Self reliance at the heart of successful investing
If you always look to others for confirmation that you are right you will never be self-reliant.
personal qualities
A special talent for converting life’s setbacks into future successes
The most successful sailors are those who have a particular mindset in how they deal with the setbacks.
The bitterest way to learn investing wisdom
If a man is both wise and lucky, he will not make the same mistake twice. But he will make any one of the ten thousand brothers or cousins of the original.
Superior investment performance – what it takes – part 2
As an individual investor I have to recognize that I am unlikely to think of something the brains of Wall Street haven’t thought of, or see things the brains of Wall Street have missed, or have insights they don’t possess.
Superior investment performance – what it takes – part 1
No doubt some qualities are ‘bred in the bone’. But, it also seems some children learn how to be more confident, to have higher executive control and to be more willing to trust experimenters who offer double treats.
Moderate risk tolerance
One way to be adept at avoiding failure is to avoid attempting anything you might fail at
What it takes to be a successful investor
The personal qualities necessary for success can be nurtured. In time, the personal qualities will fully develop.
The personal qualities successful investors need to cultivate
What mattered most was confidence in one’s own judgment, from which would flow the Kiplingesque cool to keep one’s head ‘when all about you are losing theirs’
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