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How Emotions Should Not Be Lased With An Investment Of A Kind.
Once upon a time there was a young man by the name Jack who had just started is career in the financial world. He had a lot of expectations of a lot more good and goodies in his precious young and youthful life. He was looking forward to make a name for himself, and very fast rising through the ranks and becoming a successful investor. This time achievement, good of its kind made Jack more elated. Jack’s passion with an investor mind-set was incomparable, and he spent his free time researching and analyzing the market.
As Jack’s career seems to be glowing even brighter, he became more and more emotionally invested in his investments. He would many times finding himself feeling elated when the stock market was doing marvelously well and feeling depressed when the same market seems to struggling. Jack’s emotions would cloud his judgement, and he would make impulsive decisions which are based on feelings instead of logic.
One day, Jack’s boss called him to his office and expressed concern about Jack’s emotional investment in his work. Jack’s boss told him that, it is important to separate emotions from business decisions and to focus on the facts and data when making any kind of investments.
From that day on, Jack made an informed decision to separate his emotions from his investments. He began to rely on data and analysis to make informed decisions, and his success as an investor continue to grow. Jack learnt the lesson in a much harder way. He learned that, while it was very normal to feel emotionally invested in his work, it was equally important to maintain a level head and to make decisions on facts and data available.
