Without experience, education, and training to guide their actions, people are highly unlikely to make good choices in the face of an unknown threat.

Mother Nature convincingly suggests that those who stay scared and run with the herd are more likely to stay alive. As investors around you behave irrationally and the news describes a miasma that will last for years, it’s easy to lose sight of your well-laid plans. It’s tempting to join the herd…

By keeping enough cash to cover at least one month of your typical spending, you’ve created enough liquidity to weather every crisis situation that has occurred so far in modern history.

Tomorrow’s unknown crisis is not something to avoid in fear. It requires our attention and deliberation. We just need to have the courage to face the truth of our future’s uncertainty. We just need to be prepared.

What stops people from thinking ahead and getting ready for the possibility of crisis? The majority of people surely understand the importance of preparation…

If society sees a crisis, then there is one… even if there’s not.

It’s impossible for anyone keeping up with current events to believe that the future will be completely free of problems.

Wall Street treats all crises the same despite the fact that people react to the threat of war very differently from other crises like disease, systemic medical incompetence, or the failure to maintain a country’s transportation infrastructure.