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The Universal Want for Independence and Autonomy
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The vast majority of people want independence and autonomy in their lives, and money can provide a path to achieving that. However, events like the COVID-19 pandemic have highlighted how quickly financial stability can be lost and how easily people can be thrown into insolvency.
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Despite instilling values in children, they may still grow up starkly different.
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Despite instilling values in children, they may still grow up starkly different. It is difficult to give children advice since we do not know where they will end up.
ChapterThe Universal Want for Independence and Autonomy
Episode#576: Morgan Housel — The Psychology of Money, Picking the Right Game, and the $6 Million Janitor
PodcastThe Tim Ferriss Show
Most people want independence and autonomy and they use money as a way to achieve that.
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Most people want independence and autonomy and they use money as a way to achieve that. However, during tough times like the early days of COVID-19 pandemic, people who were on the edge of insolvency proved to be financially vulnerable despite having good education and financial knowledge.
ChapterThe Universal Want for Independence and Autonomy
Episode#576: Morgan Housel — The Psychology of Money, Picking the Right Game, and the $6 Million Janitor
PodcastThe Tim Ferriss Show
The transcript talks about how the speaker's dad overcame a late start in building wealth.
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The transcript talks about how the speaker's dad overcame a late start in building wealth. Despite people telling him that he couldn't achieve a financially stable life through medicine, he managed to live modestly and had a high saving rate in the end.