Not All Negative Emotions Are Problems
I recently spoke with an experienced, insightful trader who was experiencing performance anxiety. He was so concerned with losing money that he failed to follow his own rules regarding entering positions, taking profits, etc. As a result, he chronically felt frustrated, because his ideas were good, but his trading was mediocre. More here – TraderFeed
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How to Overcome Your Fear of Failure
A client (who I’ll call “Alex”) asked me to help him prepare to interview for a CEO role with a start-up. It was the first time he had interviewed for the C-level, and when we met, he was visibly agitated. I asked what was wrong, and he explained that he felt “paralyzed” by his fear…
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Bruce Lee on Self-Actualization and the Crucial Difference Between Pride and Self-Esteem
“Real self-esteem is an integration of an inner value with things in the world around you,” Anna Deavere Smith wrote in her invaluable advice to young artists. But how does one master the intricacies of that integration? That’s what legendary Chinese-American martial artist, philosopher, and filmmaker Bruce Lee (November 27, 1940–July 20, 1973) explores in one of the pieces…
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Kahlil Gibran on Silence, Solitude, and the Courage to Know Yourself
“In much of your talking, thinking is half murdered. For thought is a bird of space, that in a cage of words may indeed unfold its wings but cannot fly.” More here – Brain Pickings
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Failure Found to Be an “Essential Prerequisite” for Success
The recipe for succeeding in any given field is hardly a mystery: good ideas, hard work, discipline, imagination, perseverance and maybe a little luck. Oh, and let’s not forget failure, which Dashun Wang and his colleagues at Northwestern University call “the essential prerequisite for success” in a new paper that, among other things, is based…
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Apparently Some People Whinge About Trading Being Hard
If you are one of those then suck it up Princess you have no idea how lucky you are to even contemplate trading as a career.
Hunter S. Thompson’s Letter on Finding Your Purpose and Living a Meaningful Life
In April of 1958, Hunter S. Thompson was 22 years old when he wrote this letter to his friend Hume Logan in response to a request for life advice. Thompson’s letter, found in Letters of Note, offers some of the most thoughtful and profound advice I’ve ever come across. More here – Farnham Street
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