Maetis Principles · Card 8

Risk is Managed, Not Avoided

Fear is not a strategy. Preparation creates confidence.

In Practice

Refusing to ever touch equities to avoid all risk quietly hands your money over to a different risk: inflation, eating it slowly, unmanaged.

Generic Example

Refusing to ever drive to avoid an accident doesn't make you safe — it just trades one risk for another: never getting anywhere.

Am I actually avoiding risk here, or just trading a visible one for a quieter one?