Have You ever dreamed to become a popular trader?😊Hello, Have You ever wanted to become a popular trader?
Have you ever wanted to become famous like Jesse Livermore or, say, Larry Williams? Or do you think that success loves silence?
Scientists have calculated that, to one degree or another, 70% of people dream of fame (at least sometimes). That's, by the way, is a natural part of socialization.
Here is what the famous American sociopsychologist Orville Gilbert Brim, who studied the nature of fame and ambition, received:
📌 2% of people dream of becoming a celebrity is their main life ambition;
📌In another 30%, the desire for fame is among the main desires;
📌 for more than 40%, the idea of becoming famous appears from time to time;
📌And only the rest (which is less than 30%) do not care about fame.
So if we take three traders, then two of them will dream of becoming the "powerful trader" about whom will make legends.
Is it good or bad? 🧐
Evolutionarily, the desire for broad personal fame is a socio-psychological mechanism aimed at improving the human race.
Great people drive progress, and society rewards them with emotional benefits - reverence, worship, etc. In theory, everything should be cool.
In reality, the pursuit of fame can take various forms:
🔎constructive ambition;
🔎non-constructive vanity;
🔎various pathologies.
For example, if you wanna be one of the famous millionaire traders, ambition can be a good motivating fuel and will help you grow professionally.
But the lust for fame can also ruin a trading career.
The problem is, that you can't become a famous trader right off the bat. Let's be frank: worldwide fame is for few. Even in order to gain professional recognition in a narrow circle, you have to work hard.
And then the subconscious begins to throw in options, insidiously whispering:
"It's okay, that you lost three deposits, took five credits for trading and lose 11 times out of 10. Start a YouTube channel and tell everyone how cool you are!"😉
There is no benefit from such activities. Success is doubtful, and in the worst case, you can even earn the fame of a bla-bla man and be known as an unwise person. But even this is not the most harmful thing.
The main problem is that the pursuit of fame is a waste of time and effort.
🔥 A trader chasing emotional illusions ultimately reduces his chances of becoming a professional and gaining real recognition. 🔥
The desire for fame corresponds to the fourth stage of Maslow's pyramid - this is one of the forms of the need for respect / reverence. I already made a post on this topic, I'll leave a link for those who have not seen👇
But it happens that the thirst for fame grows out of completely different needs. Such pathologies include:
🔎Lack of love, which a person tries to compensate with popularity.
🔎The conviction that fame will solve all existing financial, household, social problems.
🔎 Feelings of inferiority.
🔎 Revenge arising from feelings of inferiority.
🔎Envy.
In all these cases, there is a substitution of pathological adequate ambitions in life. And the pursuit of fame in an attempt to satiate jealousy, raise self-esteem, etc., takes away resources that could be used to achieve really important goals.
🙏 "I was just doing my job" 🙏
Real recognition comes when a person is on the seventh step of Maslow's pyramid, symbolizing the need for self-actualization. Simply put, is engaged in life's work.
One beats, beats to achieve fame, while the other just works quietly, creates, does something there - and recive glory on a silver platter. Although he may not have expected it at all.
In general, everything is simple: do the job, and the rest will follow.
By the way, psychologists warn that if the desire for fame becomes the leading motive of activity, then it's - "blocks creativity and destroys personality."
This doesn't mean, that you are forbidden to dream about how you will become a famous trader. But this dream should not be the main one, or only one.
By the way, how can a trader become famous? From whom take an example? After all, the paths of glory are so different.
For example, you can gain fame:
🔥demonstrating inspiring examples of the play of the mind and the ability to rise after defeat, like Jesse Livermore
🔥revolutionizing stock trading like Charles Doe and Edward Jones;
🔥breaking stereotypes, like Linda Raschke, who became one of the first tough women traders;
🔥becoming a champion in trading and writing a bunch of books like Larry Williams;
🔥deceiving Hitler and becoming one of the main figures in CME history like Leo Melamed ...
🔥And some are overtaken by the glory of Herostratus - like, for example, Nick Leeson, who in one fell swoop swung over a billion and ruined Barings Bank, which entrusted him with money management.
I wish each of You - happiness to do something, that really brings You joy, because:
SUCCESS IS NOT THE KEY TO HAPPINESS, HAPPINESS IS THE KEY TO SUCCESS!
If you love what you do, you will be successful!
Always keep it in Your mind and don't forget about Rocket Bomb 🚀💣
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