《股票作手回忆录·第五章·赚大钱靠坐得住·老火鸡》第18节
If I learned all this so slowly it was because I learned by my mistakes, and some time always elapses between making a mistake and realizing it, and more time between realizing it and exactly determining it. But at the same time I was faring pretty comfortably and was very young, so that I made up in other ways. Most of my winnings were still made in part through my tape reading because the kind of markets we were having lent themselves fairly well to my method. I was not losing either as often or as irritatingly as in the beginning of my New York experiences. It wasn’t anything to be proud of, when you think that I had been broke three times in less than two years. And as I told you, being broke is a very efficient educational agency. I was not increasing my stake very fast because I lived up to the handle all the time. I did not deprive myself of many of the things that a fellow of my age and tastes would want. I had my own automobile and I could not see any sense in skimping on living when I was taking it out of the market. The ticker only stopped Sundays and holidays, which was as it should be. Every time I found the reason for a loss or the why and how of another mistake, I added a brand-new Don’t! to my schedule of assets. And the nicest way to capitalize my increasing assets was by not cutting down on my living expenses. Of course I had some amusing experiences and some that were not so amusing, but if I told them all in detail I’d never finish. As a matter of fact, the only incidents that I remember without special effort are those that taught me something of definite value to me in my trading; something that added to my store of knowledge of the game--and of myself!
注释摘要
这段文字是杰西·利弗莫尔的化身拉里·利文斯顿对自己学习过程的深刻反思。利弗莫尔在这里承认，他从错误中学习的节奏很慢，这并非因为他迟钝，而是揭示了认知规律本身的残酷性：从犯下错误，到意识到这是个错误，中间本身就存在时间差；而从意识到错误，到能精确界定这个错误的本质，又需要更长的距离。这种滞后是人类心智的普遍弱点，在投机这个需要即时反应的游戏里，代价尤其高昂。…