Sometimes the best way to make a point is to... approach it from a completely different angle.
For example, consider the latest post by the incomparable Morgan Housel where he wants to say this about long-term investing:
But he doesn't start with these lines. He starts instead with the world of athletics.
So the point Morgan makes is that professional athletes actually have a less intense training regimen than amateur athletes.
He then quotes Stephen Seiler, an exercise physiologist, who says:
And then Morgan follows that up with:
He then builds on this thought with these insightful lines:
Morgan not only starts the post with an analogy, he also ends it with one - a cute video of a kid winning a lemon and spoon race in India (who epitomises the principle of the slow and steady approach to investing). What a lovely way to wrap it up!
#SOTD 84
Ravi
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