For the next ten seconds, stop everything you’re doing.
You just learned the investment trick. In case you missed it, let’s try it again. Imagine you just heard that a well-known financial guru has predicted the market is going to crash in the coming weeks. Here is the investment trick: stop everything you’re doing.
Did you catch it?
You paused. You didn’t react. You didn’t text your advisor. You paused.
That’s one of the best things you can do as an investor. Do nothing. Pause. Reflect. Think. Examine. Channel your inner cave boy. Don’t just do something. Sit there.
The proceeding blog post is an excerpt from Get Money Smart: Simple Lessons to Kickstart Your Financial Confidence & Grow Your Wealth, available now on Amazon.
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