Episode · The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett · 2025-10-06
Books mentioned on Financial Expert: Passive Income Is A Scam! Post-Traumatic Broke Syndrome Is Controlling Millions!
Morgan Housel, global expert on personal finance, shares powerful lessons on Warren Buffett’s hidden struggles, Elon Musk’s sacrifices, money trauma and financial habits, how to invest wisely, and the psychology behind saving, spending, and success.
Steven Bartlett discussed The Art of Spending Money by Morgan Housel and The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel. Morgan Housel discussed 30 Lessons for Living by Karl Pillemer and others and 10% Happier by Dan Harris.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Art of Spending Money
Discussed“You've written this book, The Art of Spending.”
Where to get it
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The Psychology of Money
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.”
Where to get it
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30 Lessons for Living
Discussed“There's a very good book written by a gerontologist named Carl Pillmer. He wrote a book called 30 lessons for living where he interviewed a bunch of elderly Americans who were like 90 to 100 years old.”
Where to get it
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10% Happier
Discussed“There's an interesting book called 10% Happier and it's about meditation and from everyone's like oh can meditation change your life and his point was like it can make you 10% happier but like that's pretty cool and I think that's true for money as well”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing Same as Ever
“So, this is a bit bit of a peculiar question for you, but in the wake of what happened to Charlie Kirk yesterday, his his public murder and all that's rising from that, what should someone like me and you, who have public platforms, who reach people on a daily basis, do help?”