73: Kabir Sehgal, Author of Coined: The Rich Life of Money and How Its History Has Shaped Us

So Money with Farnoosh Torabi

Farnoosh Torabi

Entrepreneurship, Business

4.7 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 25 March 2015

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Today’s guest makes me feel terribly under accomplished. He is a modern day Renaissance man. His name is Kabir Sehgal. I was introduced to Kabir by a mutual friend who thought he’d be a perfect fit for the show because he just wrote a New York Times bestselling book about the history and biology of money. The book is called Coined: The Rich Life of Money and How Its History Has Shaped Us. In it, Kabir explores how and why money has come to play such a central role in everyday life and unveils the neuroscience behind our money behavior. As the New York Times says, "If you've been waiting for an economic version of 'Eat, Pray, Love' this may be it." Kabir traveled the world for a few years to report on this topic and as if that wasn’t impressive enough, I learned this is actually Kabir’s second book. His first – Walk in My Shoes - was a New York Times bestseller, too. Oh, and by the way, the man is also a Grammy award winning musician. Three takeaways from our interview: -- The secret to Kabir's career success. -- What he learned from his very first entrepreneurial venture – in kindergarten. -- What it’s like to work on Wall Street these days. Up until recently Kabir worked in finance and investment banking. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	So Money episode 73, Kabir Segal.
0:03.7	You're listening to So Money, with award-winning money guru Farnu Shorabi.
0:08.6	Each day, get a 30 minute dose of financial inspiration from the world's top business minds, authors, influencers, and from
0:16.0	Farnus herself.
0:18.0	Looking for ways to save on gas or double your double coupons?
0:21.6	Sorry, you're in the wrong place.
0:24.0	Seeking profound ways to live a richer, happier life.
0:27.5	Welcome to So Money.
0:32.2	Good day to all of you. Welcome back to So Money everyone. I'm your host
0:36.1	Farnish Tarabi. Thanks for joining me. Now today's guest makes me feel
0:41.0	pretty under accomplished. He's a modern day renaissance man. I just kind of made that up and I actually think it's quite fitting.
0:50.0	His name is Kabir Segal.
0:53.0	I was introduced to Kabir by a mutual friend who thought,
0:57.0	you know, he'd be a perfect fit for the show
0:59.0	because he actually just wrote a book about the history and biology of money and me being quite the nerd when it comes to that stuff.
1:05.6	I of course would be totally into it.
1:07.8	My listeners would be totally into it.
1:09.8	The book, everyone, it's called Coined, The Rich Life of Money and how its history has shaped us.
1:15.6	Fantastic, fantastic book.
1:18.0	And in that book, Kabir explores how and why money has come to play such a central role in our everyday lives and he
1:25.0	unbales the neuroscience behind our money behavior. He traveled for quite a few years
1:30.1	to actually Kabir's
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