Mindset

Do you believe that your abilities and talents are fixed and unchangeable? Or do you believe that you can improve and grow with effort and learning? Your answer to these questions reflects your mindset, and it can have a huge impact on your personal development. According to psychologist Carol Dweck…

Two months of insanity in one story It’s often said that April showers bring may flowers, and I wanted to take this opportunity to write about my April showers and how I’ve turned them into May flowers, as I write this in June. I was scheduled to recieve chemo on…

The ancient philosopher Socrates gave us a timeless piece of wisdom: “Strong minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, weak minds discuss people.” Let’s explore what it means to focus more on ideas and less on people or events in our everyday conversations. Talking About Others We often talk about others — celebrities…

Part 1: The Post Race Blues After a week of body rest and recovery, my mind still can’t rest. Restless ‘should’ing’ thoughts have slowly started to flood my mind, like “why am I not as happy as I was the last time I won? I should be loving life, basking…

What makes reading easy — Imagine you have two girlfriends going on at a time. When people asking you, “who are you dating with?”, will you be hesitating for a second? If yes, it means you are a good guy :) If not, you must be flirting with someone right now. Don’t you? Yet, second…

Having Faith In A Goal — I mindfully was doing everything in my power to keep the anger at bay as I jogged back to the dugout. Another groundout to the second basemen, my batting average sat at a whopping .220. It was Single A baseball; I should have blown through this level of play. Especially…

Make that move. — You won’t ever know until you do it. That thing you’re thinking about. The love interest you want to pursue. The dream that won’t let you sleep. The gigantic leap from everything you know to knowing nothing at all. You won’t ever know until you do it. What’s so scary…

How Commitment to Clarity Can Boost Your Expertise — Got an idea and you want to impress people with it? You must be clear when you present it. Want people to deal with you the way you want? You must be clear when setting expectations with them. Want your clients to understand your value? You must be clear with them about the thought process and the results you’ve achieved for your previous clients.

Limiting your downside risk is the only way to survive in the market — The fundamental truth about trading is that at some point, you are going to lose money. There is simply no way around it. But this is not a problem as long as you manage your loss. It’s simple, if you don’t do it, you won’t have any capital left. If…