of money, as I told you before, is the book that changed my financial life. the one book my brother who's a very smart person told me to re to read and there's no wonder that it's one of the bestselling books of all time.”
Discussed
“Stephen, there is one book you need to read to understand money. And that was your book, The Psychology of Money. And that's how I came into your world and understood who you were, what you think. And really, this book has shaped how I think about money ever since.”
Discussed
“And he said to me, Stephen, there is one book you need to read to understand money. And that was your book, The Psychology of Money.”
Recommended
“Your book, the one that my brother gave to me all those years ago, has probably made me millions and millions of pounds because I read it when I was young enough”
Recommended
“after reading your book I stopped trying to pick stocks and I invested all of my available Capital into index funds outside of investing it in starting companies”
Discussed
“And I think the psychology of money book talks about that as well.”
Recommended
“so ladies and gentlemen you're about to meet the man whose book changed my entire life as it relates to money and finance about four or five years ago my brother who's a investment banker said Steve there's one book I need you to read about wealth investing and money in finance and he passed me a book called the”
Discussed
“let's start with the psychology of money what is the benefit to my life if I understand the things that are written in the psychology of money”
Recommended
“I mean the psychology of money I think is the best book on money ever written it's pretty much also the only book I've ever read on money”
Recommended
“Have you ever read that book, The Psychology of Money?”
Andrew Huberman He is also the author of the spectacularly bestselling book, The Psychology of Money. 7
Recommended
“Morgan Howell, who did a really wonderful episode on the psychology of money. Um, and I I really love his first book”
Recommended
“He is also the author of the spectacularly bestselling book, The Psychology of Money.”
Discussed
“I read Morgan's book the psychology of money and I loved it”
Recommended
“I read Morgan's book, The Psychology of Money, and I loved it.”
Discussed
“I'm excited that you have a new book coming out next year about the art of spending money. Is that right?”
Recommended
“to learn more about Morgan's work and to find links to his two superb books the psychology of money and same as ever please see the links in the show”
Recommended
“To learn more about Morgan's work and to find links to his two superb books, The Psychology of Money and Same as Ever, please see the links in the show note captions.”
Tim Ferriss most people will recognize Warren Buffett but my brother and I were speaking about this because I recommend… 4
Recommended
“Quick side sell for Morgan, The Psychology of Money. The title may seem generic. The book is outstanding. I really enjoyed it.”
Recommended
“and psychology of money actually by morgan haswell than probably any books in recent memory for me all right”
Discussed
“so I have a just an embarrassment of riches in front of me in the form of tabs open in this browser and one of them is a Google document that contains my Kindle highlights from your book and that is the psychology of money and I have 18 pages of Kindle highlights”
Recommended
“most people will recognize Warren Buffett but my brother and I were speaking about this because I recommended your book to him which is a huge reputational risk on my part”
Brad Barrett I recommend books like the simple path to well psychology of money die with zero and many more 3
Discussed
“So, even somebody as well-meaning as Morgan Housel, who we talk about the psychology of money all the time, this is at its essence, he is a FI guy, but when you hear him on podcasts, he actually talks down about the FIRE movement and it's it's just out of ignorance.”
Recommended
“I recommend books like the simple path to well psychology of money die with zero and many more”
Recommended
“for me I read that book kind of concurrently slash overlapping with the psychology of money by Morgan Hazel and those are two of the best money related books I've read in a while”
Ben Gilbert i think a huge one for me is psychology of money there's a recency bias on it and we mentioned morgan howel… 2
Recommended
“i think a huge one for me is psychology of money there's a recency bias on it and we mentioned morgan howel at the top of the show Good Friend of the show great great human i truly i massively change the way that i personally invest”
Recommended
“called the psychology of money by Morgan housel we get to talk to Morgan recently that was really fun and when we hopped on that call I think it was like I was two-thirds through the book and so it was really fun like getting to talk about some of the concepts with him while I was in real time”
Ali Abdaal I think most recent one has been The Psychology of Money, by Morgan Housel. So what does he do well there?… 1
Recommended
“I think most recent one has been The Psychology of Money, by Morgan Housel. So what does he do well there? What he does well there is that he's got a lot of chapters, 20 something chapters. 20 chapters actually.”
Brian Feroldi Of course Morgan housel recently wrote a fantastic book called the psychology of money those are two great… 1
Recommended
“Of course Morgan housel recently wrote a fantastic book called the psychology of money those are two great starting points to really see how people behave with money”
Chris Sacca like one is Morgan's the psychology of money oh Morgan hle 1
Recommended
“like one is Morgan's the psychology of money oh Morgan hle”
David Senra Psychology of money. Great book. Won't stop selling. 1
Recommended
“Psychology of money. Great book. Won't stop selling.”
Jim O'Shaughnessy that's why his book i recommend the psychology of money fantastic book because he understands what wealth r… 1
Recommended
“that's why his book i recommend the psychology of money fantastic book because he understands what wealth really is”
Kyle Nolan the psychology of money by Morgan howel is good also like die with zero retire before Mom and Dad 1
Recommended
“the psychology of money by Morgan howel is good also like die with zero retire before Mom and Dad”
Rachel Cruze the psychology of money it's a great one okay so if you read that one and then die with zero have you read… 1
Recommended
“the psychology of money it's a great one okay so if you read that one and then die with zero have you read Die with Zero”
Richard Shotton you know it's the reason that if you look at uh Morgan hausel's the the psychology of money what a book 1
Recommended
“you know it's the reason that if you look at uh Morgan hausel's the the psychology of money what a book”
Mel Robbins Morgan Housel is the bestselling author of The Psychology of Money and one of the most trusted financial th… 3
Discussed
“Morgan Housel is the bestselling author of The Psychology of Money and one of the most trusted financial thinkers in the world.”
Discussed
“I got to give a shout out to my husband, Christopher Robbins, because he was the one who first introduced me to your work, The Psychology of Money, Changed My Life.”
Discussed
“Your mega bestseller, The Psychology of Money, changed my life, changed the way I think about money, changed my mindset about money.”
Shaan Puri I read the book uh your your first big hit psychology of money a while ago 2
Discussed
“I read the book uh your your first big hit psychology of money a while ago”
Discussed
“you know you wrote the psychology of money um you've studied this a lot”
Andrew Wilkinson we did a little prep Doc and in it you mentioned like you read the psychology of money what have you taken… 1
Discussed
“we did a little prep Doc and in it you mentioned like you read the psychology of money what have you taken from that book”
Cody Garrett I think it was the author of Psychology of Money that talked about, you know, every now and then he'll just… 1
Discussed
“I think it was the author of Psychology of Money that talked about, you know, every now and then he'll just rent that really nice car that like he's, quote unquote, supposed to own because of his level of wealth.”
Daniel Ek I was listening to I think it's his name is Morgan howold um the author who talks about psychology of money… 1
Discussed
“I was listening to I think it's his name is Morgan howold um the author who talks about psychology of money and he kind of talked about it the the the Ferrari syndrome”
James Clear The War of Art. It's a very proven format. The Psychology of Money, we can just keep going on and on and on. 1
Discussed
“The War of Art. It's a very proven format. The Psychology of Money, we can just keep going on and on and on.”
Marcia Kilgore um yes I've read like the psychology of money which I think is pretty much behavioral economics 1
Discussed
“um yes I've read like the psychology of money which I think is pretty much behavioral economics”
Morgan Housel One of the things that I didn't really understand at the time when I wrote Psychology of Money. I I I think… 1
Discussed
“One of the things that I didn't really understand at the time when I wrote Psychology of Money. I I I think I probably could have expressed this when I wrote it but I didn't believe it as much as I do now is when I turned in the manuscript for Psychology of Money I had a deep sense of”
Ramit Sethi There's a friend of mine, Morgan Hel, he wrote this amazing article. I love that book. Yeah. The psychology… 1
Discussed
“There's a friend of mine, Morgan Hel, he wrote this amazing article. I love that book. Yeah. The psychology of money. He wrote this amazing article about Warren Buffett.”
Mentioned on the show without a named speaker8
Discussed
“I'm never going to write a book that does more than the psychology of money”
Recommended
“I recommend books like "The Simple Path to Wealth," "Psychology of Money," "Die With Zero," and many more.”
Recommended
“in fact one of the ones I read recently ought to be named it was called the psychology of money by Morgan housel and it is a masterpiece”
Discussed
“It's made me curious how Morgan Housel, the author of 'The Psychology of Money,' thinks about housing costs. He mentioned that he and his wife paid off their mortgage when they had a three percent fixed-rate mortgage. He calls this the worst financial decision they've ever made but also the best money decision they have ever made.”
Discussed
“It's from a book so it says for one thing we usually act too quickly when we're trying to make money and too slowly when we're trying to protect our money If you're pressed to make a decision ask yourself am I doing this to protect my money or to make my money more make more money If the answer”
Recommended
“something like the psychology of money by morgan hausell again like short perhaps more aphoristic stuff”
Recommended
“Now it would have to be something like the almanac of naval ravicant which you could pick up and put down something like the psychology of money by morgan hausell again like short perhaps more aphoristic stuff or just fiction that you're not really that asked about”
Recommended
“um and it's called the psychology of money timeless lessons in wealth greed and happiness”

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“You could listen to the Let Them Theory by me or books from some of your favorite guests on the Mel Robbins podcast like Atomic Habits or The Psychology of Money.”
Passing
“It's not a single thrust. It's not the psychology of money. It's not atomic habits. It's not high agency.”
Plugged
“the three books I've written, Psychology of Money, same as Ever, The Art of Spending Money, every every half decent thought that's ever entered my head about money is in those three books.”
Passing
“He wrote the psychology of money the same as ever, the art of spending money.”
Plugged
“at the end of my first book, the psychology of money, I there's a chapter about the psychology of my money.”
Passing
“He is The Psychology of Money, which is now sold more than 8 million copies.”
Passing
“He's the author of the psychology of money. Psychology of money. Psychology of money. Psychology of money.”
Plugged
“I wrote about it in my first book, The Psychology of Money. I was a valet at a five-star hotel in Los Angeles.”
Plugged
“I use this in the psychology of money. It's an astounding story. It's a guy named Ronald Reed.”
Passing
“he is also the author of The spectacularly bestselling book the psychology of money”
Plugged
“My I I did not want to write Psychology Money. I put it off for years and years and years.”
Plugged
“Yes, my- I did not want to write Psychology of Money, and I put it off for years and years and years.”
Plugged
“This was one of the lessons for when I started writing Psychology of Money. I wanted to like reinvent myself.”
Plugged
“I tried it with Psychology of Money. When I set out to write Psychology of Money, I said I'm going to write a new book from scratch.”
Plugged
“The audiobook version of Psychology of Money outsells the physical version two to one.”
Passing
“Mr Morgan H he's the author of the psychology of money one of the bestselling business books of this decade”
Plugged
“His book, The Psychology of Money, which we really dug into in depth last time, has sold more than three million copies and has been translated into 53 languages.”
Plugged
“Morgan Housel: So after Psychology of Money, I was really debating what to write next for my next book.”
Plugged
“I think in many ways, Psychology of Money is the psychology of you, the individual.”
Ad read
“You could listen to the let them theory by me or books from some of your favorite guests on the Mel Robbins podcast like Atomic Habits or The Psychology of Money.”
Plugged
“the Yale Finance Professor James Choi was telling us that most people preferred to get their personal finance advice not from economists like him but from the authors of popular books like Morgan hausel I am the author of the book the psychology of money and I'm a partner at the collaborative fund”
Passing
“it's made me curious to know how Morgan hausel the author of the psychology of money thinks about his housing costs”
Plugged
“Like, obviously, you're in The Psychology of Money, mostly at the end, where you kind of talk about your habits and your parents a bit too, which is an interesting story.”
Plugged
“I would say that the summation of The Psychology of Money is that turning down money is one of the hardest things to do in the world.”
Passing
“His book the psychology of money has sold more than one million copies and has been translated into more than 30 languages.”
Plugged
“so before we get started you got a new book out psychology of money”
Plugged
“who said anyone who's gone and paid 20 grand for an mba doesn't need to just read my book”
Plugged
“PS if you enjoyed this episode with Morgan you will love his new book the psychology of money and it is available for pre-order now by following the link in the show notes below”
Plugged
“if you enjoyed this episode with Morgan you will love his new book the psychology of money and it is available for pre-order now by following the link in the show notes below”
Plugged
“I'm reading a book on psychology and money right now that starts with a story about someone who made a tremendous amount of money on an annual basis and blew it all and went bankrupt”

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