Morgan Housel

The change in the trajectory is way more exciting.

And I think it was Nas maybe who said people don't like you when you have something.

They like you when you're pursuing something.

Have you read the book The Evolution of Desire by David Buss?

Close.

Fantastic book.

One of the things he pointed out, the example that he gave I thought was so fascinating is what tends to be attractive –

are not people who have a lot of resources.

It's people who have the potential to acquire future resources.

So the example that he gave is a med school student might be more attractive to a mate than a doctor.

It's the trajectory that they're on.

Does that sound right?

I was a blogger, yeah.

No, I was at Collaborative Fund.

I hadn't written a book yet.

You were a very nascent podcaster yourself, right?

I think it's, you know,

It was weird for me.

I had been a full-time professional writer for 15 years before I wrote a book.

And I was very comfortable in my position of where I was as a blogger, as an online writer.