In Oriental Economy ONLINE, a column is published: Turn time from an enemy into an ally.

Good morning, this is Matsushita.

Since I began investing,

16 years have passed.

During this time, I have watched and taught many investors,

and nurtured them, but many of them

experience a severe setback at the initial stage.

In other words, they lose a lot of their capital.

Recovering from this is not easy, and

at this point, since they lack investment skills,

their funds continue to dwindle.

Thus, many investors

lose their capital as time passes.

As if time itself were an enemy.

By contrast, investors who profit

increase their funds as time passes.

Literally, they make time their ally.

To make time your ally and increase capital over time, you need to

broaden your understanding of investing.

What are you actually doing?

How can you generate profits?

It takes time to learn and understand, but

in order to make time your ally in future investments,

you should invest time at the outset.

As I have experienced, many investors

are complacent until they suffer painfully,

and only then study seriously as their funds decline.

However, as I wrote earlier,

if you commit the biggest initial mistake

and lose the most capital,

recovery is not easy, and time can turn against you as well,

so it is better to learn as early as possible.

If you understand investing and make time your ally,

your funds will literally grow over time.

The more you look at it in the long run, the more certain it becomes,

and the more you rush, the more you ruin yourself.

I have witnessed tens of thousands of investors with my own eyes, so

there is no mistake.

Investing, once it is successful,

is a long-term effort that can yield profits for decades.

To enjoy this long-run by making time your ally,

please start by learning.