The 3 ways to Financial Freedom (Trilogy part 3)

Fully expecting

another knock on the head,

I shut my eyes,

and slowly opened them in dread.

The old man seems older,

he took a deep breath,
gave me an unnerving stare,

to try to freeze me to death.

"I'm going to show you the last way

to be financially free,

if this doesn't suit you,

pack your things and leave."

"If you decide to choose

the powerful Wizard's way,

you will need to study

until your hair starts to grey.

You will learn to read, to research,

using old charts and tomes

in order to investigate anomalies

as astutely as Sherlock Holmes.

You will learn to manage money,

and possess a mastery of your mind,

and cultivate an investing method

that will be polished till steel fine."

"There are three Circles of power

that an aspiring wizard must learn,

the First Circle is of Method -

"How", "What", "When" he must yearn.

When honed to near perfection,

it gives the Wizard an edge

to slice, to dice, and to push

his opponents right off the ledge.

The Second Circle is of Money -

essentially it is portfolio defence.

To manage risk or diversify,

to ensure you don't lose your sense."

"The Third Circle is of Mind -

the most important of the Circles.

With this last mastery,

you can clear all investing hurdles.

A good Wizard is cool,

especially when the heat is on.

The mastery of his emotions

makes him inert like Argon.

He's greedy in the face of fear,

afraid when the rest are blissful.

A Wizard thinks and acts alone,

yet somehow finds it cheerful."

"All Wizards are drawn to a field,

and have an area of speciality,

could be stocks, forex or crypto,

bonds, metals, and property.

Actually, in the entire universe

there are two branches of wizardry.

The first branch is the Chartist -

a master of charts and all its trickery.

The second branch is the Investor -

like Buffett, Dalio and all they represent

Matters not which branch in the end,

if your annual returns exceed ten per cent.

"A Wizard is ultimately

a master of compounding,

conjuring returns

in a rate that is astounding.

Twelve per cent returns

with half a million dough,

in six years will turn to a million,

and that's still considered slow.

By the harnessing and control

of his immense investing power,

a Wizard wins the rat's race

by this innate superpower."

And with this our story

has come to an end.

So which of the three paths

will you choose, my friend?

In truth, you don't even need

to pick just one path.

Mastering two out of three,

you'll definitely hit home-run.

So there you are, these secrets,

I'm sure you will need'em

in your long arduous journey

of achieving financial freedom.