What is the order of importance for you which helped you achieve your investment goals?

I see your point, but with a solid mindset, it's almost impossible to make continual bad decisions without learning from them and making adaptions automatically.
Having common sense is very important, and one who has become skilled enough to generate very high levels of income will usually be pretty good in the common sense department.
I'd put this down as being streetsmart.

 

Agree, though with this one.. not trying to be smug.. but either someone has it or they don't. Can't be learnt imho.

 

And, as the old saying goes, it ain’t that common.

Why isn’t it called UNcommon sense?

 

It seems that way doesn't it.
Some people seem to be switched off regardless of given every opportunity to understand something, scatterbrained.

You could easily categorise peoples characteristics into various animal groups, such as sheep and cows vs the big cats like tigers and lions.
Then there are also pigs and water buffalo.

 

love it

 

So far for most people the common theme seems to be mindset is first.

 

You’re dealing with a smart (albeit humble) group on PC

 

And we all know who is the humblest of all...

 

I am too smart to ask the obvious question, in case I am wrong and my ego cops a pounding

 

Ego is no good. Gotta let go and be zen like me