On the road to financial freedom, there is a seemingly paradoxical but profound rule worth every investor's reflection.

Some things must pursue the power of compound interest. Skills need to be accumulated day by day, wealth should grow exponentially, and knowledge systems must be continuously iterated and upgraded. These assets appreciate over time, representing the dividends of time. Investors understand this best — principal, returns, reinvestment, cycle after cycle, the snowball gets bigger and bigger.

But here is a twist.

Some things must not be accumulated at all; instead, they should be actively cleared. Especially negative emotions. Panic during market fluctuations, regret after losses, anxiety seeing others profit… If these emotions accumulate over time, they will gradually erode your judgment. The most fatal thing in investing is often not a single wrong decision, but a chain of errors driven by emotional hijacking.

An effective approach is simple: every morning upon waking, give yourself a restart button. The market movements of yesterday are history; yesterday’s emotional fluctuations should be let go. Face today’s opportunities and risks with a completely new mindset, rather than accumulating emotions like compound interest.

Compound wealth, clear emotions. When these two rules are combined, they form the core cultivation of a prudent investor.