Learning lessons.................

     I paid my tuition to the market and experienced some losses, but it was worth it because I came to the realization that I didn't have to become an extraordinary investor to be successful.  And by trying to become an extraordinary investor it only made things worse.  The harder you try to become the world's best investor, the easier it is to become on of the worst. . . .
     The interesting thing about very intelligent and successful people is that they're usually the ones who have figured out the making things simple is the correct path to success.

-Ben Carlson,  A Wealth of Common Sense