The Art of Spending Money: Simple Choices for a Richer Life by Morgan Housel

BATB score: 6/10 😑

Best as: this book could have been an email - Morgan Housel were you in a rush to publish?

Best to: wealth is “the family you’ve built, the friends you’ve found, the memories you have, and the wisdom you’ve accumulated”

Best for: anyone who has yet figured out how much is enough

Best quotes: “the goal was not to make a living; it was to make a life, and only a fool would sacrifice his actual life for the endless pursuit of an imaginarily better one.”

“One of the tricks in life is realizing that people will admire you more if they aren’t jealous of you.”

“The appetite for applause counts amongst the lowest of human character traits.”

“When you get to my age, you’ll really measure your success in life by how many of the people who you want to have love you actually do love you.”

“The ability to not need to prove yourself to strangers is priceless.”

“It’s hard for more money to make you happy if you’re not already happy with who you are.”

“There is only one success - to be able to spend your life in your own way.”