If you're struggling to find success, it's because you haven't failed enough. Either give up already, or try harder, for longer.
Pain of discipline or pain of regret. Choose.
Winners are losers who tried one more time after failing, continued when others told them to give up, and believed it could work before there was any good reason to.
While you watch others succeed and wonder why you're not there yet,
If you put in the time and effort, you'll see the results for yourself,
It might take a bit to start, but once you do, you'll be glad you did,
Working hard and staying consistent pays off in the end.
Everyone wants some complex business strategy…but you can beat 99% of people by just doing exactly what you said you were gonna do, the way you said you’d do it, by the time you said you’d have it done by.
Which is also much more difficult than it sounds.
“My edge is me”
That’s exactly right.
I could give 50 people a system to follow and all of them would produce different results.
Those that outperform understand themselves and their strengths/weaknesses and they have excellent self control.
We’re all wired different. We all take in and store information different. Some are more creative than others. Neurotypical vs neurodivergent. So many factors come into play.
The real edge a trader possesses often can’t be explained or taught. They just have it. Intuition being an example of this.
Chart time, thinking outside the box, journaling etc can help develop intuition.
Automated, fully systematic traders that use no discretion often say intuition is useless but as a discretionary trader myself, it’s absolutely an important part of my edge.
The best time to start something is when things are hard and inconvenient.
Otherwise, when things get hard and inconvenient in the future, you’ll assume that’s a reason you can stop.
Single biggest recurring mistake is people formulating idea, backing it, then afraid see it through.
Not to be confused with idea that is invalidated. There is less fear staying wrong, because it requires admission idea was wrong. Can't make it personal, PnL doesn't care