It’s not a good strategy to be focused 8h non stop. Because you probably won’t be focused more than 45 min anyway.
That's a really good point. My trading is on the side (and mostly automated) -- I have a full-time job I like on its own merits -- and I sometimes wish I had more time to just watch the markets move to news, chart lines, etc.
Having time to watch the market is something different as sitting behind your desk for hours and hours day after day until a good setups comes up. It has absolutely nothing to do with having a lack of passion. His comparison would have been fair if it was about waiting for a girl, waiting for her to get home and have nothing to do while waiting. Would you just sit and wait all day? No, you want something to do until she gets there. I want something to do until my setup is there to trade.
That is why i am looking for something to do ... I get distracted now, so much that i leave my desk too often. If i had something to do at my desk i could keep an eye on the markets while doing some other preferably useful stuff and get right back to the markets if necessary.