The Mindbodygreen Podcast

“What really matters for your happiness is not your circumstances It's the gap between your circumstances and your expectations," says Morgan Housel. Morgan, a bestselling author and former columnist for the Wall Street Journal and Motley Fool, joins us to discuss how to optimize your happiness in a world that’s so fragile to chance, plus: - Morgan’s powerful personal story (~00:09) - How to balance uncertainty & control (~09:01) - How Morgan worked though survivor’s guilt (~13:09) - Why happiness depends on expectations (~16:10) - How to realistically measure your happiness (~20:46) - The delicate relationship between money & happiness (~26:26) - How to incentivize people to live healthier (~31:42) - How to find joy in the mundane (~38:41) - How to balance optimism & pessimism (~44:13) - What changes Morgan has made to his own life (~48:05) - What Morgan feels grateful for today (~49:44) Referenced in the episode: - Morgan's book, Same As Ever: A Guide to What Never Changes. - Morgan's previous bestseller,