Why Humans are Wired for Status, Not Happiness | Morgan Housel PT 2
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🗓️ 28 February 2024
⏱️ 71 minutes
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Summary
Ryan continues his conversation with Morgan Housel, they discuss the power of storytelling, how humans are wired for status and not happiness, his latest book Same As Ever, and more.
Morgan Housel is the New York Times Bestselling author of The Psychology of Money and Same As Ever. His books have sold over 4.5 million copies and have been translated into more than 50 languages. He is a two-time winner of the Best in Business Award from the Society of American Business Editors and Writers, and winner of the New York Times Sidney Award. In 2022, MarketWatch named him one of the 50 most influential people in markets.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Daily Stilig Podcast where each weekday we bring you a meditation inspired by the ancient |
| 0:16.4 | Stoics, a short passage of ancient wisdom designed to help you find strength and insight here in everyday life. |
| 0:24.8 | And on Wednesdays, we talk to some of our fellow students of ancient philosophy, |
| 0:30.1 | well-known and obscure, fascinating and powerful. |
| 0:33.7 | With them we discuss the strategies and habits that have helped them |
| 0:37.3 | become who they are and also to find peace and wisdom in their actual lives. |
| 0:43.1 | Kind of stoic intention for the week, |
| 0:45.3 | something to meditate on, something to think on, |
| 0:48.2 | something to leave you with, to journal about |
| 0:50.6 | whatever it is you happen to be doing. So let's get into it. |
| 0:58.3 | Hey, it's Ryan Holiday. Welcome to part two of my interview with Morgan Housall. This is the Daily Stoic |
| 1:04.8 | podcast. I'm a big fan of Morgan's books. He's a great writer, great |
| 1:09.5 | things. I like books that are filled with stories. I think that's how the |
| 1:12.3 | Stoics taught best. I think there's a reason that Jesus spoke in parables. I think there's a reason that Aesop spoke in fables, right? We learned by stories, by anecdote. There's actually a great chapter in Morgan |
| 1:24.0 | Hell's new book, same as ever called the best story wins and I think he's |
| 1:27.7 | absolutely right. Thinking a lot about this now, I am starting part four of the Wisdom series. I started this earlier this |
| 1:35.3 | week and I'm chugging away on that and just trying to come up with the stories |
| 1:40.1 | that I'm going to build this book around to teach the lessons that I want to teach. |
| 1:43.7 | He does that very well in the new book, same as ever, which is about the things that don't change, |
| 1:49.7 | and of course how change doesn't change. His first book, The Psychology of Money, |
| 1:54.4 | has sold millions of copies that's been translated into more than 50 languages. |
| 1:58.0 | And I'm sure the same will be true for the same as ever. You can follow him on |
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