Hello Dan,
Very interesting question.
I have ran quite a few businesses for over 10 years, and I was always in those businesses for only one reason:
Money
I'm in trading/investing not because I like to sit at the screen and watch quotes or "trade", I sit here only because the probability of making EXPONETIAL gains (500-1000% ) with leverage is very possible and achievable.
If shoveling shit would make millions, I would be shoveling shit night and day without fail.
Of course trading also has its benefits such as working anywhere in the world you like,
but best of all is leverage.
There is no skill like knowing how to manage large amounts of money. You will be courted around the world for this valuable skill.
This is one of the most powerful skills on this planet.
Money is POWER. Able to generate POWER will allow you to rule even a small country if you wanted to.
"Let me go turn off that pinky and the brain episode"
Hi,
I think my path is not the same path as your path in life
for better or worse? I am not sure if I will pursue the trading game for a living or not? I will reflect on it and learn some more
and see how it goes.
I think your a type A person and really driven to succeed, I
think if you can find a good system and stick with it you will do
very well. But from your answer it seems that you may attempt
to over reach someday and bust something, maybe your bank
account in bad trades or a blood vessel from over stress and
too many bad meals & unhealthy lifestyle. Maybe there is more
than one way to win in this life? The work I want is to enjoy the
day and feel like I have done something worthwhile, of course such work is hard to come by.
I would like to add something to the disscussion since I know
nothing about trading I will say a little about health.
I think of health like this.
One, eat healthy, this subject alone could fill a room full of books
and everyone has a different opinion. Just be aware that your
diet can always inprove to be more healthy, the more healthy
you are the better your mind works, the less sleep you need
and so on.
Me, my diet is almost vegan, with a little fish, juicing etc.
Two, exericise, in my opinion you need about a hour of exericise
a day, you get out what you put in. You should do this about
5 times a week, any type of exericise that you consider fun is OK. Isuggest changing exericises at times. I suggest having a hobbie
that depends on being in good physical condition. On of my favorite activitiies over the years has been mountain climbing, this
hobby has inspried me to stay in shape and has made life interesting in itself.
Lately, I have been swiming and playing basketball, in the
past been hill walking(the steeper the better) and rock climbing.
Three, Mental happyness, this deals with stress, friends and
work. Simply you need a positive mental outlook, a work that
you enjoy and friends that help you enjoy life.
Recently, I have started a relationship with a person who is
like me. Our life together has been doing very well. I have
some stresses with her family and at work but overall my mental
happyness has been improving. Lately I have been exploring
how to better intergrate work with my health and happyness.
As we all know the more money you have the more you can
do that is interesting and fun.
Of the three keys of health often the third key is the hardest
to get control over of. Each of the three you can always learn
more about and improve on. Note that there are a lot of sources
out there on diet that act like they are experts but in reality they
are not. There is a lot of false information. In short if you want to
drink coffie and think it is healthy, there are sources who
will say so for you.
I hope this can be helpful for you if someday you current path
turns out not to be full filling for you.
Me, well I think trading may not be for me. I will explore it some
more. All these posts are helpfull. I must say the most helpful
posts are the ones about personal experience. If a person messes up and loses money and posts it I think it is a good
learning experience for the rest of us. If someone is negitive without stating a personal exeperience that is not so helpful.
Good Day
Dan
