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Just my thoughts #0542

You should buy stocks when they are cheap and sell them when they are high to make a profit. However, is this principle only applicable to stocks? All assets should be purchased when they are inexpensive and sold when they are at a high value to create and maintain wealth. Stock prices are easier to fall than to rise. Temptation leads to fear, and fear leads to temptation. People want to buy something that is becoming expensive (or has its price inflated) and sell it quickly because they fear the price will drop. Of course, if the fear is too intense, it becomes challenging to act, so you may refrain from selling even though you know the price will decline further. If this is instinct, then buying and selling stocks should be reversed. Stock prices are more complicated to rise but easier to fall. The rise in price occurs because the performance value must act as the energy for the stock. Therefore, stocks should be viewed as good to buy rather than good to sell. A stock’s fate is deter...

Just my thoughts #0056

Success always has two faces. One is achievement and the other is complacency. There's a term in business administration called the " Competence Trap". It refers to the belief that if people cling to and repeat past successes, they will continue to be successful in the future. Xerox, which invented the world's first personal computer; Chrysler, which missed the SUV market because of the success of the minivan; and Kodak, which invented the world's first digital camera but failed to aggressively market it for fear of losing its main business, film. Humility is not an etiquette, but a shared destiny essential to success. - Joseph’s “just my thoughts”