It can be surprising that one of the TOP opportunities on ground is the ‘opportunity of impatience’. How we easily break loose from disciplinary habits both in daily life practices and in finance. Many fan themselves for being hustlers. I used to but I had to overtime retrace my steps. Tagging oneself a hustler is being dependent on daily gamble. Trust me, gambling per se is beyond lottery or the new waves of sport betting.
Even your daily business activities can end up a gamble when you can't plan your future out. Workaholicness is very applaudable in this era. This is why many are fighting against the rise of artificial intelligence; what workload will then be left for humans they imagine.
I will continue to tip my hat for Warren Buffett (WB I like nicknaming him) when it comes to not just investing but rather, disciplined investing. Knowing what to do is one thing and doing what you know is another. On a bigger picture, there are those who don't even know what to do yet they are very confidential as daily grinders.
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Where are we heading in this article? I was just going through some article headlines on my web browser and I took notice of ‘Wealth quote of the day by WB’. It reads; ‘you do things when opportunities come along’. So what are opportunities? Is it what we assume and grind in seven times a week with lots of hours in-between?
‘Not ALL actions are valuable, only the right action at the right time’--WB. I guess this one will sink in to help elude this workaholic mentality. Personally speaking, I DON'T BELIEVE IN HARDWORK’. Even if God wanted to give me the privilege of not feeling sleepy and the strength to work all my life without getting tired, I would reject it.
wealth creation and sustenance is discipline and strategic tactics. We just brought in a contract worker that has beaten my work imagination. I mean the speed, efficiency, energy and devoted time he puts into production is beyond.
Should I aim to be like him? No respect loss but this is not my vision. If all I make as earning is because I have to be involved then I know it gets difficult to nail it. Think of what happens when so many responsibilities set it, the assumed solution will be to even double up the workaholicness.
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So it boils back to the question of, what are opportunities?. Do you have patience? If no, then you can't even spot an opportunity. One of the ways to wear people out is to test them with time. Introduce questions like, do you know this stock is paying this and that percentage and you can double up your investment in five least through compounding interest?
Don't be surprised by his actions and inactions because only a few will hear what you just said. In short, you just dropped one of the dumbest suggestions. How many are ready to wait for five years to realize a profit. The idea is 10x, 100x, 1000x, in six months to a year or even probably overnight, an idea we have seen eating up the potentials of cryptoverse.
To conclude, let me add, ‘Never call what you cannot wait on an opportunity’---dani-EL. This is what I can add from my own end. It gets difficult to align a lot of people with the concept of financial intelligence and wealth growth. Even as I speak, I can't say I am yet up to that task because my entire discipline still needs to be put to check. Easier said than done I guess.
The hedge I can talk of is that at least I have come to accept what is; ‘true wealth is a product of discipline’. I will keep improving upon myself and working on tracking down opportunities. And yes, no matter how many of it I can discover, if I am not ready to give in the needed patience it will wind back to no opportunity at all.
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Buffett's wisdom rings so true here: act decisively when the pitch is right, but mostly just sit and watch. Patience has been my biggest teacher, thanks for the thoughtful reminder 🕰️📈
Yes friend, a man of patience has so much to his advantage