Most of us imagine that winning at money means outsmarting everyone else. Spotting the hot stock first. Timing the market better than the crowd. Being cleverer than the next person. Benjamin Graham, one of the wisest minds in the history of investing, gently turns that idea on its head. The real contest, he says, is not with other people at all. It is with yourself. Your fear, your greed, your urge to follow the herd. Master those, and you have already won most of the battle. It is a quiet, humbling thought, and it reaches far beyond the world of money.
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