A path of 5 short lessons · 14 min in all

Thinking clearly

The traps that catch smart people with money.

Open the drawn lessons
  1. The planes that came backWhat you do not see can matter more than what you do.3 min
  2. Why losing hurts twiceYour brain keeps a lopsided scoreboard.2 min
  3. The number that sticksA random number can move your guess. So can the price you paid.3 min
  4. Why the best do worse next yearGreat results are part skill, part luck. The luck does not repeat.3 min
  5. The more they tradedWhat happened to 66,000 households who were sure of themselves.3 min

More paths

How money grows7 lessons · Compounding, costs, and why time does the work. Index funds, simply3 lessons · What you actually own when you buy the whole market, and why cheap tends to win. How to value a stock12 lessons · One number at a time, on one small lemonade company. Then all of them together. Inside the reports5 lessons · The three statements every company publishes, taken line by line with Lemon Co. Clues in the filings5 lessons · Big customers, insider trades, short sellers, fund holdings and a distress score: what each one can and cannot tell you. A clear mind10 lessons · The voice in your head, and small tools from studies that quiet it. Most of them take a minute.