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Steve Lee (b. 1983), Intuition, 2023, Digital artwork (iPad), 1280 × 1124 pxIt’s already been over 10 days since you came into this world. I’m excited to watch you grow and curious about how your presence will shape my life. I’ll try not to see you as someone less mature than me just because you’re young. I’ll see you as your own person. I won’t try to trap you in my standards just because I’ve ‘developed’ more. I’ll stand by your side so your life can unfold on its own.When we talk, I’ll loo...
Steve Lee#17 K에게
Steve Lee (b. 1983), Intuition, 2023, Digital artwork (iPad), 1280 × 1124 px지난주에 처음 이세상에 나온 후로 벌써 십여 일이 지났네. 앞으로 네가 성장해 나가는 모습들이 설레고, 또 내 인생을 어떻게 물들일지도 궁금하단다. 네가 어리다고 해서 너를 ‘나보다’ 미숙한 존재로 보지 않고, 하나의 인격체로 보도록 노력할게. 내가 더 ‘발달했다’고 해서 내 기준으로 너를 가두지 않고, 네 삶이 스스로 펼쳐질 수 있도록 곁에서 도와줄게.너와 이야기할 땐 꼭 눈을 보고 말할게. “미안, 지금은 안 될 것 같아”라고 거절해야 할 때도 너에게 시선을 두고 이야기할게. 화를 낼 때도, 꼭 눈을 보고 이유를 설명할게.때론 시시하고, 엉뚱해도, 너에게 질문을 많이 하는 사람이 될게. “하늘은 왜 파란색이지?” “저 사람 표정은 왜 슬퍼 보일까?” “어떤 맛인지 색깔로 표현해볼래?” “이 음악 들으니까 어떤 그림이 떠올라?” 벌써 너의 대...
Steve Lee#5 한시간의 여행
Finding Inner Peace
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Steve Lee#17 Dear K
Steve Lee (b. 1983), Intuition, 2023, Digital artwork (iPad), 1280 × 1124 pxIt’s already been over 10 days since you came into this world. I’m excited to watch you grow and curious about how your presence will shape my life. I’ll try not to see you as someone less mature than me just because you’re young. I’ll see you as your own person. I won’t try to trap you in my standards just because I’ve ‘developed’ more. I’ll stand by your side so your life can unfold on its own.When we talk, I’ll loo...
Steve Lee#17 K에게
Steve Lee (b. 1983), Intuition, 2023, Digital artwork (iPad), 1280 × 1124 px지난주에 처음 이세상에 나온 후로 벌써 십여 일이 지났네. 앞으로 네가 성장해 나가는 모습들이 설레고, 또 내 인생을 어떻게 물들일지도 궁금하단다. 네가 어리다고 해서 너를 ‘나보다’ 미숙한 존재로 보지 않고, 하나의 인격체로 보도록 노력할게. 내가 더 ‘발달했다’고 해서 내 기준으로 너를 가두지 않고, 네 삶이 스스로 펼쳐질 수 있도록 곁에서 도와줄게.너와 이야기할 땐 꼭 눈을 보고 말할게. “미안, 지금은 안 될 것 같아”라고 거절해야 할 때도 너에게 시선을 두고 이야기할게. 화를 낼 때도, 꼭 눈을 보고 이유를 설명할게.때론 시시하고, 엉뚱해도, 너에게 질문을 많이 하는 사람이 될게. “하늘은 왜 파란색이지?” “저 사람 표정은 왜 슬퍼 보일까?” “어떤 맛인지 색깔로 표현해볼래?” “이 음악 들으니까 어떤 그림이 떠올라?” 벌써 너의 대...
Steve Lee#5 한시간의 여행
Finding Inner Peace
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My weekdays in Miami are very simple.
I wake up at 6:30, go through a few morning routines until 9. From 9 to 6, I pour my body and soul into my business. In between, I have a similar lunch every day and do one workout. Around 7, I have dinner with my family. From 9:30, I start my evening routine and go to bed before 11.
Inside my routine, it may seem like I do many things, but in the end, it all goes toward investing, body, and mind. These three things are all connected, And now I believe these are the most important pillars of my happiness.
Lately, I was reading The Uncomfortable Truth About Money by Paul Podolsky. There was one sentence that said, “An investor is similar to an athlete.” That one sentence kept lingering in my mind for days, and the thoughts kept spreading, so I couldn’t help but jot things down in my notebook.
Basics are important. In both investing and sports, you first need to know “why”and your specific goal. Then you need to understand how things work (like how a financial product is structured or which muscles you’re using). Finally, you need to understand the basic tools (how to manage investments or how to use gym equipment). Without this basic foundation, you’ll never build your own style. You’ll only copy what others are doing and keep repeating the same beginner level.
Rest is important. In investing, doing more trades or staring at a screen doesn’t make you better. In exercise too, lifting weights all the time without resting can hurt muscle growth. Just like sleep is important, taking breaks gives you time to reflect, adjust your direction, and think deeply. That rest is what helps you build your own way and come up with new ideas. Rest is just as important as doing.
Fighting with myself. Even though it may look like I’m competing with others, the real fight is inside me. What others do doesn’t help me invest better or build physical strength. The key is to keep pushing myself. I have to challenge my lazy nature, fail, try again, fix things, handle risk, and not give up when growth is slow. This is a lonely journey.
There is no end. There’s no final “well done” in investing or exercise. There are results sometimes, but we can always aim higher. So we keep running toward the goal, but in the bigger picture, we are always inside the process. And if we can’t enjoy the process, that's the end. This is why I never get bored of investing or exercising.
It’s not linear, it’s like steps. You work like crazy with no progress, then one day, your skills or results suddenly jump. In investing, 10 hours of thinking doesn’t mean 10 hours of output. In exercise, 3 years of work doesn’t show all at once. But I believe things go upward over time. That’s why we have to keep doing the boring, hard things, fix what’s not working, and keep thinking for the growth that can come any time
And lastly, there is one drop called ‘luck’ that we need.
My weekdays in Miami are very simple.
I wake up at 6:30, go through a few morning routines until 9. From 9 to 6, I pour my body and soul into my business. In between, I have a similar lunch every day and do one workout. Around 7, I have dinner with my family. From 9:30, I start my evening routine and go to bed before 11.
Inside my routine, it may seem like I do many things, but in the end, it all goes toward investing, body, and mind. These three things are all connected, And now I believe these are the most important pillars of my happiness.
Lately, I was reading The Uncomfortable Truth About Money by Paul Podolsky. There was one sentence that said, “An investor is similar to an athlete.” That one sentence kept lingering in my mind for days, and the thoughts kept spreading, so I couldn’t help but jot things down in my notebook.
Basics are important. In both investing and sports, you first need to know “why”and your specific goal. Then you need to understand how things work (like how a financial product is structured or which muscles you’re using). Finally, you need to understand the basic tools (how to manage investments or how to use gym equipment). Without this basic foundation, you’ll never build your own style. You’ll only copy what others are doing and keep repeating the same beginner level.
Rest is important. In investing, doing more trades or staring at a screen doesn’t make you better. In exercise too, lifting weights all the time without resting can hurt muscle growth. Just like sleep is important, taking breaks gives you time to reflect, adjust your direction, and think deeply. That rest is what helps you build your own way and come up with new ideas. Rest is just as important as doing.
Fighting with myself. Even though it may look like I’m competing with others, the real fight is inside me. What others do doesn’t help me invest better or build physical strength. The key is to keep pushing myself. I have to challenge my lazy nature, fail, try again, fix things, handle risk, and not give up when growth is slow. This is a lonely journey.
There is no end. There’s no final “well done” in investing or exercise. There are results sometimes, but we can always aim higher. So we keep running toward the goal, but in the bigger picture, we are always inside the process. And if we can’t enjoy the process, that's the end. This is why I never get bored of investing or exercising.
It’s not linear, it’s like steps. You work like crazy with no progress, then one day, your skills or results suddenly jump. In investing, 10 hours of thinking doesn’t mean 10 hours of output. In exercise, 3 years of work doesn’t show all at once. But I believe things go upward over time. That’s why we have to keep doing the boring, hard things, fix what’s not working, and keep thinking for the growth that can come any time
And lastly, there is one drop called ‘luck’ that we need.
Going up is hard, falling down is fast. In both investing and sports, we sometimes see amazing performance. But staying at the top for years is rare. It takes a long time to reach the top, but falling can happen in a second—whether from outside forces or our own mistakes. That’s why risk management (even checking our greed and overconfidence levels) is so important. It’s like insurance for when that rare moment hits.
Simple, boring things, for a long time. Doing things that are boring, simple, hard, and go against our human nature and doing them for a long time. If you gather 20 successful investors and 20 top athletes in one room and ask for their secrets, their answers will probably be very similar. Not some amazing trick or secret. Just simple principles everyone already knows. The real difference is: can you actually keep doing them for a long time?
Going up is hard, falling down is fast. In both investing and sports, we sometimes see amazing performance. But staying at the top for years is rare. It takes a long time to reach the top, but falling can happen in a second—whether from outside forces or our own mistakes. That’s why risk management (even checking our greed and overconfidence levels) is so important. It’s like insurance for when that rare moment hits.
Simple, boring things, for a long time. Doing things that are boring, simple, hard, and go against our human nature and doing them for a long time. If you gather 20 successful investors and 20 top athletes in one room and ask for their secrets, their answers will probably be very similar. Not some amazing trick or secret. Just simple principles everyone already knows. The real difference is: can you actually keep doing them for a long time?
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