took me years to realize that making money isn’t actually the hard part in this game
the real test is everything that comes after:
building the discipline to earn it systematically instead of by luck
developing the emotional control to manage it when size starts messing with your head
possessing the maturity and patience to actually keep it for the next 10, 20 years
sitting on your hands when the market goes dead, instead of getting bored and gambling it all away
protecting the bag is an entirely different skill set from making it