As I look back, over the years there have been some great businesses that I could have gotten involved with but I was too focused on trading. I was overly focused on taking small sums of money and trading them into a fortune. I loved the game, or rather, I loved the idea of playing the game, but that isnt real and thats not enough to compete in a viable manner. If I really thought about it, the answer would have been that there were better areas for me to compete in the marketplace. But a singular focus doesnt equal efficient progress. The mistake I made was devoting myself to the market and not to myself. If youre only after money, shift your focus to something else. And ideally, take the time to find out, whatever you need to find out about how you operate.