Winning big makes many of us feel invincible, and that feeling entices us to bet big on what worked for us in the recent past. This ends up creating a catastrophic event when the world changes or luck turns against us. Housel writes: It goes like this. The more successful you are at something, the more convinced you become that you’re doing it right. The more convinced you are that you’re doing it right, the less open you are to change. The less open you are to change, the more likely you are to tripping in a world that changes all the time. There are a million ways to get rich. But there’s
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