30 Lessons for Living

255: The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel

Bookworm, 14 August 2026. The book comes up at 38 min 40 sec in.

One host recommends this book, which they read as a gap book, in the context of Morgan Housel citing it in The Psychology of Money. Karl Pillemer studied what makes a good life by interviewing roughly 10,000 people in nursing homes, condensing responses into 30 lessons. The host highlights its finding that not one person said happiness requires working hard to accumulate things or keeping up with those around you, and suggests it as a potential future Bookworm selection.

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