CMST~CU> TO BlCOMINC A TOf> TIlAD[R

• Huw dOl'll il aUt"CI yuur trading' Whal wuuld chaJ\g~ in YUllr trading
if you sloppe<l trying 1<, I", perf...::t anrl just f'ICu.'*,d on following
your trading method"logy"
• \Vital are you gelling from Irying to be I",rfeel-whal is Ihe payoff
fo, you? h it a ""Me of being in comru!? Of bemg m"rc "!ortlw of
IOI'~ amI adnliration? Of ..-dudng f~a, of 1065 and pain?

:1. Once you have looked at Ihe underlying: causes and Ihe nalUre of your
own perf...,tlon trap, write a list of the Ihings in your life Ihat It has cost
you What ha"e you gil'en up? For example:
• P~ae,-" of mind
• Tolemnl''' a"d/ o' ""cunditiunal IUI'e of the 1"-'OfII~ du",,-'Sl 10 YOll
• I'liel\(l<, family, and c.hil<lre n
• Enjoyment of the pI'(IC"I'.~ of trading
• Professional success
,I. ~ow Imagi ne what II would I", like 10 give up the no\ion that y<>u must
achie .... perfee\lon. What would you gam? To answer tltal qUe5\1on, you
can simply look at the li5t you wrote for 51ep Ihree. AI thIS point, you
must dedd., If the I>enefilS of e"dkssiy seekirlll perfectIon outweIgh
the cost and the poU'n[laI gain of lIot trying w be perfect.

So, )'OU are askirlll, if I give up my quest for perfection, what willl hal'" m ilS
place' Will the rt'llllit be ehaUl>, medi ocrity, povel1y, sk>lh, Md crudeness
all around me'! or cOlin.... "ot! Yuu can Still exe rcise good (.(LSle and high
starubrrl.• . (lilt you can aUo", yuurself to I", satisfi...-l with ajob well rl()ne or
done t() 'he bes( y()U can du . You ..-ill di..,over (hat very guod and exc-elletll
can also bring you oU1!i(andlllg resuJ1!i. And now you can sit back and!akp
pleasure in the fOIbles and shoncornings in others as they dISplay the ..
dNlire for "perfectlon.- You can relax and .-.I\ioy th~ process oftrading. And
best of all, you Ca n lean. to appreciate aillhat you Ita"e, The re>;uit wm be
HUll YUII can now trade wiU, a St'''* of joy, ,,'ith the knuwledge that l...,;.s
is C"'''ing and il l~ okay be<:au."" it L~ buil l in\() your sysU'm, thai you a ....
suppor!Hl by family and frien,l., and (ha! """h d.~y L. a gift, Oh, and by the
way, your tradIng: "'iII almost certainly a<!vance \() Ihe next S\i'p

If IJfJU do '10/ al/oul for ~ile>t1 mo"'e>tls i'l yow' life,

/oopil!g ,'tories of seiliulk will inteljere witlt gou
"ITO"'l'li~hi"g !Iou gouls.