I met up with Xeo after completing the interview. He kindly passed me his recently published book, 5 Elements of Successful Investors. He co-authored the book with Jonathan Quek, whom I have interviewed on BigFatPurse too. Well, that’s how small the world is. I will pick out the main ideas of this book to spur your thinking.

Knowing Your Investment Personality

Xeo believed that an investment strategy must complement an investor’s personality. He noticed many people are going after investment strategies blindly, without first knowing themselves. Hence, the book emphasizes the 4 different types of personalities, illustrated by Fire, Earth, Air and Water. The best part of the book is that it contains a quiz which aims to find out which element you are. I took the test and I turned out to be both Earth and Air. The characteristics of Earth say that I am facts driven, and often numbers ......