@trades_lakes Finished reading this in May and kept thinking about this.
The writing and insights are incredible, I had to print and “booked” it to save a hardcopy today.
Shared this to all the trading circle that I knew.
Thanks brother, and keep writing!
There is a certain type of person everywhere now, especially online.
He consumes endless information every day: philosophy, psychology, productivity, spirituality, neuroscience, business, self-improvement, history.
He knows a little about everything and deeply experiences almost nothing.
His entire identity becomes built around understanding instead of living.
He watches videos about confidence instead of speaking confidently. Reads about discipline instead of becoming disciplined. Studies relationships instead of learning how to love. Consumes motivational content instead of taking action.
He feels intelligent because he is constantly mentally stimulated. But stimulation is not transformation.
Most of the time, knowledge becomes emotional protection. Reality is unpredictable. Reality humiliates. Reality exposes weakness. Books and ideas do not.
Inside information, he can continue imagining himself as intelligent, deep, insightful, different from ordinary people. So he remains trapped in preparation.
He constantly feels as if he is "becoming" someone, while his real life remains strangely untouched. He develops sophisticated language for problems he never confronts directly. He can explain human behavior beautifully while being unable to handle ordinary discomfort, rejection, uncertainty, loneliness, or risk.
He slowly turns life into observation instead of participation.
The internet rewards this personality heavily. He receives validation for sounding aware rather than becoming capable.
Eventually, he begins confusing self-analysis with growth and information with wisdom.
But beneath the intelligence usually exists the same thing: fear. Fear of failure. Fear of embarrassment. Fear of reality answering back.
Because action destroys fantasy. The moment he truly acts, he can no longer hide inside potential.
One person helped build companies spanning electric vehicles, space exploration, brain-computer interfaces, AI, and underground transportation.
The combined value created is measured in trillions.
That's not just wealth creation.
That's industrial-scale innovation.
Take my word for it, if you stay consistent on a path that you are really good at and has clearly shown you some results, you will “always” win big in the end, what will likely throw you off is how long you need to wait.
If you run a full bottleneck analysis in your life and actually get to the bottom of the thing (no matter how many layers deep) - the last bottleneck/domino will always be an emotion you're resisting. That's it. That's how funny and wonderful the actual human condition is.
Key to being successful
First stage
- work till you genuinely want to die
Second stage- get rich as fuck
Third stage
- lose it all but become smarter
Fourth stage
- become smarter
- invest/ make smart decisions
The game has always been the same
The only thing from you and success is what goes through your head everything is a mind game
~Penguin
@eth_exy Hell nah, the average man hits their peak at 35 above
27 is still early especially for someone that is skillful and significant as you.
What you achieve before 27 was a glimpse of your true potential.
Imagine if you just keep on going, you’ll be at the next level brother❤️
I don't post much here but I spent years keeping a trading journal, not the kind with entry prices and stop losses, but the kind where you write things down at 2am after a bad week. Now I put it together for boom and bust traders.
Maybe it helps someone.
https://t.co/KVHRFY8j6o
@watchingmarkets Totally understand this now, 100%
Been 1.5 years focusing purely on work that my healths start to get hit.
But once Im in a routine (recently) everything just fall perfectly.
I take this as upgrading my identity to be a better person with routine.