Let me tell you a true story.
I have a friend, Old Chen. He might be the one in my circle who can 'endure' the most.
Several years ago, he invested in a project, putting in a sum that was neither too big nor too small. Later, the market turned cold, and the price of that project plummeted, dropping to the point where even his mother wouldn't recognize it. At that time, the community was unbearable to watch, filled with voices of cursing, regret, and complaints, and one by one, they left with tears in their eyes.
What about Old Chen? He didn't say a word. He didn't curse, nor did he sell.
Someone saw that he wasn't making any moves and asked him, 'Aren't you going to run?' He smiled and said something that left a deep impression on me: 'It's just this little bit, what can I do if I lose it all? Just consider it gone, and don't look back.'
Later, he simply uninstalled the app and completely forgot about it.
Fast forward to last year, the market heat returned significantly. That project he had long forgotten actually multiplied in price by who knows how many times. One day he accidentally remembered, redownloaded the software, and when he looked, that sum of money had turned into a number that left him stunned for several seconds.
He cashed out part of it, leaving the rest inside. Everyone says his vision is sharp, and his mindset is stable, he's a master. He just waved his hand: 'What master? I simply forgot about it.'
This statement, I believe, but not entirely.
What I believe is that if he stares at the market every day, watching his assets shrink day by day, enduring anxiety and fear repeatedly, he most likely cannot hold on. What I don’t entirely believe is, where does the confidence to 'forget' come from? To put it bluntly: that money, even if really lost completely, will not affect his ability to eat, sleep, or live.
I have seen too much in this industry, and the vast majority of people do not fail due to vision, but rather due to 'not being able to wait.'
If you use urgent money, borrowed money, or even leverage, how can you possibly 'hold' on? With even slight market fluctuations, your life faces pressure, creditors are knocking at the door, and apart from cutting losses at the lowest point when you shouldn't sell, what other choices do you have? This is not a matter of whether you want to persist; reality simply doesn't give you the chance to persist.
So I increasingly feel a simple truth: the longer you can let a sum of money 'idle' inside, the greater surprise you may wait for.
Money that you need urgently will only amplify your fear, forcing you to make the wrong decisions at the bottom. However, real “idle money,” the money that won't hurt you even if lost, can quietly grow unexpected things in the soil of time.
Old Chen's story sounds like a legend with precise vision, but in my opinion, it is more like a victory of the 'idle money mindset.' That calmness of 'forgetting doesn't matter' helped him navigate through the darkest fluctuations and wait for the dawn.
In the market, technology and information are indeed important, but the first thing to manage well is actually the source of your capital and your mindset. Use the money that allows you to sleep well at night to participate, then you can see further and endure longer.
Let's encourage each other.
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