What if the biggest threat to your wealth isn't the market, but the mind making the decisions?

From the collapse of a hedge fund run by Nobel laureates to the everyday panic that makes ordinary investors sell at exactly the wrong moment, The Money Mind reveals why intelligence, information, and good intentions are no protection against costly financial mistakes. Drawing on decades of behavioral research, Dr Henry Montrevia shows that our money errors are not random slip-ups but systematic, predictable patterns rooted in how the human brain evolved.

This is not another guide promising to make you rich overnight. Instead, The Money Mind helps you understand the hidden scripts, biases, and emotions quietly steering every dollar decision you make, so you can build a financial life that survives fear, uncertainty, and your own worst instincts.



Inside, you'll discover:



- Why smart people make foolish financial choices and how intelligence can make matters worse

- The invisible mental scripts and childhood experiences shaping your money habits today

- The cognitive traps—anchoring, overconfidence, and more—that quietly drain your wealth

- The strange math of getting rich versus staying rich and why avoiding catastrophe beats chasing brilliance

- How time, compounding, and a margin of safety matter more than forecasting or stock picking

- How to design a portfolio you can actually stick with and build a personal money philosophy that fits your real life

Master the psychology behind your money, and you master the one variable that determines your financial future.



Dr. Henry Montrevia is a bestselling psychology author, a researcher of human behavior, and a specialist in the psychology of money, shaped at the intersection of academic rigor and hands-on business. Born in Geneva to an investment analyst and a philosophy lecturer, he watched from an early age how rational decisions intertwine with the deeper beliefs that quietly shape human behavior. After studying behavioral psychology and economics in London, Montrevia began his career at an international consulting firm, where he examined how mindset drives financial outcomes and strategic decisions.



1. Why Smart People Make Foolish Financial Choices

2. The Invisible Scripts Behind Every Dollar Decision

3. Your Childhood Wallet: How Early Experiences Shape Lifelong Money Habits

4. The Casino in Your Head: Recognizing Cognitive Traps

5. Envy, Status, and the Trap of Keeping Score

6. The Strange Math of Getting Rich vs. Staying Rich

7. Time as the Quiet Multiplier

8. Tail Events and the Stories We Tell Ourselves About Success

9. The Hidden Price Tag of Every Investment

10. Margin of Safety in an Unpredictable World

11. Designing a Portfolio You Can Sleep With

12. Reasonable Beats Rational Every Time

13. The Freedom Dividend: What Money Is Really Buying

14. Lessons From Crashes: A Brief Tour of Financial Panics

15. Building a Personal Money Philosophy

16. Passing Wealth and Wisdom to the Next Generation

17. Writing Your Own Financial Story



Understand your mind and stop sabotaging your wealth