In his book Self-Control, McGonigal conducted an interesting experiment in which 19 chimpanzees competed against 40 top students from Harvard University and the University of Leipzig in Germany.

The rough idea is to pit 19 selected chimpanzees against 40 students from Harvard University and the University of Leipzig in Germany. The content of the confrontation is: each contestant has the opportunity to eat two portions of their favorite food immediately, or Wait two minutes and get a chance to eat six servings of their favorite foods. As a result, 72% of the chimpanzees chose to wait, while only 19% were willing to wait. The conclusion is that humans are even less patient than chimpanzees.

Such phenomena do raise a question that deserves our continued in-depth thinking. In the investment world, patience has become increasingly scarce, because no one wants to get rich slowly.

Someone once asked Buffett: Your investment system is so simple, why don’t others do the same thing as you? Buffett replied: Because no one wants to get rich slowly. This sentence explains almost all the problems faced by people in this trading market.

Under the temptation of getting rich overnight, a series of high-risk actions such as heavy positions, full positions, and holding orders have emerged, and a series of distorted mentalities such as impetuousness, anxiety, and impatience have emerged.

Patiently waiting for this market opportunity to appear is the first step in the long march to successful investment.

Don't worry about finding spring when it returns, just wait for the flowers to bloom!