Somebody has got to slow down this thing called life. It might just pass you by. This column has recently addressed many of the technical issues of investing like diversification, indexing, and efficient markets, in an effort to enhance the pursuit of performance and maximize portfolio returns. In the end, putting the pursuit of performance in perspective in our investment portfolios is the easy part. A far greater challenge is to address the pursuit of performance and our yearning for fulfillment in our personal and professional lives.
Time does fly by.
We are fortunate to live in a country that encourages creativity, personal initiative and hard work. This pursuit of performance strikes at the very core of a human spirit that thrives on challenges, literally forcing us to use all our resources to survive in a marketplace that demands and rewards nothing less than the best. It is this same society that rewards our effort with the payoff of material and financial prosperity. There is a pot of gold and it is at the end of the rainbow and it is worth pursuing, or so we are told. It is a struggle everyone has dealt with at one time or another.