Reasons Why People (Even Smart People) Don’t Invest


After talking to many people, professionals, businesspeople alike, I arrived at the conclusion that people who don’t invest usually hold back for one of these three reasons:

  1. They don’t have money to invest.
  2. They have no idea how to invest.
  3. They’re afraid to invest.

And that’s about money.

But what about personal investments in personal growth?

The reasons are also 3:

  1. They don’t have money to invest.
  2. They have no idea how to invest.
  3. They’re afraid to invest.

In both cases, they rely on free content in social media, their cousins or brothers-in-law.

The result is that:

  1. They save some money that is wasted somewhere else
  2. They have less idea how to invest
  3. They are even more afraid to invest

Good mentors save you years… but free content with no effort and not engagement is so easy to consume.

I like things that are simple, straightforward.

So, my investment system is characterized by being simple and straightforward.

In both, money and personal growth… that at some point become the same.

Don’t expect a sector diagram with lots of colours and 25 stocks in my portfolio.

Don’t expect a collage of 25 books about personal growth, negotiation, career advancement, mindset…

I’m very simple.

And I think that simple is better.

Simple ideas that work for everybody can be found here. Also, some surprises and much more.

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