There are far more good answers "out there" than there are in you.
Don't worry about looking good - worry about achieving your goals.
Treat your life like a game.
An economy is not a complicated thing; it just has a lot of moving parts.
Successful people ask for the criticism of others and consider its merit.
When you're centered, your emotions are not hijacking you.
If you have the power to see things through somebody else's eyes, it's like going from black and white to color or two dimensions to three dimensions.
When growth is slower than expected, stocks go down. When inflation is higher than expected, bonds go down. When inflation's lower than expected, bonds go up.
To test if you are worrying too much about looking good, observe how you feel when you find out you've made a mistake or don't know something.
Like the saying goes, don't believe everything you read.