The more anxious you are, the more you need attitude, not skills.
If your mind is not shaken, profits will follow naturally.

If you're constantly anxious despite checking the market prices and analyzing graphs every day, what you need now isn't more information, but rather "organizing your investment emotions."
Our psychology moves ahead of stock prices, and when fear and greed intersect, judgment is easily clouded.
But if you can understand and manage your emotional flow, you can maintain your composure even in market fluctuations.

This book is an introductory book on investment psychology that even novice investors can read without difficulty.
It honestly captures the emotional moments that everyone experiences in real-life investing, such as fear of loss, hasty judgment, and being swayed by other people's profits.
It doesn't just teach you how to 'earn a lot of money', it teaches you how to manage your emotions and stay in the market consistently.
Chapter 2, in particular, presents practical emotional routines for managing anxiety, regret, and impatience through 20 realistic scenarios that investors have likely experienced at least once.
Instead of focusing on numbers or charts, it focuses on mental balance and fosters an unwavering attitude in both investing and daily life.
Investing is ultimately a battle of the mind.
When you discipline your mind, your judgment becomes clear, and composure leads to profit.
Now, let's learn 'unwavering investment' from the beginning.

When emotions take over, principles easily crumble and regrets come late.
Emotions invisibly govern our decisions.
At first, you tell yourself, 'I'll be cool-headed,' but when the market starts to fluctuate, your heart reacts first.
When there is a sudden drop, you think, "Should I sell now?", and on the other hand, when there is a brief rise, you feel anxious and think, "If I don't buy now, I might miss the opportunity."
The principles established at this time disappear in an instant.
Because principles are created in the head, but emotions spring from the heart.
Ultimately, decisions are made based on feelings rather than principles, and regrets only come after the deal is complete.
But it was already too late.
Because the market doesn't wait.
Actions that try to eliminate anxiety actually increase it.
The more anxious a person is, the more likely he or she is to try to solve the problem through action.
Look at the charts again, check out the economic news, and ask the opinions of those around you.
However, these actions often do not improve the situation and instead irritate the emotions further.
The higher the anxiety, the more information people seek, and the more information there is, the more confused their judgments become.
Ultimately, the impatience to 'do something' leads to wrong decisions.
What is needed at this time is not new action, but a 'pause'.
Even a short moment of calming down by closing the chart, taking a walk, or having a cup of coffee can change the flow of emotions.
Only those who can stop can see the situation objectively.
--- From "Chapter 1 01 The heart breaks before profit"

That morning he woke up earlier than usual.
Even though I was tired from seeing the chart in my dreams all night, the first thing I did when I opened my eyes was pick up my phone.
When I opened the stock app, the stock price was slightly lower than the previous day.
"It's okay, it'll be okay for a day or so," I told myself as I poured myself some coffee.
But there was a strange feeling of unease in one corner of my heart.
Even on the subway on my way to work, my fingers kept reaching for the screen.
The blue graph was a little longer.
"At this rate, it'll go up again soon," I muttered, trying to look away, but the numbers kept dancing in my head. I arrived at work and sat down, but I couldn't focus on my work.
Even during the morning meeting, he secretly opened his cell phone.
The graph was still pointing downwards.
-3%, -4%, -6%.
My heart sank every time the numbers flashed blue.
"Should I sell now? No, it'll just be a brief adjustment." I tried to convince myself that, but as the blue line on the screen grew longer and longer, my anxiety grew faster than my words.
The colleague sitting next to him made a joke, but he couldn't laugh.
Only that graph was clear in my head.
--- From "Chapter 2 05 The Day My Heart Broke Down by a Blue Graph"

Sometimes slowing down means having the courage to stop.
When the market is unstable, most people need to do something to feel better.
If I stay still, I feel like I'm falling behind, and if I don't do anything, I feel anxious.
But those who endure that anxiety ultimately win the market.
The time of doing nothing, the 'time of pause', is the real investor's time.
During that time, we gather information, organize our thoughts, and restore our minds.
By not moving, you actually see more.
One psychologist said this:
“People see more of the world when they walk than when they run.”
Investing is the same.
When you run, you only see profit, but when you walk, you see yourself and the market together.
If you walk slowly, you can see the shape of the road and feel the flow of the surroundings.
Slowing down allows you to see the long-term direction more clearly than short-term gains and losses.
Investing is ultimately the 'art of persistence'.
A person who walks steadily goes farther than a person who runs fast.
--- From "Chapter 2, Chapter 8: Things You Can Only See When You Slow Down"

First question: Why am I making this investment?
People invest because they want to make money, avoid falling behind others, or avoid anxiety.
But investing to appease anxiety is the most dangerous.
An office worker became impatient when people around him saw profits from investments, so he bought stocks without a plan.
I got excited when I made a profit, and anxious when it fell a little.
He realized later.
Investments that start with emotions are ultimately swayed by emotions.
On the other hand, people who have established reasons that they can convince themselves of, such as 'I want to build long-term assets' or 'I want to gain experience', do not easily give up.
The clearer the reason, the calmer the waves of emotion.

Second question: What do I know and what do I not know?
Many people try to gather information first when they start investing.
However, what is important is not the amount of information, but the attitude of ‘acknowledging what you do not know.’
One entrepreneur jumped into a trendy industry without any preparation and was hit hard by tax and regulatory issues.
He said.
Investing is not a battle of knowledge, it is a battle of perception.
The moment you become clear about what you know and what you don't know, you become cautious.
When we admit what we don't know, we become cautious and our judgments take precedence over our emotions.
Ultimately, real risk management is drawing the boundaries of what you know.

Third question: Can I handle failure?
This question is the most realistic, yet many people ignore it.
People imagine themselves after failure, but they don't imagine themselves after failure.
A young man invested his entire first salary in coins and lost half of it in a crash.
He said.
Investments that cannot be sustained create anxiety, not profit.
A true investor sets a limit to his losses in advance.
Calculate how much you can lose, how long it will take to recover, and even how durable your emotions are.
Investing becomes self-destructive when emotions are not controlled.
When you move within your means, you become less anxious and your judgment becomes clearer.

--- From "Chapter 3 01 Three Questions You Must Check Before Investing"