The fact remains that most people are unable to consistently take the roundabout route because of the mental trip wires that exist in all of us, insidious nooses that drag us back to the current moment and the satisfaction of current desires, the pursuit of pleasure and success now. Therein lies a systematic, universal source of edge to the Austrian Investing approach—perhaps the main takeaway of this chapter. But, as Klipp always said, “This is easy for me to say, very difficult or even impossible for you to do.”
