# Trying Too Hard

An episode of [The Psychology of Money with Morgan Housel](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1675310669), 18 Sep 2023, 14 min.

Audio: https://anchor.fm/s/104219ecc/podcast/play/101785772/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2025-3-25%2F399089954-44100-1-688f21f880eae601.mp3

A truth that applies to almost every field is that it’s possible to try too hard, and when doing so you can get worse results than those who knew less, cared less, and put in less effort than you did. There are mistakes that only an expert can make. Errors – often catastrophic – that novices aren’t smart enough to make because they lack the information and experience needed to try to exploit an opportunity that doesn’t exist.

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