From doping to trading, the tragedy is that people take it so seriously and thus turn it into a life-and-death game of all-or-nothing.
Taking things seriously robs any chance to just be good enough and be happy about that.
Anyone who can complete Tour de France at all or moderately but steadily grow an investment portfolio over the years should be extremely satisfied with just that already. If you're not, you'll seek greater but less likely and more momentary satisfaction from winning to win, and you'll likely end up more miserable in the average.
Taking things seriously robs any chance to just be good enough and be happy about that.
Anyone who can complete Tour de France at all or moderately but steadily grow an investment portfolio over the years should be extremely satisfied with just that already. If you're not, you'll seek greater but less likely and more momentary satisfaction from winning to win, and you'll likely end up more miserable in the average.