Trading in the secondary market is, in fact, a form of negotiation with a higher level of abstraction. Because there are standardized clearing institutions, once the terms are agreed upon, execution will not be a problem.
Waiting means negotiating only with a very small number of exceptional counterparts, and even when engaging with these counterparts, most of the time, one does not accept the other party's terms, instead opting to just lay back and endure, seeing who can outlast whom.
There are quite a few books on how to negotiate, but very few that teach the art of waiting.
Because buying and selling stocks seems to have a very low threshold, ordinary people may mistakenly believe that conducting business in a suit and tie is a prestigious activity. However, in terms of scalability and precision of execution, this is far behind trading in the secondary market.
