Imagine receiving an invite from an awkward 21-year-old to attend an investment class in a dusty hall in Omaha. He isn't famous. He uses a slide rule to calculate numbers. He talks endlessly about "compound interest."

most people would have walked out. But in 1952, a few people stayed to listen to young Warren Buffett. Those who stayed didn't just learn a lesson; they bought a winning lottery ticket that would pay out for decades.

This is the story of the "Berkshire Bunch," and it is the ultimate proof that in investing, temperament beats IQ every single time.

One of those early attendees was Dr. Carol Angle, a young pediatrician. She wasn't a Wall Street shark; she was just someone who understood the math Buffett was preaching.

"Warren had us calculate how money would grow," she recalled. "He brainwashed us to truly believe in the miracle of compound interest."

She and her family eventually put about $30,000 into Buffett’s partnership. They didn't touch it. They didn't trade it. Today, that stake would be worth hundreds of millions of dollars.

She wasn't alone. There were neighbors, college classmates, and even a former frantic seller who had "seller's remorse" and bought back in. They were ordinary people who made one extraordinary decision: they trusted the process.

It is easy to look at a chart today and say, "I would have held onto Berkshire Hathaway stock too!"

But the road to riches was paved with potholes.

During the brutal bear market of the early 1970s, the stock dropped by 50%. Gloom was everywhere. The "smart money" on Wall Street was selling stocks and buying bonds.

This is where the Relax to Rich philosophy truly matters. The Berkshire Bunch didn't panic. While others bailed out because the news was scary, these folks sat on their hands. They understood a core truth that Buffett preached: "You pay a steep price in the stock market for a cheery consensus."

In other words, if you wait until everyone else feels good about the economy to buy, you have already missed the boat.

Many of these early investors were wealthy, but they lived quietly. They didn't buy yachts or flash their cash. They simply let their money work while they slept.

Some people did sell early, driven by fear or a desire to "lock in profits." They missed out on billions in future growth. As Buffett once joked about those who left the fold, it was a process of "financial survival of the fittest."

You don't need to find the next Warren Buffett to build wealth. You just need to adopt the mindset of the Berkshire Bunch:

The biggest risk isn't the stock market crashing; it is interrupting the compounding process because you got scared.

Tell me in the replies: If your portfolio dropped 50% tomorrow, would you buy more or sell everything? Let’s talk about it.

To your compounding success,