The Most Important Investing Skill

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Your personal experiences make up maybe 0.00001% of what has happened in the world, but maybe 80% of how you think the world works. So far and when you were born can have a bigger impact on your outcome in life than anything you do intentionally. All investing ability is unproven until it has survived a disaster. There tends to be a sweet spot in money I've noticed where you grasp the important stuff, but not so smart that you end up bored with it.

There are only a handful of financial rules, ideas, and observations that really move the needle -- and explain the majority of what you need to know to do better with your money.

I could have narrowed this down to 10, but I had fun with this thought experiment, so here are my top 30 rules of the money game.