There’s a few non-fiction “self-improvement” books that I HIGHLY recommend:
Chris Voss - Never Split the Difference,
Morgan Housel - The Psychology of Money,
Oliver Burkeman - Four Thousand Weeks
And now this book has earned it’s place on that list - honestly it probably replaces Morgan Housel’s book on money (a shocking revelation I know!!!)… Anyways I digress. This books was a delight. Scotts writing is wry, blunt and hilarious to various degrees. The book doesn’t preach or champion his great financial decisions - instead he’s very candid about his own mistakes and lays out a cohesive strategy for curating the life you’d like.
Things that stood out to me:
The idea of following your talent not your passion.
The importance of time - finding what your value and how to open up more time to do those things.
Economic security is more about what you keep than what you earn.
The back half is a great overview of asset classes and how the financial sector works, including the importance of buying real estate… It’s a bit long winded and you may not need to know about such topics as options trading or commodities but it’s a great primer for anyone curious about how investing, stocks and markets work.
Overall you’re not going to find groundbreaking information on finances, just very useful things for your life that you might have not thought about or possibly forgotten about.
“Wealth is the absence of economic anxiety. Freed of the pressure to earn, we can choose how we live. Our relationships with others aren’t shadowed by the stress of money. It sounds basic, easy even.”
Not ready to tackle the book? Check out the link below to Scott’s newsletter if you want to get a taste of his writings on pop-culture.