The Psychology of Money

Piggy bank with glasses over yellow wooden wall

Recently I reread a book called The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel. I first heard about it on a podcast. I listen to podcasts frequently and noticed that this book kept coming up when the interviews were asked to name a few books they recently enjoyed. After hearing it mentioned a few times, I decided to buy the book. I read it once; and then, I read it again. There are too many good points in the book to put them all in this article, but I thought I would share a few that I found valuable. 

The premise of the book is that doing well with money has little to do with how smart a person is and a lot to do with how they behave. The world of investing is full of intelligent people, but not many truly great investors. Investing is more about the heart than the mind, as one investor I admire put it; therefore, being smart is nothing more than being athletic. Athleticism doesn’t assure one will become a professional athlete; far from it.