Morgan Housel

And like, they kind of, they're all about behavioral finance ish.

but there's no other cohesive theme.

That is so antithetical to what a publisher wants.

A publisher wants one big idea weaving its way throughout the entire book.

And I'm like, no, I don't have that, sorry.

And so it wasn't just that they didn't believe me in a writer.

The whole structure of the book was the opposite of what they were looking for.

But I think you need that in order to stick out.

And like, how could it be any other way that in order to have a non-normal result, you have to have a non-normal idea.

It's true for entrepreneurs.

It's true for any endeavor that you take that you have to be an oddball in order to stick out.

No, it's tough.

And I think I've always wanted to write things about problems I have in my own life.

So a lot of this was just kind of looking in the mirror and being like, what is my desire for more money?

Am I using it as a tool to make my life better and my wife and kids' lives better?

Or is it just like, it's just a measuring stick of how well am I doing in life and where do I sit on the social hierarchy?

And if I was honest with myself, it was a lot of the latter.

And I think we've done a pretty good job spending money on the things that we like and whatnot.

But a lot of the desire was just like, what's a scorecard look like?

And maybe that's not bad because I enjoy that game.