My Next Step

Solid day. pre commission I'm over the top performer line. After commission I'm just under. Traded one them high dollar stocks today and pretty happy with the result. I had a plan and I stuck with it. Got away with some revenge trading though so I'll have to watch that since I'm pressing a little bit to be in the green to free me up the rest of the week.

I had a chat with Jane, who is now the head of our trading floor after the close about getting to that next level. I was sharing with her that at this point, I don't think the key for improvement is not in the knowledge, now it's some of the more intangibles. In Dale Carnegie training we were talking about there's knowledge, through practice it translate into your attitude and further cement into skill and you start over again. When it comes down to it, knowledge only accounts for 15% of someone's success.

I know there are no silver bullet, no magic formula that somebody is going to say to me and immediately the next day I'm just going to get it and make a lot more money. At the same time, if there's anything that I can do to speed up that process I'd like to know. I kind of expected what Jane is going to say and it was going to be an answer that I didn't like, which is that it takes time. The best thing I can do now is to congratulate myself on how far I've come, build on that confidence. It's very much a mental game from here on out.

I'm starting to talk to some more HP's now, but I want to spend some more time thinking about questions and mental or psychological aspects to discuss with them.