Morgan Housel

It's not that big a deal.

I should just create a life that maximizes who I am rather than try to be someone who I'm not.

I think so much of it is having goals that don't leave the roof of your own house.

Kind of just being very selfish in a positive way.

And a lot of bad financial decisions happen when you are chasing a goal or doing something that is very right for another person, but wrong for you.

And it's the easiest trap to fall into because you're like, Chris did that and it worked for him and he's really happy with it.

So I should do it too.

And it's one thing if you're chasing ideas that didn't work out for other people, then like the writing was already on the wall.

But if I try to do something that not only was successful, but that you love, then it's like, well, I should love this too without the acknowledgement that everybody is so incredibly different.

There are a lot of things that I do with my money.

That other people, maybe you, would look at and be like, I don't, it doesn't make any sense to me.

I don't understand why you're doing that.

And 90% of the time my answer would be like, yeah, I understand it wouldn't work for you.

You probably do things that would drive me crazy too.

And that's fine.

And people understand that very vividly if we're talking about our taste in food or music.

Like everyone's different.

Like you like Italian food.

It doesn't matter.

Nobody's right.