This is the 2nd story dear to my heart:
The Willow and the Oak tree
Of course it's not about banging your head against the wall, or throwing yourself in front of a oncoming freight train.
But there will be a time where we need to make a stand.
To be counted.
And not hide behind "we"; "others are doing it"; "this expert says so"; or put a brown paper bag over our head and shout with a megaphone.
This post was inspired by the Occupy Raffles Place fiasco of 2011 - it seems so distant now....
But it can easily have been about investing and trading.
For eg,
How many "value investors" are aware it takes tremendous courage and will of conviction to be one?
You buy when others are dumping and running for the hills and you sell when others are fighting hand over fists to buy....
Singapore Man of Leisure (welcome to my blog; just google it!)
