{"id":17480,"date":"2018-11-27T02:40:35","date_gmt":"2018-11-27T02:40:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/?p=17480"},"modified":"2018-11-27T04:55:24","modified_gmt":"2018-11-27T04:55:24","slug":"if-its-flooded-forget-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2018\/11\/27\/if-its-flooded-forget-it\/","title":{"rendered":"If it&#8217;s flooded, forget it."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This Queensland Road Safety video addresses how motorists are good at identifying risk but tend to act impulsively rather than weighing the consequences.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"525\" height=\"296\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1stwNUwLRto?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Stock market investors face a similar conflict between their risk antenna, which warn of elevated risk, and the tendency to act impulsively despite the possible consequences.<\/p>\n<p>Take a deep breath. Pause. Be patient.<br \/>\nWait for the market to show clear direction before making a decision.<br \/>\nOtherwise, acting impulsively, your chance of success is no better than flipping a coin. Often less.<br \/>\nStick to your backup plan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This Queensland Road Safety video addresses how motorists are good at identifying risk but tend to act impulsively rather than weighing the consequences. Stock market investors face a similar conflict between their risk antenna, which warn of elevated risk, and the tendency to act impulsively despite the possible consequences. Take a deep breath. Pause. Be &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2018\/11\/27\/if-its-flooded-forget-it\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;If it&#8217;s flooded, forget it.&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[3966,3964,3965],"class_list":["post-17480","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-stock-markets","tag-acting-impulsively","tag-elevated-risk","tag-emotions"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>If it&#039;s flooded, forget it. - the patient investor<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"If it&#039;s flooded, forget it. - the patient investor\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This Queensland Road Safety video addresses how motorists are good at identifying risk but tend to act impulsively rather than weighing the consequences. 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