Most investors spend the majority of their time worrying about things they can’t control.
Interest rates. Elections. Recessions. Oil prices. Inflation. Geopolitics. Whatever the financial media is focused on that day.
The problem is straightforward. None of those forces care what we think. Markets move with or without our permission, and they often move in ways that defy even the most confident predictions.
The good news is that there are a few things investors actually control. And if you focus on those, you stop reacting to the market and start shaping your own outcomes.
This post originally appeared at Investing Daily.