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Weekend Bytes - HDFC - Avoiding Instincts and Striking A Balance Between Action and Inaction - March 2024
Weekend Bytes - HDFC - Avoiding Instincts and Striking A Balance Between Action and Inaction - March 2024
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Weekend Bytes | March 2024
These instincts are not likely to have attuned to the past few centuries of the
modern world (which has been a short period over a reasonably long period
of evolution). We all make instinctive choices while shopping, choosing a
movie on OTT, making a chess move, etc. In most cases, you benefit from
quick decision making. There is also a bias for action. What about investing?
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Weekend Bytes | March 2024
A bias for action is the inner engine that propels us forward. It’s that urge to
make decisions swiftly, take risks, and keep the wheels turning. Imagine
being stuck in a traffic jam—some of us would rather explore alternate
routes than sit still. That’s our bias for action at play.
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Weekend Bytes | March 2024
A well-defined formula for wealth creation has the following three elements –
Sound Investment + Time + Patience.
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