One of my mentors once said to me;
Will, if you want to succeed, …
– Make a list.
– Do the list.
– When?
– Now.
At the time I thought it was a bit ‘away with the fairies’.
I thought it was pretty basic, bog-standard advice.
I had no idea, not a clue, how powerful a simple list is.
The thing is, when you right something down
and commit it to paper, it makes it real.
It ‘glues’ it within your subconscious.
It almost forces you to take action.
Example:
– I’ll strictly manage risk at ‘x’ percent, no deviation.
– I’ll execute flawlessly as my setup triggers, without fear.
– I will analyse performance after 100 trades, not before.
– I will not mis-manage or deviate from my trading plan.
It sounds so “basic” doesn’t it, and yet you’d be blown
away by the amount of traders who’ve never
committed their actions to paper and
‘committed’ to them.
…and they wonder why they
constantly self-sabotage, etc.
The thing is, 99% of people spend their entire lives
trying to get around the fact that you have to
execute to get the train moving.
They search near & far, high & low for the quicker,
easier, faster way that requires less effort, less
commitment, less grit, and less balls.
They want the sure thing to be promised to
them before they agree to do the work.
It just doesn’t work that way.
Stop searching and accept the simplicity of success:
– Make a list.
– Do the list.
– When?
– Now.
This is the only way to guarantee success.
Anything else is a waste of time, energy & life.
—To your success.
Will.
p.s. Thanks as always for the inspiration, Andy.
