This is important. There is something that the military destroys before can instill self discipline. Do you know what it is?
No, the deconstruction process is much too rapid for self esteem to play a role, but self esteem does comes from this concept that BCT destroys immediately.
Not sure what exactly you mean, but as far as I know military people they are not very good with creating something from scratch, generating ideas. Very good at execution of them, though. Me having scientific background on the other side, suffered for years from being too creative in trading and all the time developing something new instead of just following simple routine.
Precisely. You did not care about being smart, or right, or different....you began to care about making money. ET is very instructive here, because almost all the threads devolve into pissing contests, and until they can get rid of that which causes the need to feel superior, they are completely screwed.
Actually, you can. The ego is but a manifestation of the self, and the self can manifest any way it wants in humans who are aware of this. Trading in the Zone discusses this at length.