How to Gain a Competitive Edge, with Morgan Housel

#125: Morgan Housel has spent thousands of hours reading about investing.

As a former columnist for the Wall Street Journal and The Motley Fool, he's spent more than a decade reading, interviewing, thinking and writing about how to manage money.

And he's come to a simple conclusion: less is more.

Doing nothing is often the best course of action.

Patience, humility and long-term thinking give individual investors a massive competitive edge over major institutions.

The classic strategy of dollar-cost averaging into index funds is a smart approach.

And ultimately, success is based more on emotions than Excel.

This week, Morgan joins me on the podcast to discuss how to gain a competitive edge as an investor.

For more information, visit the show notes at http://affordanything.com/episode125

Om Podcasten

You can afford anything, but not everything. We make daily decisions about how to spend money, time, energy, focus and attention – and ultimately, our life. How do we make smarter decisions? How do we think from first principles? On the surface, Afford Anything seems like a podcast about money and investing. But under the hood, this is a show about how to think critically, recognize our behavioral blind spots, and make smarter choices. We’re into the psychology of money, and we love metacognition: thinking about how to think. In some episodes, we interview world-class experts: professors, researchers, scientists, authors. In other episodes, we answer your questions, talking through decision-making frameworks and mental models. Want to learn more? Download our free book, Escape, at http://affordanything.com/escape. Hosted by Paula Pant.