Morgan Housel is an author. His bestselling The Psychology of Money has sold over 2 million copies (and become one of my favorite books in the process!).

In this conversation, we spoke about innovation, reading old newspapers, maintaining curiosity, how ChatGPT will impact writers, his interview with Ryan Holiday, how to get in contact with your heroes, and much more.

(0:00) Intro

(2:25) The Ski Trip That Changed Morgan’s Life

(11:22) 90% Of Virality Is Luck

(14:06) Obsessed With Writing?

(16:05) Research Process

(19:08) Choosing What To Read

(22:53) Why Do Some Things Hit Us?

(24:32) Morgan Starstruck By Jason Zweig

(28:05) How To Get In Contact With Your Heroes

(30:59) Downsides To Fame

(34:05) Happiness & Meaning

(43:33) Free Time Post-Retirement

(48:25) Raising Children

(55:10) Curiosity

(58:20) Reading Old Newspapers

(1:01:03) Optimism

(1:02:44) Morgan’s Money Rule

(1:07:06) Innovation

(1:10:23) ChatGPT

(1:13:08) You’re Not Special

(1:14:46) Challenge

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Morgan's Links:

• Twitter: https://twitter.com/morganhousel

• The Psychology of Money: https://www.amazon.com/Psychology-Money-Timeless-lessons-happiness/dp/0857197681

• Morgan's Writing: https://collabfund.com/blog/authors/morgan/

• Three Sides of Risk by Morgan Housel: https://collabfund.com/blog/the-three-sides-of-risk/

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