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December 18,
2018
“If all you care about is the mountaintop, the climb is going to be rough.” ~ Anon
“We enjoy the process far more than the proceeds.” ~ Warren Buffett
This is going to be one of the shortest posts I’ve written. One book that I keep by my
bedside for frequent reading is Ruskin Bond’s A Book of Simple Living. Here is a passage
that I stumbled upon from this book last night, and which resonated perfectly well with
how I practice investing and one key idea I try to teach here – the focus on process vs
outcome, on the journey vs destination.
Bond writes –
I learned early – without quite realizing it – that the pleasure of travel is in the journey and
not so much in reaching one’s destination. Destinations rarely live up to the traveller’s
expectations. And the pleasure is further reduced if you’re checking your watch all the
time.
In travel, as in life, give yourself plenty of time, so that you won’t have to rush – you miss
seeing the world around you when you are in a great rush, or if you seal yourself off in
air-conditioned cars and trains, afraid of the heat and dust.
The adventure is not in arriving, it’s in the on-the-way experience. It is not in the
expected; it’s in the surprise. You are not choosing what you shall see in the world, but
giving the world an even chance to see you.
Let’s break up the ideas here and see how they relate to your investment and wealth-
creation journey –
You see, the most important journeys in life and investing come without a map. If you
can still find pleasure in them, you’ll learn to adapt, survive, and grow. What else are you
seeking anyways?
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