I acknowledge there is a shortfall in communication GB. But on a personal note, I once had a large brain tumour. I came away from my first meeting with one of the surgeons, shocked. My wife was with me and she was a senior medical scientist and knew the possible outcomes. However, what hurt most was the bedside manner and poor communication of the surgeon. But the result after 9 hours of surgery was proof that his operational work was top shelf. He saved my life. I now look for substance by asking questions.
My rewarding consultative work was cut short at the time, by disability and having returned to the bush some years before from working in the big smoke. I was unable to do physical farm work and had to rely on my wife and a teenage family to support me. My boys worked part time while the continued their studies. The next year I backed up for a heart operation and the year following that, a prostate operation then had to throw off toxic thyroid issues from all the drugs. During my disability I had put finances under control of and accountant and financial planner. They lost nearly $1.4m which was hard earned from going without and working a couple of jobs most of my life including trading, not inherited. So, I know how Huf feels.
Then my wife got sick and she still goes down to Peter Mac. She lost her job. I have great empathy for people through no fault of their own miss out on opportunity. But is not the end of the world if you can come back again with the right mindset. The only thing you can control is how you react. One door may close, but another opens with the right mindset.
With little capital and a family to educate I took control of my own financial decisions by share trading once again, that had built a nice kitty in the first place as my health improved. These events enabled me to put more time into researching the market utilizing my formal qualifications and over time trading every day to restore cashflow until I could afford to move over to position trading which has better outcomes without the stress.
Sure, I screwed up at times but the probabilities played out for profit through effective capital management at the end of the day. Hope is not a method. Sure you can get lucky. I learned a lot about patience with balance, sight and hearing issues. Life goes on and it depends on your priorities and making the best of the cards you have been dealt.
Wealth is not everything but resilience is to get on top of it to move on and seek success by other means. That also includes valuing other people who grow and become successful too. Learned to mix with people with a positive mindset. Now, I have reached older years and life is good and I feel blessed. Material things are less important. Learned that from reading about Buffet's lifestyle who was an inspiration. Do things that you are interested in, and that is the dynamics of the market for me. Some people have a job, others a career, but the interesting people have a passion.
I now seed my grandchildren with ideas and successive goals. My own sons saw the value of education, but knew that practical skills are equally important. One is a senior engineer, another a financial planner and the third a general manager of a large traffic management corporation. They still get down and dirty, as do their children.
I found substance in Peter, by asking questions a few years ago. So far that is proving to be the case for me. Talk to the man.
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