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If you trust in yourself, in the markets, in time, and in your investment provider, you still have to do something else to accumulate investment wealth. You must invest. This seems obvious, but believe me, some would-be investors get stuck in the ready … aim … aim … aim … mode. They never fire because they are always waiting for the right moment to begin investing. They feel considerable envy of those who have invested successfully. But they never take steps to get in the game themselves.

There's a story about a man who prayed night after night, “Dear God, let me win the lottery.” But the man despaired every evening when the winning numbers were announced, and he was not a winner. This went on for many months until one night, as the man was praying for the hundredth time, the heavens opened up and a deep voice boomed: “Meet me halfway. Buy a ticket.”

Trust should give you the courage to take the plunge, secure in the knowledge that you are investing with intelligence and discipline.