Changing Habits

[Nobert]

one will battle laziness +another battles overwork

Yup, well spoken ;

met them both.


Battle laziness when vision of WHY do we do - what we do - fades out.

Battle the overwork, when creative mind, gets bored fast, so it decides to change the plan , to ,,improve it", without giving enough time, for the stratagy to play out completely.

 

[tradenet]

These are the two books i can recommend would really guide you to alter your habits.

“Self Discipline” by David Clark

“The Power of Habit” by Charles Duhigg

Hope it helps

 

[volpri]

Hey guys,

Does anyone have any recommendation for books or material about how to alter bad habits. The books dont need to be trading specific but something that you found helpful in achieving behavior modification.

Thanks,

 

[Sid William]

Hey guys,

Does anyone have any recommendation for books or material about how to alter bad habits. The books dont need to be trading specific but something that you found helpful in achieving behavior modification.

Thanks,

The One Thing, by Gary Keller and Jay Rapasan
It will help you challenge your limits and overcome any kind of challenges you have in order to live your best life.

 

[formikatrading]

Can you elaborate?

Often, people can't change behaviors because their identify is still tied to the old behavior. Accordingly, sometimes the quickest way to change behavior is to change your self-image. Most lottery winners don't do this and end up blowing all their money -- because they still have a "poor" mentality.

Going back to the post about David Goggins' "Cant Hurt Me" -- Goggins transformed his mind into someone else -- the beast called "Goggins."

This video explains it a bit:

My issue is that some old bad habits keep coming back to bite me in the ass even after long periods of good behaviour, both in trading and outside of trading. I can only stick to proper behaviour for so long then something triggers me to a relapse type of situation (Im not talking about drugs here but relapse is the best term I can think of). It's like there is a deep rooted behaviour pattern that is very hard to fully re-program. Under normal circumstances I have the discipline to keep it at bay but when I am under stress or things not going my way I resort to the baseline behaviour.

I dont think discipline is the key. It actual behavior modification.

 

[wlnd]

My issue is that some old bad habits keep coming back to bite me in the ass even after long periods of good behaviour, both in trading and outside of trading. I can only stick to proper behaviour for so long then something triggers me to a relapse type of situation (Im not talking about drugs here but relapse is the best term I can think of). It's like there is a deep rooted behaviour pattern that is very hard to fully re-program. Under normal circumstances I have the discipline to keep it at bay but when I am under stress or things not going my way I resort to the baseline behaviour.

I dont think discipline is the key. It actual behavior modification.

that you already see this in yourself is great.. i see this same tendency

breaking habits is breaking down thick castle walls we have built over a long time in the mind. it is very tough. see deeper. find out what are your triggers. put your self in triggered situations to push beyond mental walls

how much do you really understand yourself? take personality tests like 16personality and enneagram. see how others of your personality type overcame their hurdles.. via a simple google: advice from older xxxx personality

 

[ironchef]

Hey guys,

Does anyone have any recommendation for books or material about how to alter bad habits. The books dont need to be trading specific but something that you found helpful in achieving behavior modification.

Thanks,

My humble opinion is instead of changing what you considered "bad habits", make the "bad habits" work for you by changing your strategy to "fit" your "bad habits".

As an example, if you are the gambling type, buy options, if you are naturally a conservative guy, write cover calls. Of course the devil is in the details as there is no edge either buying or selling options randomly or mechanically.

 

[Gaston]

The One Thing, by Gary Keller and Jay Rapasan
It will help you challenge your limits and overcome any kind of challenges you have in order to live your best life.

I have read this book. It’s really good.

 

[easymon1]

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=James+Clear

 

[Andrea Wylan]

Hey guys,

Does anyone have any recommendation for books or material about how to alter bad habits. The books dont need to be trading specific but something that you found helpful in achieving behavior modification.

Thanks,

Tricky thing to beat, my bad babits keep messing up my trading too, I conquer them for a while, then they creep back in.

Need to trade on a deserted desert island, with no distractions or worries, or issues, just peace and calm.

The calm we seek I think is from releasing traumas from the past. It is deep! Meditation, hypnosis, breath work, and tools like that can help in this process. When I work with clients it is to help them get to a place where they can release the traumas for good, rather than have to fight against them and be "disciplined". Discipline only lasts so long and the day it doesn't one can blow up their gains. So, the focus is release traumas, not fight against them.