Taste Test

Investing is a lot like cooking. You can do it just as well yourself if you are passionate about it. I am far from a foodie, but my understanding is that why the French are known for their love of food is they let the ingredients do the heavy lifting. Simple and delicious from source. A challenge is we all need to eat, so there are plenty of people willing to help (and charge). How can you trust, and what should you choose, if you haven’t grown up at the knee of an olive oil and salt-stained apron? Once you have bought into the idea that Capital changes the game. Once you have realised that hand-to-mouth living is not sustainable. Once you have found work that pays more than you need to spend to survive. Those are the fundamental keys to build space to breathe, and an engine to finance ideas that aren’t constrained by the box needed to make money. You don’t have to cook yourself. There are people willing to help. What you will need to do, is learn to ask the right questions. To taste test. Develop the ability to tell if something is off. 

Learning to Taste 

(as a young Trev when I last worked for Old Mutual)