I’ve been thinking about how much of investing you can learn from books, podcasts, and other people, but there are probably some lessons that only really stick after you make the mistake yourself.
I’m not looking for stock picks (because I’ve been there) or asking what I should buy. I’m more curious about the mistakes that ended up changing the way you invest.
Maybe you bought something without really understanding the company, sold too quickly because the market dropped, put too much money into one investment, followed someone else’s conviction, checked your portfolio way too often, or simply underestimated how important patience is.
What’s something you did when you were starting out that you look back on now and think: **I definitely wouldn’t do that again!**
And did that mistake actually change your approach, or did you have to make the same kind of mistake a few more times before the lesson finally stuck?