Pain motivates you.
You'll lose weight if the pain of being far is greater than the pain of losing weight.
You'll study hard if the pain of letting your parents down is greater than studying.
Personal finance is not about numbers, ratios, yields, rebates, credit cards, etc.
Instead.
Stop buying stuff to impress others.
Stop buying goods to feel good now.
Stop buying things you think you need.
If you can do it, your finance will take care of itself.
Many traders think that you have to take high risks for high returns.
Wrong!
You should risk small, let your edge play out, add capital, and compound your gains over time—that's how you make it BIG.
Things I wished I learned in school:
Great result is no guarantee of success
No such thing as failure, only feedback
There is no model answer
Find answers on Google
Theories may not work
Think in probabilities
Focus on the process
Financial education
Learn to sell
No one can consistently predict the markets, call tops and bottoms.
So just follow price.Ride winners.Cut losers.
You'll be much further ahead than trying to outsmart the market.
You shouldn't think about how much money you're going to make this week.
Instead, you should ask yourself :
Do I have a plan that keeps me in this business for the next 50 years?
If you do, the money will take care of itself.
Advice to new traders:
You're not going to get rich quick
Don't hop from system to system
Have a planned exit for every trade
Limit your loss to a fraction of your capital
Your entry is only a small part of the equation
The early years are for learning, profits come later
“Broke minded people”
Are the hardest people to help, if it cost money, they call it a scam
If it's free, they don't value it.If it takes longer than 20 minutes to show results they literally give up.
But!
They can put 40+ hours a week working for someone else.
Professional traders:
Manage risk
Stay humble
Trade with an edge
Continuously improve
Know they can be wrong
Focus on what they do best
Never let ego get in the way
Know when to stay out of the markets