Thanks again to Finanssiflirttailijat for the interesting interview!
I admire Maria’s attitude: when she didn’t know why the value of funds changed, she wanted to find out for herself. I can identify with the same way of thinking: I want to understand what is happening in the markets and why.
Like Marianne, I also remembered that when you start delving into investing, you often feel dumber than you thought. And when you start investing a portion of your regular income, you feel poorer than before.
Sara brought up a really good point: usually, it’s the more experienced investors (or at least those who present themselves as such) who are vocal, which can make beginners retreat into their shells and study on their own. Many don’t dare to ask or share their own views. I had the same issue, that I didn’t dare to ask at first, but also that I didn’t know where or whom to ask. Fortunately, nowadays, finding information is so much easier, and the threshold to ask has lowered. I completely agree with Maria that one can never be “finished” with investing; there’s always something new to learn. Additionally, she mentioned that buying direct stocks brings a completely different kind of motivation to follow the markets, and I fully endorse this too.
For many years, I had the misconception that investing couldn’t be started until a large initial capital had been accumulated, and that several thousands of euros should be put into one stock. I thought that investing smaller sums didn’t make sense, which of course isn’t true, but it’s a shame that it took many people too many years to realize this.
When it comes to women’s more cautious investment style and risk-taking, I’m at the complete opposite end, I love taking risks and enjoy it 
Maria mentioned Heikki Keskiväli’s book “Tähtäimessä osakkeet” (Stocks in Sight). I haven’t read it myself, but I’ve taken the online course with the same name and can highly recommend it if you don’t want to read books.
It’s also completely true that if you never make mistakes, you also never learn. I want to encourage everyone to approach investing with the understanding that mistakes will happen, and many of them. They shouldn’t be feared, but rather learned from, and experience should be gained 
I also have to confess that I’ve fallen into the trap of blindly following others’ investment decisions 
It’s also a good point that an investor might easily read only news that supports their own view of a company, instead of also considering why it might be a bad investment.
Setting interim goals and achieving them is a good way to maintain motivation and manage risks. It helps to focus on long-term action instead of reacting to momentary emotional impulses.
Maria also said very well that real-life concrete examples are important. They are truly needed
after that, for obvious reasons, real bank cards were no longer part of our games.
. I also fondly remember piggy banks, which for me were globes because my aunt, who worked at a bank (and whom I also talked about in the podcast episode), worked at Union Bank of Finland (Yhdyspankki). I had these globes in many colors, and my greatest treasure was a giant globe that I never managed to fill. One reason for this, however, was that thanks to my aunt, I also had the key to the piggy bank, and especially when I was a bit older, I also took money from the piggy bank to use 
Somehow, the candies earned with my own work always tasted better than the treats found in the cupboard at home.
