You can be wrong about the perfect entry..

You can mistime your exits.. You can fumble a thousand short term decisions..

But if you stay in the game long enough, keep your costs low and let compounding do its thing.. you will win

It doesn’t get headlines.. No one will retweet your “held for 12 years” strategy

It won’t make you look like a genius at dinner parties.. But the strategy works.. It has always worked

Most people think investing success comes from catching the exact bottom or selling at the exact top.. That’s a myth sold by hindsight and ego

In reality, trying to time the market perfectly is pretty much a losing game

You might win once, even twice.. But doing it consistently? Almost no one can.. and those who do often lose big trying to repeat it

Time forgives small errors.. It absorbs volatility and rewards patience

It’s the only advantage us investors can reliably control

Instead of asking questions like..

“Is now the right time to buy?”

“What if the market crashes tomorrow?”

“Should I wait for confirmation?”

We should be asking..

"Can I own this long enough to let it prove me right?"

Because time in the market beats timing the market.. every single time

Holding something for 5 - 10 years forces you to understand it.. To really understand it

You learn its strengths, its flaws, how it handles pressure, how it evolves..

And over time, your conviction either strengthens or weakens.. not based on emotion or hype, but based on reality

This is where most people fail..

Not because they picked the wrong asset.. But because they never gave it enough time to prove them right

It doesn't always work out.. time is also the cost you pay for being wrong..

But you swing the odds in your favour by implementing patience

Real wealth is built by sitting still with the right thing

Next time you're staring at a red chart, wondering if you're early or late, just remember..

The goal is not to win today.. The goal is to still be standing and still be compounding, a decade from now

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