The Importance of Self-Awareness and Humility w/ Patrick Geddes

<p>Patrick Geddes Gives Back to Society</p> <p>There are various strategies you can implement as an entrepreneur. But having the right attitude is important as well. According to our guest, Patrick Geddes, humility and self-awareness are important traits of an entrepreneur.</p> <p>Patrick said that self-awareness opens possibilities for partnership and collaboration. Want to hear more about his thoughts? Stay tuned!</p> <p>Who is Patrick Geddes?</p> <p>Patrick Geddes is the author of Transparent Investing. He is also the former CEO and co-founder of Aperio Group. Patrick has now shifted his focus to working as an author. With his long expertise in the finance industry, he has established a great reputation for himself.</p> <p>Transparent Investing by Patrick Geddes </p> <p>After retiring in 2021, Patrick focused on writing Transparent Investment, a book that provides investment and stock market tips for people who want to get into the niche. The book was written based on data-proven strategies that will open new investment ideas.</p> <p> Innermost Superpower: Self-Awareness</p> <p>Patrick considers self-awareness as his innermost superpower. He mentioned that to become an effective CEO you have to accept your shortcomings work hard to continuously improve. He kept a long list of his gaps and it became his mission to cross every single one of them off the list.</p> <p> </p> <p>Pullout Quotes:</p> <p> "It's a wake-up call for consumers, interacting with the financial services, investment industry particular can be just challenging because...so many of the incentive is set up to maximize revenue to the industry and it doesn't mean there's no value."</p> <p> </p> <p>"You really want to be a smart consumer first before you think of yourself as a smart investor...just through the evolution of our brain, we are wired to frequently make poor decisions..."</p> <p> </p> <p>"When you presume you can read the market..."</p> <p> </p> <p>"The stock market is always risky...the analogy we hear often is people drive by looking i