Small is beautiful, and all things considered, small is often better.
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The ability to stick around for a long time, without wiping out or being forced to give up, is what makes the biggest difference. This should be the cornerstone of your strategy, whether it’s investing or your career or a business you own.
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But there’s only one way to stay wealthy: some combination of frugality and paranoia.
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Good investing is not necessarily about making good decisions. It’s about consistently not screwing up.
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But good investing isn’t necessarily about earning the highest returns, because the highest returns tend to be one-off hits that can’t be repeated. It’s about earning pretty good returns that you can stick with and which can be repeated for the longest period of time.
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The danger here is when compounding isn’t intuitive we often ignore its potential and focus on solving problems through other means. Not because we’re overthinking, but because we rarely stop to consider compounding potential.
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If something compounds—if a little growth serves as the fuel for future growth—a small starting base can lead to results so extraordinary they seem to defy logic. It can be so logic-defying that you underestimate what’s possible, where growth comes from, and what it can lead to.
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Luck and risk are siblings. They are both the reality that every outcome in life is guided by forces other than individual effort.
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Spreadsheets can model the historic frequency of big stock market declines. But they can’t model the feeling of coming home, looking at your kids, and wondering if you’ve made a mistake that will impact their lives.
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Two topics impact everyone, whether you are interested in them or not: health and money.
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