Investing Rewards Patience More Than Constant Activity

People often think doing more means making faster progress.

But many important things grow slowly through steady effort and patience.

Investing can feel uncomfortable when its value stops rising or goes down.

That can make people want to switch to something that seems to be doing better.

But investments can have difficult periods too, and changing them often may get in the way of long-term growth.

Markets are affected by many things that investors cannot control.

Sometimes a change is needed because a goal or investment plan has changed.

The author says not to make changes just because feelings have changed.

Sometimes the best choice is to stick with a good plan and wait.