As Voltaire said, “History never repeats itself; man always does.” Many interpret this saying differently, but the core message that human behavior is hard to change is clear. Since humans cannot predict the future, they can only forecast it based on past experiences. That’s the best way to anticipate what’s ahead. The current economic and financial landscape is driven by irrational human behavior that remains constant. It is not based on <hard skills> like investment techniques or mathematical formulas but on <soft skills> such as emotions, psychological reactions, and attitudes. Understanding humans helps us understand the world. Therefore, history and the humanities play a significant role in wealth building. However, it takes just a few soft skills to accumulate wealth, and ultimately, human actions shape a person’s destiny. In wealth building, soft skills and behavior matter more than grand theories or knowledge. - Joseph’s “just my thoughts”
To obtain the information we seek, we invest time and effort in searching. During this process, there is a cost known as “information search cost.” If the search costs exceed the value of the information we wish to obtain, it is deemed inefficient; people generally aim to avoid inefficiency. For instance, if a billionaire spends considerable effort searching for a car for less than 90,000 USD, then the billionaire will just buy because it is inefficient. Cost-effectiveness in the economic world judgment is a crucial factor to get dominion world we’re living in. - Joseph’s “just my thoughts”