Ever wonder why it’s fairly easy to plan something and much more difficult to stick with it? Inspired by a brief post on Seth Godin’s blog, about “Lines and curves,” Paul discusses this phenomena that sidetracks many sincere investors. (See Godin’s post below). He makes the case that the work he and his team do is like a ruler's "straight line," while the “curves” are what you have to deal with in real life as a ‘stay-the-course’ investor.

Lines and curves 

Working with a ruler is pretty straightforward. Just about anyone can extend a line, or fix something straight if it breaks. It’s on the line or it’s not.

But curves? Curves are complex and hard to get right.

It turns out that humans bring curves with them, wherever we go.

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