Do you believe that investment is for lazy people?

[programmer3666]

‎When I read the headline at first, I found it quite provocative, but taking a closer look through Iyinoluwa Aboyeji’s comment, what I understood from a deeper perspective has more to do with entrepreneurship versus passive allocation.
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‎Where I got interested and had some agreement with him was when he cited a well known figure like Elon Musk, who built his current wealth status primarily by deeply embedding himself in the grueling daily execution of his companies Tesla and SpaceX task, by being an active person, rather than operating as only a traditional portfolio investor.
‎I agree that investment is more for the realistic kind of person than it is for every kind of Tom, Deke or Harry.
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‎To me, this is more of a call to attention and a challenge to those who doubt their abilities and capabilities, to start their own businesses with the experience and ideas you have, because even though investment in any kind of asset including Bitcoin is a smart move to build long term wealth, building a business could amplify your wealth and change society in more economic and job opportunitistic ways than mere investment ever could.
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‎So I ask,
‎Do you believe that investment is for lazy people?
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In my view investment is not lazy people at all. Because it takes discipline, research and patience to invest wisely. If all you do is put money somewhere and wait, you are not really creating anything new. Take someone who buys shares in a company vs someone who starts their own business. The investor helps the business grow, but the business owner is the one solving problems, employing people and building something from nothing. Both are important, but they are not the same. Take a farmer who plants cassava and waits for harvest, that's investment. But the person who turns that cassava into a consumable commodity, packs it and sells it to markets is the entrepreneur. Both make money, but one creates more value and jobs.

[BRINIRHA]

It seems to me that investment is only for those who are smart in seeing potential. When someone already has money that they might be able to use but are quite confused about what to do with their money, investing is definitely an option because they don't need to be busy racking their brains to find business opportunities because they have got it in investment.

But that does not mean we invest without consideration and thought because this must be well thought out from the beginning about investment instruments, capital and many other aspects its just that in this case I think the investment is just as an initial addition to make them able to keep doubling profits (although this cannot be a guarantee) while they work and do business because all must have a desire to continue to make themselves comfortable, especially in terms of financial conditions.  So I do not believe that this is for those who are lazy but I believe if I say this for those who are smart and clever to take advantage of the conditions they have.

[Questat]

How can investment be for lazy people considering it demands a lot of educational background, research and knowledge in order to succeed? I guess to not invest is for lazy people, since they don't have the energy to advance on this field. Laziest people are stagnant in life, what isn't the case of those seeking for investment opportunities.

There is a misconception here where to not be lazy means to work hard like a workdonkey for decades. That isn't true at all.

Lazy people do not have what it takes to be a good and successful investor. Because let's face it, investing is stressful and requires a lot of time to understand how such investment will work and prosper in the market, considering a lot of competitors are in the same arena.

And if you are too lazy to perform the tasks of a good investor, you will never succeed in the long run. That's why investing is only good for those who can manage stress and sleepless nights.

[Su-asa]

Investments are not for lazy people, investing in something takes a lot of mental discipline and consistent efforts and this isn't something that a lazy person is capable of doing. Lazy people cannot do anything consistently because they have chosen to remain comfortable without making progress. Running an investment is difficult and you cannot expect someone that's lazy to be able to do that. Laziness is a choice and people who exhibit such choose to remain in their comfort zone.

[Finestream]

Based on my interpretation, if lazy means investing into something that could pave way for a passive income, then definitely being lazy is a good thing. You don't have to get to overwork just to secure the success of your investment because once you invested in a potential passive income and eventually pays off, then you have nothing work to do but to monitor your flow of income while it compounded overtime.

However, if we based on the literal definition of being lazy, I don't think a lazy person would fit in any kind of investment. All investments have risk, which means the investor itself will do everything to lessen the risk to increase the chances of profiting, which will be hardly possible if the investor seems lazy and unmotivated in life.

[shinratensei_]

In reality these motivators don't realize the existence of survivorship bias. 90% of startup fails, 20% business closed in the first year. Your money that could bring you passive income become dust because running business cost money.
Investing is also mitigating yourself from unnecessary risk, Elon Musk is special because he likes to have skin in the game but he also invested money to his own company and it works, but not a guarantee it will work for anybody else who have less networking and capital to start. Just find whatever works for you.

[Jody.Drummer]

Investments are not for lazy people, investing in something takes a lot of mental discipline and consistent efforts and this isn't something that a lazy person is capable of doing. Lazy people cannot do anything consistently because they have chosen to remain comfortable without making progress

I agree with what you sayinvestment requires discipline and some other things that are also important and this is not done by lazy people, so a person who has made an investment is certainly not a lazy person as in fact lazy people are those who are reluctant to do anything even for their own good, because as you say they tend to have survive in a cycle that he thinks is comfortable without any progress happening. Apart from that, the mindset is also a factor, if someone who is lazy tends not to have a good mindset, they do not have the thought to do something that has a good chance of just surviving with a stagnant mindset there. It is like most young people in my environment who are similar to the way of life meneukar rest time, they spend every night to stay up late but there is no definite goal that is good.

[Juicyhome]

Investments are not for lazy people, investing in something takes a lot of mental discipline and consistent efforts and this isn't something that a lazy person is capable of doing. Lazy people cannot do anything consistently because they have chosen to remain comfortable without making progress. Running an investment is difficult and you cannot expect someone that's lazy to be able to do that. Laziness is a choice and people who exhibit such choose to remain in their comfort zone.

I agree with you,  investment is not for lazy people,  it's not a free investment and you need money to invest,  to invest means you are successful else where and you want to expand your draft, lazy people can't be successful and can't even think of Investment, all they do is to stay in one place without growth,  to invest you must have carried out independent and organizational research on the investment you want to invest in and that takes a lot of pressure and ideas to deal with.  Lazy people don't like stress they want to be be enjoying without having any investment in plan. Investment are for wise people that want to succeed in the future.

[HajiBagi]

I don't think that investing is for lazy people, because building a successful business and investing is two different ways of creating wealth, which both needs patience and discipline. Most people gets the ability and passion to run a business while others prefer working, save and invest their money wisely. And one more thing is that you see those entrepreneurs they also do invest their profits and also alot of investors too do really work hard in their careers before they can get money to invest. So its not a matter of being lazy and hardworking. So for me I will say that real question here is how someone uses the resources,opportunities and skills that gets to build a much better life for the future for itself and others.

Investment is not for lazy people in my own view, for me investment is a choice and for those who are capable of doing so, I can even say investment is for people who are not lazy because people who are not lazy are the ones that can work and get money to invest or buy a coin, some people will think that business people are the ones who are working hard unlike people who are investing in bitcoin but my question is that how those people who are investing are earning their money if they are lazy?

No one can make money if they are lazy so for anyone thinking investment is for lazy people did not know anything about investment or maybe the person just tried to make some fun out of it because i don’t see where a lazy person can invest in bitcoin or buy a coin when he is not working.

[m2017]

‎When I read the headline at first, I found it quite provocative, but taking a closer look through Iyinoluwa Aboyeji’s comment, what I understood from a deeper perspective has more to do with entrepreneurship versus passive allocation.
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And I, in principle, agree with the title of your topic, because investing is an activity for the lazy, because after an active action (purchase of an asset) no actions are taken for a long time (directly contraindicated), until a certain moment (receiving a profit).

‎Where I got interested and had some agreement with him was when he cited a well known figure like Elon Musk, who built his current wealth status primarily by deeply embedding himself in the grueling daily execution of his companies Tesla and SpaceX task, by being an active person, rather than operating as only a traditional portfolio investor.
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I haven't been keeping an eye on him (or another lucky man who turned out to be an icon for the worship of many) to assess his performance at work, but he's actively deeply embedding himself, though I doubt it's in his work. This man has quite a few illegitimate children. Some, even with a coworker. Therefore, I have some doubts about his deeply embedding in his work (only), rather than his colleagues (from whom there are also children).

‎I agree that investment is more for the realistic kind of person than it is for every kind of Tom, Deke or Harry.
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And I believe that investing is suitable for everyone who has the money for it.

‎To me, this is more of a call to attention and a challenge to those who doubt their abilities and capabilities, to start their own businesses with the experience and ideas you have, because even though investment in any kind of asset including Bitcoin is a smart move to build long term wealth, building a business could amplify your wealth and change society in more economic and job opportunitistic ways than mere investment ever could.
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Starting and maintaining a business is much more difficult and risky than investing. It's not for everyone, as 80% of businesses fail within the first year. If it were easy and simple, the statistics would be different.

‎So I ask,
‎Do you believe that investment is for lazy people?
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‎‎For the cautious and rational, as well as those with insufficient capital to create their own business.

[Cheema02]

Investing is definitely not for lazy people. I think it's actually for intelligent people who are capable of analyzing information, selecting the right assets from the hundreds or even thousands available on the market, assessing risks correctly, and managing their capital wisely.

It's not enough to build capital, you also need to invest it effectively. And instead of simply spending the profits you make, you should reinvest them into new assets to generate even greater returns. Investing isn't just about buying an asset and waiting, it requires constant market monitoring, reinvesting, searching for new opportunities, and choosing the right time to buy and sell assets. It takes a tremendous amount of effort, discipline, patience, and knowledge. A lazy person would never be able to handle all of that.

It's very unfair to calling investor because behinds an investor a long story of struggle, patience and discipline is attached. To invest in any sector individuals must earn money and have a good flow of cash then he save money and make a capital for investing then invest him wealth with good dicisons. To start a business we put some efforts and give proper time to it and also have an ability to taking risk in business. Many successful businessmen reinvest their profit instead of using it and that's why they are the successful investors or business men. If we want our investing generate passive income we should have proper research in our business chain and have patience and also have the knowledge of risk assessment. So an individual always known through his actions not from it's wealth.

[Royal Cap]

‎Do you believe that investment is for lazy people?

I would say that there is a huge difference between putting in the work directly in business and sitting idle, so it would not be right to call investment the work of the lazy. The way entrepreneurs create new jobs by facing the difficult realities of everyday life is certainly admirable but a successful investor also has to manage the risks and mental stress of huge capital behind the scenes.  I think business sets the economic wheels of society in motion and investment fuels that wheel, so the two fields actually complement each other. To be successful in both fields, a lot of patience and right decisions are required , which is never possible with lazy people.

[Emjay24]

‎So I ask,
‎Do you believe that investment is for lazy people?

Your description of investment has little or no laziness in it, it's still active work.

When investment is associated with laziness is when it's strictly on passive income, read about Warren Buffet who made most Fortune from identifying businesses with great potentials and investing in it when the stocks are still low.

Investors aren't lazy but do more work to think smartly and leverage on the dividends of their smartness and patience. For example, those who identified Bitcoin in it's early days, invested well and held for long are reaping the benefits now and they didn't have to do much, they just had patience and watched their investment grow over the years to mega riches.

Most smart investors live off passive income from their earlier investments and as such don't do much anymore, but live off their ROI, that's the benefits that comes with smart investing and if you must be that kind of lazy, you'll have to be smart first.