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The Brutal Truth About Getting Rich
The One Investing Secret Nobody Tells You
There’s a famous quote by Bruce Lee that goes something like: “I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times.”
When I started getting interested in the world of investing over 12 years ago, I obviously tried to absorb as much information as possible, searching for that secret strategy that would take me to the next level.
I read all kinds of books: technical analysis, fundamental analysis, quantitative trading, crypto, technology, options, real estate… all sorts of strategies. The result? Always the same: generally, the best approach was to focus on a specific asset. At that time, I met an investor on Twitter who had made a lot of money with a particular asset. That made me interested in that asset.
A clear example was in 2017 with Bitcoin. I read many books on the subject and, of course, began to understand the cycles and the narratives behind it. About how it’s one of the most resilient assets and how its value lies in scarcity and being better than any other asset.
But in the end, it was always the same. Yet, I lost my nerve during one of the cycles. Like everyone else, I sold at the worst moment and then bought Bitcoin again. In fact, it was…
