This was incredibly well written and such a foundational yet unique take on something that we all experience day to day. Keep writing. Absolutely love the ride you have us on.
If you are going to build a bridge or a skyscraper, you better use logos. But if you are trying to convince people of the need or benefit of a bridge or skyscraper, go with pathos every time. Logic can be very useful for analysis, but it is not very useful in convincing others. Even if they agree with your logic, if their feelings run counter to it, they will almost always go with their feelings.
On February 28th I sold all of my stock from a Rollover IRA, a Roth IRA, and a retail account because my entire body felt fear. Trump reminds me of my alcoholic dad so I sold everything. Maybe it was the wrong thing to do, but I do feel safer. It's like I'm waiting for the crazy to pass and I'm hiding under the bed with all of my money/toys. I don't know what he is going to do. He seems really resentful and hell bent on retaliation. I read your piece on DOGE cuts and I agree people shouldn't just sit around government offices and get paid mad coin. Just for today, I'm going to wait and see. As always, thank you for your posts and I just love your cats. 😺
Have to put feelings to the side with the stock market. It’s tough to time both parts of the trade. You have to time your sell and buy correctly. Typically if you sold for this reason, when the market is down 20% optimism on the market is at its lowest you wont get back into the market. Maybe you’ll get lucky…but best to put feelings to the side.
Alana, I think you are confusing your personal feelings about the image portrayed of Trump by the Dem keaning media with what he is doing to correct the enormous damage done to the country by the Bush/Clinton/Obama/Biden greed and accommodation of big pharmacy and the military industrial complex.
He may be equally corrupt, but he is on the side of the ordinary Joe as well, rather than the already wealthy.
This is why I'm obsessed with your work--that you write from a place of emotions. I can always related, and even when I don't, I can understand you completely. Some of my favourite quotes of yours are explain things in an emotionally intuitive way. Like: there are only two positions, too big, and too small; the market moves in the direction of maximum pain; God only gives you one chance to get out (of a bad position), and I'm sure I can recall many others if I thought about it. I noticed in one of the podcasts you do that even when you talk numbers, you do it in a very emotional way, rather than a 'logos' way, and as someone who is very much into numbers, it changed my perspective on how to use numbers in finance. I will at some point do your Options masterclass, even though I know the maths behind options very well, just because of this. I want to learn everything again the way you teach.
This was incredibly well written and such a foundational yet unique take on something that we all experience day to day. Keep writing. Absolutely love the ride you have us on.
If you are going to build a bridge or a skyscraper, you better use logos. But if you are trying to convince people of the need or benefit of a bridge or skyscraper, go with pathos every time. Logic can be very useful for analysis, but it is not very useful in convincing others. Even if they agree with your logic, if their feelings run counter to it, they will almost always go with their feelings.
On February 28th I sold all of my stock from a Rollover IRA, a Roth IRA, and a retail account because my entire body felt fear. Trump reminds me of my alcoholic dad so I sold everything. Maybe it was the wrong thing to do, but I do feel safer. It's like I'm waiting for the crazy to pass and I'm hiding under the bed with all of my money/toys. I don't know what he is going to do. He seems really resentful and hell bent on retaliation. I read your piece on DOGE cuts and I agree people shouldn't just sit around government offices and get paid mad coin. Just for today, I'm going to wait and see. As always, thank you for your posts and I just love your cats. 😺
Have to put feelings to the side with the stock market. It’s tough to time both parts of the trade. You have to time your sell and buy correctly. Typically if you sold for this reason, when the market is down 20% optimism on the market is at its lowest you wont get back into the market. Maybe you’ll get lucky…but best to put feelings to the side.
Alana, I think you are confusing your personal feelings about the image portrayed of Trump by the Dem keaning media with what he is doing to correct the enormous damage done to the country by the Bush/Clinton/Obama/Biden greed and accommodation of big pharmacy and the military industrial complex.
He may be equally corrupt, but he is on the side of the ordinary Joe as well, rather than the already wealthy.
This is why I'm obsessed with your work--that you write from a place of emotions. I can always related, and even when I don't, I can understand you completely. Some of my favourite quotes of yours are explain things in an emotionally intuitive way. Like: there are only two positions, too big, and too small; the market moves in the direction of maximum pain; God only gives you one chance to get out (of a bad position), and I'm sure I can recall many others if I thought about it. I noticed in one of the podcasts you do that even when you talk numbers, you do it in a very emotional way, rather than a 'logos' way, and as someone who is very much into numbers, it changed my perspective on how to use numbers in finance. I will at some point do your Options masterclass, even though I know the maths behind options very well, just because of this. I want to learn everything again the way you teach.
I liked this one a lot Jared. I wrote a piece about regret called You could have been a contender on my substack, have a read of it sometime.
Great writing. Thanks.