When we say this, we’re assuming you are a long-term investor who is determined to stick with stocks no matter what. - Peter Lynch

Go for a business that any idiot can run – because sooner or later any idiot probably is going to be running it.

developed a passion for making ten times my money early in my investing career.

Actually Wall Street thinks just as the Greeks did. The early Greeks used to sit around for days and debate how many teeth a horse has. They thought they could figure it out by just sitting there, instead of checking the horse. A lot of investors sit around and debate whether a stock is going up, as if the financial muse will give them the answer, instead of checking the company.