When I first decided to make inroads into my investing journey (I don’t think I am that old, so this wasn’t too long ago), I was this fresh-faced newbie soliciting opinions from every man on the street. There was this burning enthusiasm and passion in me which I absorbed from all the investment books I read. And I was sharing this newfound information with everyone I met. However, when the news reached their ears, they didn’t quite share the same sentiments and fervor. You could see that their eyes would emit a certain kind of light which I couldn’t tell whether it was a disapproving one or was it like a “say goodbye to all your money, son” kind of glare. And they would carry on by talking about their own experiences getting fingers and toes burnt in the market and telling me why this isn’t going to be easy,...