Every time you hit snooze on your alarm, ignore your calendar reminder, skip the gym, don’t go to the supermarket while your fridge is empty, and so forth — you become one of the many procrastinators who can’t get things done.
That’s because you’re making a decision to NOT do what you should be doing.
William James said it best:
”When you have to make a choice and don’t make it, that in itself is a choice.”
I used to think that consistency was about perfection. “If I can’t be perfect it’s just a waste of time,” I would say. I didn’t yet know that occasional inconsistency can actually help my progress.
This type of thinking originates from two places:
The old me would get angry if I wasn’t consistent when it came to work, exercise, or other habits. As a result, I was angry every week.
In the world of investing, it’s often tempting to think that there’s some secret formula or insider knowledge that separates successful investors from the rest. This is where looking at legendary investors can help.
If you look at the wisdom shared by some of the most successful investors of all time, you will find that their principles are surprisingly simple.
These pillars of investing wisdom — patience, knowledge, skill, humility, and discipline, among others —are not exclusive to success in the markets.
Friedrich Nietzsche was a 19th-century German philosopher whose work had a profound impact on modern philosophy, especially existentialism and postmodernism.
Nietzsche is most famous for his criticisms of morality and Christianity. I’ve never been a fan of his work primarily because I find him a bit too pessimistic and nihilistic.
But recently, I’ve been reading the works of more philosophers, particularly the ones I wasn’t attracted to. And I want to expand my scope and see what I can learn from people I mostly disagree with.