justtrader
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When is the "Art of War" applied to nappy changing coming out?
agreed 0007.........Sun Tzu's book is a master piece ....but in the right place for the right purposes
its certainly useful if you want to be a warlord in ancient china...will keep it around if that opportunity arises![]()
Apparently it is too difficult for mathematicians to do ! So we are stuck with the 'O' level maths of Macd etc.
Each of us is the sum total of everything we've read, heard, seen, thought and done. One book will not massively or indelibly change you from what you already are. Those with the best chance of success in any sphere will be those with the least amount of unnecessary baggage and with the greatest raw, natural talent for the task at hand.
I've yet to find any training programme produce anyone even close in instincts to those who come on board with the skills inbred. But if you're going to go for it, then by virtue of my opening sentence, throwing yourself at every book on the subject to the exclusion of everything else might provide you, in time, with the rudimentary prerequisites to take a shot at it with a better than evens chance of success.
It also follows from my opening premise that the less you already know, or think you know, that much easier will it be for you to influence yourself along the right channels. If the sum total of your knowledge is the size of an oil tanker, you'll find it that much harder to allow the insights from one book to turn your course than will the fellow in the little rowing boat. Which is why it is often those from the least likely backgrounds who seem to do so much better than those that have been more widely educated.
Yes, that was my point. Wouldn't you think it would be a good thing to be easily led to be successful in one, or more, areas of commerce? It's a lot easier to teach a young dog new tricks.Hi AJStanbridge
I am sure I know of you ??
Very interesting comments - and although I dont totally disagree - I would ask a question
Don't you think the guys who may not be so widely read - or lack a lot of knowledge of life - might be the the traders who are easiest led?
The Industry and the market are our enemy
They depend on tricking - by false sentiment and deception all types of traders - from the Mensa elite to the normal young housewife who as no A levels or degree.
Surely the ones lacking the most knowledge might be easily led ?
Only my own thoughts - but would love to know yours ??
Regards
F
Yes, that was my point. Wouldn't you think it would be a good thing to be easily led to be successful in one, or more, areas of commerce? It's a lot easier to teach a young dog new tricks.
The 'real knowledge' is open to all. But few will make the considerable effort to obtain it. Those that can trade well do so and their skill is rarely teaching others. It is up to the acolyte to obtain as much as they can in the best way they can from those that can without expectations of having those skills dissected and structured in a way optimum to their own needs. Your point regarding teachers, trainers etc is very possible an astute one, but I have no direct experience.OK
I see what you are saying now
However in this trading "game" the real knowledge is not open to all - so really the trainers and the teachers etc etc - are teaching the young dogs all the wrong tricks
Maybe only 10% or less of the tutors or trainers are successful at the actual art - so you then think might the ones who are successful - trade - and dont educate or pass on their inner knowledge - whereas the others can really only make their main money by selling what knowledge they have - and not just from trading alone ?
That knowledge passed onto more young dogs - sees more failures - ie a repeat cycle
For me - the Industry - the market - the guru's the market analysis guys etc etc - are all my enemy - and so I don't believe them.
My trading knowledge had to come via "self taught" along with help that fitted in with what I already knew from my past journey.
Regards
F
False sentiment and deception. There is that. But primarily it is an individual's sentiments that are false and the deception played on oneself most often without conscious awareness that gives rise to the vast majority of situations where such charges are brought. There is the trickery and chicanery of the markets and the market players themselves, but the basis for these is known to all as in any game willingly enjoined, and it is to those with the greatest skills in understanding the rules and abilities to game the system to whom the greatest spoils accrue. Surely that is as it should be?
Not knowing your situation I can only hypothesise, but if you regularly make profits from your trading, do you stop to consider those from whom you take money may consider 'the industry and market' is their enemy rather then you and your superior trading activities? Who should they blame? You? The markets? Or themselves?
Yes, that was my point. Wouldn't you think it would be a good thing to be easily led to be successful in one, or more, areas of commerce? It's a lot easier to teach a young dog new tricks.
That is precisely my point. The less of an 'existing paradigm' there is, the less of an issue is the assimilation of new information. Which is why I'd be more interested in a career plumber as potential trader material than I would an economics, maths, physics PhD.this depends on how well the dog can assimilate, or better, accommodate new information into their existing paradigm. This in itself requires conscious competence/incompetence
I'd go along with most of that. Trading requires discipline and this applies to all members of the Armed Forces
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