Being Outstanding By Standing Out

 

12/2/2025 - What goes into your trading that stands out?  That is truly insightful and unique?  What do you do in markets that is special?  Too often, traders look for easy answers by following "gurus" and end up doing nothing distinctive themselves.  Is this a formula for success in any area of life?  If you aren't doing something special in your trading, why would you achieve special results?  

Innovation, creativity, the ability to perceive unique opportunity:  those make for success in any entrepreneurial effort.  When we see and do unique and special things, our experience is exciting, meaningful, and purposeful.  Our efforts give us energy.  We can work on our psychology all we want, but if we're not innovating and inspiring ourselves by finding new and better opportunities, then all we'll accomplish is being more relaxed and level-headed in our mediocrity.

Those who achieve outstanding results do so by standing out, even in the smallest details of their work.  I recently met with a group of successful traders and listened to what they think about and how they think.  I went away with my head spinning, fresh with new ideas to research and pursue.  The best mentors stimulate us to ask questions we've never asked before.  

More to come...