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why most “brilliant” strategies fail
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A friend once asked me something that sounded simple:
Why does QQQ feel so slow? Some stocks explode. Some strategies look heroic. If I want faster success, shouldn’t I always choose the most aggressive option?
This question is not about stocks. It is about how humans misunderstand growth.
We see the same pattern everywhere:
- In investing, people chase the most explosive returns.
- In startups, founders chase rapid scale.
- In fitness, people chase extreme training.
- In l…
Member-only story
why most “brilliant” strategies fail
5 min readJust now
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Press enter or click to view image in full size
Photo by Nejc Soklič on Unsplash
A friend once asked me something that sounded simple:
Why does QQQ feel so slow? Some stocks explode. Some strategies look heroic. If I want faster success, shouldn’t I always choose the most aggressive option?
This question is not about stocks. It is about how humans misunderstand growth.
We see the same pattern everywhere:
- In investing, people chase the most explosive returns.
- In startups, founders chase rapid scale.
- In fitness, people chase extreme training.
- In learning, people chase short-term intensity.
And then they burn out.
The runner who sprints first rarely wins the marathon. The startup that grows fastest often collapses first. The person who pushes hardest often quits earliest.
So the real question is not:
Which path grows fastest right now?
It is:
Which path can survive long enough to compound?