Here's something counterintuitive about investing: what feels natural to most people when evaluating their holdings usually turns out to be dead wrong.

Take a stock that's been sitting flat for months or even years. The instinct kicks in—you start wondering why nothing's happening, searching for hidden reasons behind the silence. But that's exactly where your gut misleads you. The market doesn't work the way our brains are wired to work. A dormant position isn't necessarily hiding a problem; it might just be digesting, waiting, preparing for its next move. Most investors miss this because they're trained by noise to expect constant action.