I have a treat for you. This is Morgan Housel, former columnist at The Wall Street Journal and Motley Fool, who’s now partner at The Collaborative Fund.

I’ve been following his writing and excellent Twitter account for years and asked him to sit down for an interview.

You don’t meet deep thinkers like Morgan outside of academia much, and I crafted these questions to get his best thoughts for you in areas like personal finance, psychology, and...

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I’m wandering around this full-scale replica of a New York City apartment. And I’m wondering if the artist ever thought about giving up as he was sewing every little detail in translucent fabric. Because I think that’s the hardest part about life: Knowing why you’re doing what you’re doing.

For years I didn’t know why I was doing what I was doing. I was getting up, driving to work, dealing with an inbox full of...

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I’m at a coffee shop watching boxing videos. It’s one of those things where I have no idea how I ended up here. But I can’t stop watching because the sport is so simple and raw and I like that.

I go further down the rabbit hole and start reading articles about boxing. I learn Floyd Mayweather keeps $123 million in his savings account. Yes, a savings account.

Now I’m wondering if he keeps...

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