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Here’s the investing advice the legendary Peter Lynch swears by—and why it should change the way you build wealth.

Peter Lynch, who turned $18 million into a staggering $14 billion at Fidelity's Magellan Fund, averaged a 29.2% annual return between 1977 and 1990—nearly doubling the S&P 500 in the same timeframe.

Here’s what Lynch teaches us—core lessons that every investor (especially ambitious entrepreneurs and wealth builders) can use today:

1. Invest in what you know.
He believed that everyday insights—like being impressed by Dunkin’ Donuts because your local one is always packed—can uncover amazing investing opportunities.

2. Good things take time.
Lynch knew the biggest winners—his "tenbaggers"—rarely showed up overnight. Success in investing is often slow, steady, and compounding.

3. Avoid emotional timing.
As he warned: “Far more money has been lost by investors preparing for corrections or trying to anticipate corrections than has been lost in the corrections themselves.”

4. Quality in weak industries is gold.
Scouting for great companies in struggling industries can often yield better returns than betting on already-hot sectors crowded with competitors.

5. Know what—and why—you own.
One of his most quoted lines: “Know what you own, and know why you own it.” It sounds simple—but it separates the well-prepared from the overstretched.