Always winning

Quote from Burtakus:

I need a little help in taking the next step.

I have reached a point that I truly believe the only thing holding me back is my need to win all the time. It doesn't matter if I am trading my live account of my demo account I somehow feel the need to always win (in this case against the FX market but this extends to just about all areas of my life).

I am an ultra cmpetitive person that hates to lose and is used to being damn near the best at everything I have attempted until now. How have some of ya'll made the leap.

Thanks in advance
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Winning is making the most money, relative to risk, over the long-term. Therefore only a total loser who wasn't competitive would care about trying to maximise the success rate of trades or trading days, at the expense of long-term profitability. Typical "competitiveness" is a loser trait in trading, IMO.

It's up to you to decide whether you want to be an uncompetitive clueless loser, or a long-term winner.
 
Quote from Lefty62151:

Hello:
Frankly I think if you are not wiinning most all the time, you aren't really competitive. In any business you can name, competitive people find a way to win almost all the time. From my point of view, your not competitive until you find a way to win most all the time. Until you do, basically you've failed.

I think you should think about his every waking hour and all night. While you are walking to the post office. When you are in your car. While you are taking a pee. When you are brushing your teeth. While you are eating dinner. "How can I win all the time?" Somewhere out there, is your answer. You just haven't found it yet. Until you find it, you haven't amounted to much.

I extend this to everything I do. At the automated teller, if there is an old lady ahead of me in line, well I just push the old bag out of the way. If there is someone in front of me at the liquor store I mention that I saw someone trying to break into their car in the parking lot. You have to be inventive. I don't stop at red lights. I don't open doors for ladies. I don't wait my turn. Remember, if you're not winning, you're losing.

Lefty
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Lol, good post :D Surprised I haven't heard these recommendations from the legions of Robbins/NLP sheep yet.
 
Quote from FredBloggs:

some one after my own heart!!!

i totally agree. lefty. you are the jelly in the jelly roll of life my friend.

you have to be ahead of EVERYONE else and fuck them over before they fuck you over.

only today i was in a store picking up some groceries. there was only 1 pack of twinkies left and this 13 year old dude just grabbed them before me. i couldnt handle it. i wasnt gunna let some punk do that to ME. no way. so i smashed him one and kicked him in the nuts. his old man looked petrified. i dont blame him. i went to the kitchen utilities section and picked up a knife and stabbed the bastard before he could tell the manager. NO WAY woz i gunna let him get one over on me and get me banned from the store.

you see. i won. i got the twinkies and didnt get banned from the store.

life is sweet when youre a winner.

remember other people (and their orders) are there to be fucked with. life is a zero sum game at the eod.
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I find that lying is really great in helping you always win. Practice all the time. Just the other day a friend and I were watching TV, and he said, "hey, did you ever see that movie?" I had no idea what he was talking about, but still answered, "Yes."

He came back with, "well what did you think of the ending?" ....Without hesitation I said, with finality, "It sucked." That shut him up. To this day, he has no idea that I've never seen the movie.

You think thats bad, you should see me in a place like the grocery store, or laundramat. Think "pitbull loose in a daycare." Nobody escapes my wrath.
 
Hey folks:

What I have said is (in my opinion) how it works in the real world. Look at how successful people handle life. They are driven. They think about success. They do whatever it takes to get an edge. And they fight to keep it. As far as abusing old folks, I hope someone has figured out that I am kidding. I used to open doors for women.



Lefty.
 
Quote from Lefty62151:

Hello:
Frankly I think if you are not wiinning most all the time, you aren't really competitive. In any business you can name, competitive people find a way to win almost all the time. From my point of view, your not competitive until you find a way to win most all the time. Until you do, basically you've failed.

I think you should think about his every waking hour and all night. While you are walking to the post office. When you are in your car. While you are taking a pee. When you are brushing your teeth. While you are eating dinner. "How can I win all the time?" Somewhere out there, is your answer. You just haven't found it yet. Until you find it, you haven't amounted to much.

I extend this to everything I do. At the automated teller, if there is an old lady ahead of me in line, well I just push the old bag out of the way. If there is someone in front of me at the liquor store I mention that I saw someone trying to break into their car in the parking lot. You have to be inventive. I don't stop at red lights. I don't open doors for ladies. I don't wait my turn. Remember, if you're not winning, you're losing.

Lefty
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You evidently have a mistaken notion of cause and effect. Unfortunately, by the time you figure it out, it will probably be too late.
 
Well Nik:

Whatever would I do without your fucking help. Why don't you take a moment from your day job at the United Nations and explain "cause and effect" to me? We could all use the education.

Looking forward to hearing your erudite comments.

Lefty the fucking moron.
 
Quote from Lefty62151:

Hey folks:

What I have said is (in my opinion) how it works in the real world. Look at how successful people handle life. They are driven. They think about success. They do whatever it takes to get an edge. And they fight to keep it. As far as abusing old folks, I hope someone has figured out that I am kidding. I used to open doors for women.


Lefty.
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One more post like that and great trader is gonna punch his monitor as hard as he can.


Laundromat => great place to pick up chicks.
 
Been a while, but in college I knew guys who had great luck picking up women at the laudromat and the supermarket. Never got the hang of that myself.

See ya

Lefty
 
Quote from Lefty62151:

Well Nik:

Whatever would I do without your fucking help. Why don't you take a moment from your day job at the United Nations and explain "cause and effect" to me? We could all use the education.

Looking forward to hearing your erudite comments.

Lefty the fucking moron.
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Lefty, why do you swear so much, man? It makes you look like kind of juvenille, don't you think? You evidently want really really badly to be taken seriously. It would help if you stopped talking like a 16 year old. We've all said fuck before, and we've all heard other people say it. It isn't that cool.

My erudition doesn't compare to your own, obviously. I don't get the UN reference at all. I do get the impression that you don't get much respect from people in real life. Try backwards engineering your problem, it may help.
 
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