Book Review: The Psychology of Money
I have read many personal finance books over the years. Coincidentally, I have become quite adept at managing my finances over the years. It made me arrogant, thinking there is nothing more to learn in this realm. How surprised was I to pick up the Kindle version of The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel . I finished it in just a few hours, a record time for reading an entire book! Here are the key and refreshing takeaways from the read: Be Humble: If you are successful, it is very likely because you got lucky despite what your altered ego may think. Bill Gates and Paul Allen had access to a personal computer at the high school they studied - a rare gem in the 1960s. Of course, they had the smarts to take advantage of the situation and the rest was history. Little did we know that Kent Evans, who was Gates best friend at school and actual first partner in business, could have been a major success too had he not died in a freak mou...