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'Do you have the ability to sit still until the muddy water is clear and the right action arises of itself so?' ~Lao-Tzu~

The Certainty of Uncertainty... The one thing a trader can be sure of is that he can't be absolutely sure of anything. Simply not enough for me to expect the unexpected, I am prepared and resolved before ever engaging in action. This goes for both the micro (one freak occurrence) and the...

'Never fear mistakes - there are none...' ~Miles~ 'If anybody wants to keep creating they have to be about change...'~Miles~ 'My future starts when I wake up every morning...' ~Miles~

There is a technical element of the game which must be learnt. You can choose to ig-nore-it, but you will stay ig-nore-ant. Get the facts or the facts will soon enough get you... You may not have to understand exactly 'why' the market does what the market does; for she will do what she will...

Think of what is right and true... Learn to see everything accurately... Become aware of what is not obvious... Be careful even in small matters... Do not do anything useless... ~Miyaoto Musashi; The Book of Five Rings - 1643~

"Failure!There is no such word in all the bright lexicon of speech, unless you yourself have written it there. There is no such thing as failure except to those who accept and believe in it." ~Orison Sweet Marden~

The 'big' picture... You must act as if the goal were infinitely off ~Eugene Herrigel~ This quote by Herrigel rings much truth for me, both from the perspective of how I view and deal with the short-term monetary results, and on a larger macro scale... I have been reminded many more...

I started this thread in the hopes that we may discuss some of the more subjective~internal aspects of the game and the journey toward mastery. But, do it in such a way that it conveys our own direct experiences, rather than intellectual second-hand conceptualizations. To talk of the game and...