“Success isn’t always about greatness. It’s about consistency. Consistent hard work leads to success. Greatness will come.” – Dwayne Johnson
I used to help my uncle to plant pineapples when I was 11 years old. He paid me MYR 1 (USD 25 cent) weekly to help him on his pineapples farm twice a week. He wanted me to clear the weeds in a small plot of land owned by my grandfather in Bukit Tambun.
It was the first time I learned that a pineapple plant flowers only once, produces one pineapple, and dies.
My uncle told me I just needed to be consistent to get the best pineapples- clearing the weeds around the plants, giving fertilizer, and watering the plants regularly.
Consistency in Medicine
I joined Obstetrics and Gynecology (O&G) department in Seberang Jaya hospital after my housemanship in Taiping. The only posting I hated during my training was O&G. Since there was no vacancy in other departments, I had to join O+G.
Dr. M*, head of the department of O+G taught me how to perform a cesarean section which was part and parcel of our daily works.
” You just need to do it again and again to be an expert!” I learned fast and started to perform the operation after 1 week.
“It’s not what we do once in a while that shapes our lives. It’s what we do consistently.”
Anthony Robbins
You just need to be consistent
Building wealth is much the same. You just need to be consistent in your plan. Have a plan and stick to your plan no matter how tough you think the plan is.
Live below your means, earn, save and invest in a diversified portfolio of low-cost index funds or ETFs. It is easy to build wealth by investing in ETFs but it required tremendous discipline. You get swayed along the journey by various temptations.
Your friends talk about bitcoin, ARK funds, Tesla shares in the States, glove stocks in Malaysia, sometimes you might wonder whether you are taking the right path or not. It is the correct path to your final destination if you keep walking!
But trust me, stay the course, chasing after the past performance is like chasing after girls you liked a long time ago, it usually ends badly.
For you to be a pro in investing game, you just need to be consistent and play the same game again and again. Over your lifetime, your odds of winning a game are high if you play the same game consistently.
Conclusion
Any strategy is a great strategy if it is a consistent strategy. Along your investing journey, you are likely to be swayed by noises and temptations but just stay the course.
Bitcoin is popular, ARK funds are selling like hotcakes. Everyone in town talks about them but this does not make them good investments for the long term.
Ignore the noise and keep on doing what you are best at. You just need to be consistent to be a pro!
