Trader Vic on Intent
Here’s a quote I ran across this evening while flipping through one of his books for the umpteenth time:
A compulsive desire to be rich may indeed drive you to learn about the markets and make money, but only at tremendous personal cost. A driving desire for fame usually has at its root a fundamental lack of self-confidence and self-respect, and any fame achieved on that basis will be empty and meaningless. The extent to which you are motivated solely by the desire for money and fame is the extent that you will fail as a person, and usually as a businessperson as well.
Victor Sperandeo, Trader Vic: Methods of a Wall Street Master