With respect to the problem of spreading the word to other investors, I wonder if there wouldn't be a place for "The Gorilla Game: The Pamphlet", i.e., something very short that covers the basics. I know we have the FAQ and thread header and some other resources to help get people started, but I'm thinking of something more offline and something that would not require the commitment level required of reading a whole book.
I think of this particularly since there is a long time friend of mine, a person who was responsible for teaching me a lot about investing in years past, but now I'm having a devil of a time getting him to take a good look at GG. This is a person who managed to do well enough at investing to retire at 52, though with a bit of that "millionaire as miser" bit included in the equation. Now, thanks to an inheritance, his portfolio includes a lot of old economy stock, some in areas like banking that he is uncomfortable with, so he is a perfect candidate for a portfolio reshuffle, given that he had the sense of direction that GG would provide. But, with an existing strong inflow of things he thinks he should be reading, getting him to read TFM is a problem, particularly since he would probably feel the need to read it at least twice before it had fully soaked in. I did pass on the URL to the slide show recently and that had a positive impact that may actually convince him to do something, but I sure wish I had a little 10 page overview to draw him in with. |
