The Morgan Housel Podcast

Mar 20 2025 69 ep. 15 mins 1.2k
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The Morgan Housel Podcast -- timeless lessons on wealth, greed, and happiness.

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Beautiful vs. Practical Advice

Mar 20 2025 13 mins  
I heard a phrase recently: “Magazine architect.” It’s a derisive term architects use for their colleagues who design buildings that look beautiful, grace magazine covers, and win awards, but lack functionality for the tenants. The same is so true for financial professionals. If you are looking for practical advice, beware hiring an artist whose goal is to be praised should be

The Psychology of Why Prediction Can Be So Hard

Mar 14 2025 16 mins  
A few ideas on why prediction is so hard, and the weird things than happen in our head when we want certain outcome to be true. Thanks to my friends at Eight Sleep. Check out eightsleep.com/morganhousel for more.

The Art and Science of Investing

Mar 12 2025 14 mins  
Technology is a science. It’s semiconductors and code and batteries. But Steve Jobs talked about how the iPad was playful and begged you to pick it up as much as he’d talk about its processor. The iPhone is a technological marvel, but Jobs spent a lot of time talking about how it felt in your hand, and the experience of opening the box. Job’s insight, and the most important f

Counterintuitive Competitive Advantages

Mar 04 2025 11 mins  
A few things you might consider disadvantages that actually, in hindsight, could end up as something you're grateful for. Thanks to my friends at Eight Sleep. Check out eightsleep.com/morganhousel for more.

Pure Independence

Feb 28 2025 18 mins  
A simple formula for a pretty nice life is independence plus purpose. Purpose is different for everyone. Sometimes it’s family, sometimes it’s community, religion, work, whatever. But independence is more universal. Our desire to be independent, why we want it, what prevents us from achieving it, and why some people sabotage their ability to have it, is such a common story acro

A Few Things I'm Pretty Sure About

Feb 21 2025 16 mins  
A collection of things I've been thinking about lately that I hope you find valuable regardless of your profession. Thanks to my friends at Eight Sleep. Check out eightsleep.com/morganhousel for more.

Tails, You Win

Feb 07 2025 15 mins  
A story about how tails drive everything, and why the vast majority of your success in investing and in life will come from just a few of the things you do. Thanks to my friends at Ramp -- the best expense accounting system I've seen. For more check out ramp.com/morgan.

All The Different Ways Your Life Could Have Turned Out

Jan 29 2025 19 mins  
Everyone knows one version of the world -- the one that's actually happened. But that's just one of infinitive possibilities that could have occurred. I asked ChatGPT to write different versions of how my life could have ended up, and was stunned by the results. I'd be you'd have the same experience. Thanks to my friends at 10 East -- check out 10east.co.

Minimum Levels of Stress

Jan 24 2025 12 mins  
Most people – and definitely society as a whole – seem to have a minimum level of stress. They will never be fully at ease because after solving every problem the gaze of their anxiety shifts to the next problem, no matter how trivial it is relative to previous ones. Thanks to my friends at Ramp -- the best expense accounting system I've seen. For more check out ramp.com/morgan

What I Learned In 2024: A Tale of Tails

Dec 23 2024 13 mins  
A look at the big story dominating this year: tails drive everything, and everything from businesses to careers either work extraordinarily well, or not at all. With thanks to my friends at Nitrogen: check out nitrogenwealth.com.