"You don't make journeys. Journeys make you."


This very inspirational article about Karl Bushby is an extraordinary example of setting oneself a goal and not quitting until it's achieved.


‘Some things are worth dying for’: Karl Bushby’s incredible 28-year walk home, through deserts, kidnappers and polar bears


Karl is an ex-military guy who one day decided he wanted to walk (no form of transport allowed: just walk) from the southern tip of South America back to his hometown of Hull in the UK.

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"When he gets home he will be the first person to have walked continuously across the world, visiting 29 countries. En route, he broke other records (as part of the first teams to complete the crossing of the Bering Strait, from Alaska to Russia, on foot in modern times, and to swim the Caspian Sea, from Kazakhstan to Azerbaijan)."

He is expected to reach Hull next month. The whole adventure took him 28 years.

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Nice! Some takeaways: What is the pain that you want to sustain? If you find yourself wanting something month after month, year after year, yet nothing happens and you never come any closer to it, then maybe what you actually want is a fantasy, an idealization, an image and a false promise. Maybe what you want isn’t what you want, you just enjoy wanting. The truth is far less interesting than that: I thought I wanted something, but it turns out I didn’t. End of story. It could be that: "I was in love with the result—the image... —but I wasn’t in love with the process. " Who you are is defined by the values you are willing to struggle for. This is the most simple and basic component of life: our struggles determine our successes. So choose your struggles wisely, my friend.

Or...."What would be enjoyable to do, day in day out, even if it wasn't particularly lucrative?"

Becoming skilled is fun. Watch a toddler learning the skill of walking - they enjoy it naturally, with little or no thought of the payoff. Unfortunately, becoming skilled at trading is one of the hardest things in the world. Much harder than going to college and studying to become a lawyer or doctor. But if the process is fun, that's the only requirement.

Psychology is a big part of trading, but solid technical analysis is important in the sense that it reduces anxiety.