"People who confuse what they wish were true with what is really true create distorted pictures of reality that make it impossible for them to make the best choices.”
RAY DALIO
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The first step in the acquisition of wisdom is silence, the second listening, the third memory, the fourth practice, the fifth teaching others.
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