"...human experience is determined as much by the nature of mind and the structure of the senses as by external objects whose presence the mind reveals" ~Alan Watts~
"...the measuring of worth and sucess in terms of time, and the insistent demand for assurances of a promising future make it impossible to live freely both in the present and in "the promising" future when it arrives. For there is never anything but the present and if one cannot live there, one cannot live anywhere..." ~Alan Watts~
...For a man rings like a cracked bell when he thinks and acts with a split mind -- one part standing aside to interfere with the other, to control, to condemn, or to admire" ~Alan Watts~
I've said it before, and I'm going to say it again because it cannot be overemphasized; The most important change in my trading career occurred when I learned to DIVORCE MY EGO FROM THE TRADE. Trading is a psychological game. Most people think they're playing against the market, but the market doesn't care. You're really playing against yourself. You have to stop trying to will things to happen in order to prove you're right. Listen only to what the market is telling you NOW! Forget what you thought it was telling you five minutes ago. The sole objective of trading is not to prove you're right but to HEAR THE CASH REGISTER RING. Martin Schwartz Pit Bull page 287