Sometimes, this will not actually benefit a seller nearly as much as it may seem, but the psychology of paying for example, $30k this year, vs. $1k a year for 30 years is powerful stuff.Just hypothetical examples I'm using.  

Plus I got some book learning on appraisals, economics and psychology. 

Sort of a reverse psychology situation.  

The psychology of the market in the UK, quite unlike the US, is much more adversarial.

After that, looking at it from a psychological standpoint, I would say what’s going to keep you waking up every morning ready to tackle the day?

Congratulations to reaching an arbitrary, albeit a huge psychological one, number. 

With where I am and what I've accomplished and the knowledge I have of psychology and the subconscious mind I would never be arrogant enough to say that I made it here on my own.

The positive psychology movement also tracks "time affluence" as a key to happiness, which busyness is the enemy of.  

But general business/psychology/liberal arts/etc degrees are useless if you’re at all entrepreneurial IMO.

They employ psychological assumptions about people as to preferences, their expectations, how they live, work and how they recreate in their life style.