Another person on this forum (can't remember ATM) reported they had an epiphany a few days ago when they read the stock series and realized that buying stock was a form of hands-off business ownership, not a form of gambling where you hope a greater fool comes along and pays you more or you hope your timing is just right.
Maybe this is the key, especially when dealing with personalities who don't like reading long tracts full of details. If you can illustrate the difference between being a business owner and being a speculator, that one shift in perspective might break through for some folks.
Lol, I love how you think that just explaining things to people is all it takes to get them to understand.
People have epiphanies because they are ready to change their perspective, not because they met information that was transformative.
I've spent many years conveying the same, simple, common sense information to patients. It's always the same message, it's always the same content, but I only get traction when I'm able to assess and connect with the person's state of readiness to receive the message and alter their behaviour.
If you don't know how to assess people's readiness, AND know how to foster a state of readiness, then what you say simply won't matter the vast majority of the time.
I've had clients where I've said literally the *exact same thing*, every week for a year. My messaging never substantially changed, but every few months the person would click with part of the messaging and say "oh my god, mind blown" and I would even point out that I had said the exact same thing dozens of times before. It wouldn't matter, they can only hear it when they can hear it.
People hear what they hear, not what you say to them.