How Can I Screw This Up?

[mid range]

(08-03-2021, 02:22 PM)rayray Wrote: There's been a few, well, always new topics--winners and losers, high yielders etc etc etc

and that got me to thinking???? i know...dangerous...don't do it!! that's my first mistake lol

we're always focused on what to buy, what's my best idea yada yada yada...always thinking how can i win??

what happens if we take a step back, slow down and wonder???tied 

how can i lose?

how can i mess this up?

what's my worst idea?

instead of looking how to be better....maybe it's just as beneficial and maybe easier to wonder the opposite?

and then don't do it
as I accumulate more and the net worth grows i'm starting to think this way--rather then how can i succeed and be better but rather what can i do to fail? then of course, not do it

There is wisdom in this. Looking at my trading history, the winners are small and soon forgotten. Trades or "investments" where I have gone large and lost, waste money and precious time while I hang on.