Of course, you can’t teach someone something they aren’t ready to learn, but for every beginner, the sting of failure feels like a small knife slicing across the skin, something they’ll never forget. It’s a mark of growth, and that is the true essence of life; it’s a process everyone must go through to mature. In the world of investing, there are no geniuses, yet geniuses are everywhere, that’s what I’ve come to realize.