Think of it as Yoga for the brain, we are going to stretch a bit.
What Watching a Rabbit Taught Me About Diversity, Investments and Survival
So the other day, while doing yard work—the kind that makes you feel productive but not important—I ran into a bunny rabbit. I approached the wascally wabbit with all the confidence of a man who owns tools. He vanished. Straight into the ground. Gone. A few seconds later, his head popped up several yards behind me, like he was checking whether I noticed the joke. I did. Naturally, I tried again. This time he disappeared and reappeared on top of the berm, elevated, composed, looking down on me like a chess player who’s already seen the end of the game.
At this point, it felt personal. So I approached again. He vanished—again. That’s when it hit me: this rabbit wasn’t running from me. He was managing me. He had options. I had a shovel.
Eventually, I gave up. Not because I was tired—but because it was clear he had this whole thing figured out long before I showed up. He wasn’t reacting. He was executing. The rabbit didn’t win by speed or strength. He won by preparation. And that’s when I realized: the smartest ones don’t fight harder. They just know where to go next—before you even take the first step.
So, how many holes does a smart rabbit really need?
What did a rabbit teach me about investing, careers, and not getting trapped by my own success?
The smart rabbit has at least three holes.
Not because it’s paranoid—but because it’s realistic.
One hole is where it lives.
One hole is where it escapes when trouble shows up early.
And one hole… well, that one stays quiet. No sign. No bragging. No tour.
That rabbit, it turns out, understands more about investing, careers, and running a company than most people in tailored suits.
Investing
If all your money lives in one idea, one asset, one “can’t-miss” trade, you’re not confident—you’re exposed. Markets don’t care how smart you feel or how good your thesis sounded at dinner.
The smart investor always knows where the exit is before they need it.
And the smartest one has an exit nobody else is watching.
Careers
A career with only one skill, one employer, one title is just a well-furnished hole. Comfortable, impressive—and dangerous.
Layoffs, automation, bad management, or plain bad luck don’t announce themselves.
The wise professional keeps a second path warm and a third one private. Not out of fear, but out of respect for reality.
Where You Live
If your entire life depends on one city, one market, one tax structure, one local economy, you’re betting your future on forces you don’t control.
The smart move isn’t panic—it’s optionality.
Know where you could go, even if you never do.
Running a Company
Companies fail for the same reason rabbits get caught: they fall in love with the hole.
One supplier. One product. One revenue stream. One assumption that tomorrow will look like yesterday.
A resilient company builds redundancy quietly. It diversifies before it’s forced to. It plans exits it hopes never to use.
The foolish rabbit builds one beautiful hole and tells everyone about it.
The smart rabbit builds three and talks about none.
The lesson isn’t about fear.
It’s about freedom.
And freedom, like the third hole, works best when nobody knows exactly where it is.
And Money gives you options, that is main benefit of it.
