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Originally Posted by rbryantaz
I wonder if my younger self would listen.... He might say "If you know so much why would you need to try to change yourself"  |
This isn't a good argument. Everyone can benefit from hindsight.
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Originally Posted by rbryantaz
This is much like a financial adviser where I would ask, "If you know so much then why do you need my money to invest? Shouldn't you have already made so much money investing your own?"
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This is also a bad argument. You can never know anyone's true motivation to do anything, all you can do is observe and assume.
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Originally Posted by rbryantaz
How much younger would you dare go to de-risk that? I would certainly need to go no younger than 18 or so and perhaps 20 would be smarter.
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IMO I spent too much of my youth on small stones, and would have loved to have hindsight as a reminder on what to spend my time on. I think I was quite the thinker at 18, so that'd do it.