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The Psychology of Money
Timeless lessons on wealth, greed, and happiness

By Morgan Housel

Year Published: 2021
ISBN-13: 978-0857199096
Categories: Happiness, Money, Psychology

36 Quotes Found

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The Psychology of Money:

…doing well with money has a little to do with how smart you are and a lot to do with how you behave. And behavior is hard to teach, even to really smart people.

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The Psychology of Money:

Luck and risk are both the reality that every outcome in life is guided by forces other than individual effort.

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The Psychology of Money:

There is no reason to risk what you have and need for what you don’t have and don’t need.

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The Psychology of Money:

…life isn’t any fun without a sense of enough. Happiness, as it’s said, is just results minus expectations.

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The Psychology of Money:

…there’s only one way to stay wealthy: some combination of frugality and paranoia.

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The Psychology of Money:

The ability to stick around for a long time, without wiping out or being forced to give up, is what makes the biggest difference.

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The Psychology of Money:

…few gains are so great that they’re worth wiping yourself out over.

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The Psychology of Money:

…few plans of any kind survive their first encounter with the real world.

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The Psychology of Money:

A plan is only useful if it can survive reality. And a future filled with unknowns is everyone’s reality.

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The Psychology of Money:

Controlling your time is the highest dividend money pays.

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