You enter a trade.
Make $500.
For a second you feel unstoppable.
More than a full day at most jobs.
Then you scroll FinTwit.
See someone flexing a $50k week.
Suddenly $500 feels like nothing.
You go back to the charts angry.
Size up.
Try to “catch up.”
Lose the $500.
Then $2,000 more.
That's the bottom 95%.
If trading pays your bills and then some?
You're already ahead of most people in this game.
Stay grounded.
Comparison is the fastest way to blow an account.
I have a secret to share
After your first $2–$3 million, a paid off home and a good car, there is no difference in quality of life between you and Jeff Bezos. Both of you have limited amount of time on earth; you have twice if not more than Jeff, so you are richer than him. A cheeseburger is a cheeseburger whether a billionaire eats or you do.
Money is nothing but a piece of paper or a number in your app. Real life is outdoors.
Become financially independent; that’s usually 2–3mil. Have good food. Enjoy the relations. Workout. Sleep well. Call your parents. That’s all there is to life. Greed has no end.
Repeat after me: Time is the currency of life. Money is not.
Sooner you figure this out, happier you will be.