Something You Should Know The Smart Way to Spend Money & History That Never Happened
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Oct 6, 2025 
Morgan Housel, a partner at The Collaborative Fund and bestselling author known for his insights on personal finance, discusses how spending choices can impact happiness and the importance of aligning financial habits with personal values. Meanwhile, Jo Hedwig Teeuwisse, the Fake History Hunter, debunks popular historical myths, revealing truths about medieval hygiene, the origins of Santa's image, and the workers who built the pyramids. Together, they provide enlightening perspectives on money, happiness, and the stories we think we know.
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Money Is A Tool And A Yardstick
- Money acts both as a tool to buy things and a yardstick to compare yourself to others.
- When money becomes a status measure, it creates emotional and messy problems beyond simple spending.
Contentment Beats Constant Acquisition
- Contentment matters more than chasing fleeting happiness through purchases.
- The real wealth equation is what you have minus what you want, so control desires as much as accumulate assets.
Customize Your Money Rules
- Don’t apply generic financial rules to your unique life; introspect first about goals and values.
- Customize spending and saving based on what actually makes you content, not what works for others.
