In this episode, you’ll learn how Morgan Housel captivates millions of readers with his writing. We cover topics like selfish writing; ruthless self-editing; writing with brevity; and making dry ideas come alive on the page.

TIMESTAMPS:
00:00:00 Intro
00:00:50 How Morgan's writing has changed
00:03:00 Career
00:05:30 Storytelling
00:09:00 Reading
00:11:40 Admiration
00:18:45 Tools
00:20:45 Writing good history
00:23:00 Mantras
00:28:00 Second book
00:29:00 Writing environment
00:32:00 Walking
00:35:00 Business Model
00:36:00 Business of Speaking and Writing Books
00:42:00 Experimenting
00:43:45 Audiobooks
00:45:30 End Notes
00:47:30 Reading interviews
00:48:00 Selfish writing
00:54:00 "Same As Ever"
00:56:50 Ken Burns
01:00:00 Steve Jobs, Jeff Bezos, Warren Buffet
01:04:00 Quitting and criticism
01:06:00 Improving
01:09:30 Chapter titles
01:20:00 Editing process
01:26:30 Epiphanies
01:31:00 Love of sentences
01:32:30 Aphorisms
01:39:50 Writing conclusions
01:45:00 Brevity
01:54:30 Feedback
01:59:11 What moves the needle

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ABOUT THE HOST:
I’m David Perell and I’m a writer, teacher, and podcaster. I believe writing online is one of the biggest opportunities in the world today. For the first time in human history, everybody can freely share their ideas with a global audience. I seek to help as many people publish their writing online as possible.