%% ANY business. ANY business can have much better risk/reward than a job. Except you could work banker hours + do better than banker. Personally, i would not want to prove the business principle ''too much snooze= to much lose''. IF some wants to be average, they maybe negative on trading/ investing+ running your business.......................................................................................................
The last time I got my haircut, the girl asked what I do for a living. I just said "stock market" It's easier that way. I don't think she would have gotten the reference to spors mold and fungus, since I don't even think she was alive yet when 9/11 happened. I was on my way to my trading desk in Minneapolis that day when I heard about it.
A stock answer to what do you do for a living is "I'm a money manager." You don't have to tell anyone it's your money.
I would probably tell those friends to look where they're going, not where I'm going, since doing so makes them more likely to become the next hood ornament on someone's car.
People are always intimidated, jealous, envious, etc of what others can do that they can't. It highlights a shortcoming, exposing a raw nerve of their limits they prefer not to see, so of course they're sore all over. We walk on.
Might be the reason is that they fear to share the failures or even the worst that they can't explain how did they reach at that point. I find no harm in sharing whether it is a bad trade or good. It's all about understanding and learning through the experiences.
Because you're humble, willing to learn, smart enough to recognize the value of growing. You put your fears behind those goals, not blocking them. You'd rather grow as a person than be frozen in time. You know you don't know it all, and are not afraid to admit it.that's called integrity. Well done.