Podcast: The Daily Stoic
Episode: Morgan Housel on Building Wealth and Happiness
Here’s a list of all the books mentioned in this episode, complete with an Amazon buy link and quotes from the episode.
The Obstacle Is the Way
Buy on Amazon"When I did The Obstacle is the Way, I've told this story before, but it wasn't that everyone rejected it."
Trust Me, I'm Lying
Buy on Amazon"I don't want to exaggerate the significance of the story, but when I went with Trust Me, I'm Lying, there was a bidding war."
The Ride of a Lifetime
Buy on Amazon"A perfect example of this in a book is Bob Iger's book, The Ride of a Lifetime."
The Psychology of Money
Buy on Amazon"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."
Trust Me, I'm Lying
Buy on Amazon"I wrote Trust Me, I’m Lying while I still had a small salary; I wrote Growth Hacker while I still had a small salary, and then Dove was fired from American Apparel."
The Obstacle Is the Way
Buy on Amazon"And there was this whole thing which I wrote about, and that happened the day that I ended the book tour for The Obstacle Is the Way."
The Obstacle Is the Way
Buy on Amazon"So, like you were asking me about having a job; one of the benefits—like when my publisher offered me what was not as much money as I would have hoped for The Obstacle Is the Way, I was like, ‘Sure, whatever,’ right?"
The Laws of Human Nature
Buy on Amazon"Yeah. Robert Greene summarized his book, The Laws of Human Nature, which is about how we deny there is such a thing as human nature."
The Psychology of Money
Buy on Amazon"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."