{"id":59793,"date":"2022-02-18T11:40:51","date_gmt":"2022-02-18T15:40:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?p=59793"},"modified":"2022-02-18T11:40:53","modified_gmt":"2022-02-18T15:40:53","slug":"the-psychology-of-money-quotes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/the-psychology-of-money-quotes\/","title":{"rendered":"The Psychology of Money: Quotes by Morgan Housel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Looking for quotes from <em>The Psychology of Money? <\/em>What is the secret to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/achieving-financial-success\/\">financial success<\/a>?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most of us assume financial success depends on education and intelligence. But according to Morgan Housel, the author of <em>The Psychology of Money<\/em>, the key to financial success lies in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/how-to-understand-human-behavior\/\">understanding human behavior<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s a selection of passages highlighting some of the key ideas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-quotes-by-morgan-housel\">Quotes by Morgan Housel<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Morgan Housel posits that when you understand how emotions and beliefs influence your financial decisions, you\u2019ll make <em>better<\/em> financial decisions.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are some of the top <em>The Psychology of Money <\/em>quotes by Morgan Housel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cMoney\u2019s greatest intrinsic value\u2014and this can\u2019t be overstated\u2014is its ability to give you control over your time.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Housel contends the true <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/why-does-money-have-value\/\">value of money<\/a> is as follows: <strong>Money buys you control over time<\/strong>, which psychologists contend is the key driver of happiness. When you have control over your time, you can choose what to do and when to do it. Feeling like we control our lives is so essential, we rebel when we don\u2019t feel it\u2014a phenomenon known as \u201creactance:\u201d People who feel they don\u2019t have control won\u2019t do things they want to do just to regain that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/an-internal-locus-of-control\/\">sense of control<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cSpending money to show people how much money you have is the fastest way to have less money.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Housel argues that people often covet status symbols because they want respect. When others admire your possessions, you assume that they\u2019re admiring you. However, Housel contends, when people admire your status symbols, they barely notice you. Rather, they imagine how much other people would admire <em>them<\/em> if they owned that symbol.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For example, if you buy a mansion and notice delivery drivers gawking at you when they pull up, you imagine that they think, \u201cThis house is so nice. The owner must be so sophisticated\u2014I should treat her with respect.\u201d But in actuality, they\u2019re looking only at the house\u2014not you\u2014and thinking, \u201cThat house is so nice. If I lived here, people would think I\u2019m so sophisticated and treat me with respect.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cBill Gates once said, \u201cSuccess is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can\u2019t lose.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Housel suggests one reason we fail to become financially successful: We underestimate the role chance plays in our financial lives. For example, we forget Bill Gates was successful not just because he was intelligent but <em>also<\/em> because he got lucky: He was (literally) one in a million teenagers who had access to a school computer in 1968.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Housel contends our ignorance of chance is dangerous because many people try to gain wealth by imitating the most exceptionally successful people\u2014but thanks to chance, copying what they did often doesn\u2019t lead to success. As Housel notes, the more exceptional the story, the more likely luck played a bigger role in its outcome. So the more exceptional the story, the more unique it is and so the less likely you are to be able to learn lessons from it.&nbsp;Instead, Housel recommends that you <strong>pay attention to patterns, not people. <\/strong>If many wealthy people did Thing A to get wealthy and only one wealthy person did Thing B, it\u2019s more probable doing Thing A will make you wealthy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cThings that have never happened before happen all the time.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Housel explains that many modern financial concepts have existed for an extremely brief time. For example, the market for cryptocurrency\u2014decentralized, digitized currency\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/www.alliedmarketresearch.com\/crypto-currency-market#:~:text=The%20global%20cryptocurrency%20market%20size,is%20known%20as%20virtual%20currency.\">was valued at $1.49 billion in 2020<\/a>, but cryptocurrency <a href=\"https:\/\/www.investopedia.com\/tech\/were-there-cryptocurrencies-bitcoin\/\">didn\u2019t exist in a popular and usable fashion until 2009<\/a>. Therefore, gleaning financial advice from what happened in the past is somewhat useless because the economic structures that exist are fundamentally different: Investing advice from 20 years ago doesn\u2019t mention cryptocurrency because it didn\u2019t exist yet. So if you rely too much on economic history to predict what\u2019s going to happen next, you will likely fail and may struggle financially as a result.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cCompounding works best when you can give a plan years or decades to grow. This is true for not only savings but careers and relationships. Endurance is key.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Housel explains that the longer you invest, the more money you make because returns <em>compound<\/em>\u2014that is, they build on previous returns to make ever-increasing returns. Housel recommends that you take advantage of compounding by finding investments that return solid, consistent results over time. He argues that ultimately, this strategy will make you the most money.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He argues that because of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/the-power-of-compounding\/\">the power of compounding<\/a>, <em>how long<\/em> you invest is the most important factor determining your investment success\u2014even more than other factors that seem intuitively important, like your annual returns. Housel illustrates this point with the stories of James Simons and Warren Buffett. Hedge fund executive James Simons is arguably the world\u2019s best investor: Since 1988, his annual returns have compounded at 66%\u2014three times the rate of Buffett\u2019s investments. However, Buffett is 75% wealthier than Simons. This is because Simons only started achieving his 66% rate when he was 50, while Buffett has been earning 22% a year since he was 10 years old. 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