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This is the second part of the two-part series about two universal keys to success. The first of them was discussed in the first part of the sequel. In this part we will focus on the second key.
The second key can be called "leaving your comfort zone." And since it's often related to the first one, let me start by elaborating on this connection.?
Why do we so often engage in various activities to the detriment of doing what would be considered taking action? First of all, as already mentioned above, because it's so easier, it comes naturally, and we all most of the time would rather be doing nothing than doing something that requires some effort. Now, that's one reason: being lazy, in other words, even if this may sound simplistic a bit. But there is another reason, a bit deeper one, of why this happens. That's because we don't like leaving our comfort zone, and activities rarely ever require us to do so. Activities are often pleasant, or at least comfortable enough, and so no wonder we love to indulge in them. Taking actions quite often requires us to leave our comfort zone. And we try to defend ourselves against it.?
The comfort zone is where we want to be, where we want to stay forever, where we feel secure. We don't want to give up our security. We do hate losing it because of external circumstances, we feel threatened when this happen, and so no wonder that we also are very reluctant to lose it of our own volition. But there is no security in the world, it's just a nice and comforting illusion that there is one and we cannot grow if we unable to embrace this simple fact. Because if there is one thing truly universal about the human life, it's this life's insecurity. How you handle it makes all the difference. It determines what kind of life you live. But we need to embrace it in order to live normal, let alone, fulfilling, meaningful lives.
Ironically enough, since the true security in life does not exist, thus making it the most sought after thing on Earth, there are people out there more than willing to sell it to you. Fake gurus, that is. Or perhaps we should call them by their proper name, that of "con men." As much as I hate talking about it, I can't help but bring this issue up in this context, too. It bothers me, it always will. Particularly if they also charge thousands of dollars for their services, which only too often happens to be about the only "redeeming" quality of theirs. I bring it up here for it strikes at the heart of the matter in question. Because not only do these people with their guarantees of 1 point a day, double your money back guarantee, or whatever the most recent popular trick of liberating you of your hard-earned money happens to be, have no clue about the trading business and the risks it involves, they are fundamentally wrong about the business of life.?
We, modern humans, are as unwilling to leave our safety zones as our ancestors were unwilling to leave their caves, but the progress would not have occurred if they had stayed in them forever. The progress is not always fast, though. In fact, most of the time it seems pretty slow. That's okay, things don't always have to be fast, success does not have to and very rarely does happen overnight, but if you want to succeed in life, you need to be willing to leave your safety zone sooner or later. What's more, you want to make it a habit. Yes, sometimes there is a price to pay for it: your friends may not approve of it and even your family may happen to be against it, but true friends and a loving family should always stand with you. Will you then be losing that much if they abandon you? There might be other risks too, but the rewards often are much greater, and so the risks often are definitely worth taking.?
I like to believe that when you dare succeed, when you take that first decisive step, the Universe conspires to help you out. I say so because I have experienced it more than once. The KING project that led me to the creation of a popular emini trading course, is a good and pretty recent example of that, but far from being the only one. I did not have to start it. I am not even sure how much credit I truly deserve for launching it because if it were not for Katherine, my first student in this project, I doubt I would have never embarked on it. When Kathy asked me to mentor her, I was a bit reluctant at first. I did not think I needed it for anything. I was doing just fine without it. I thought of all the effort this would require, of all the time I would need to invest in it, and I was hesitating a bit. Maybe even more than a bit. Yet, eventually I decided to go for it. I left my safety zone and embarked on an adventure that might have been a waste of my time and a disappointment, but turned out to be a great success that made me a better trader, gave rise to a new business, and through this business enabled me to help a large number of my clients become better traders, in some cases spectacularly so. While I am not sure how much credit I have earned for launching KING, I think that at the very least I deserve all the credit for leaving my safety zone. It may seem like a small thing, but it paid off big time.
I like to quote Goethe, a famous German writer, poet, and scientist who put it this way:?
"Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation), there is one elementary truth the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too. All sorts of things occur to help one that would never otherwise have occurred. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one's favor all manner of unforeseen incidents and meetings and material assistance, which no man could have dreamed would have come his way. Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. Begin it now."
These are one of the greatest words of wisdom ever put in print, although, probably not everyone out there seems to be as convinced of it as I am. I say so because I know quite well how many people still struggle to overcome their fear of success. Ever since I launched KING, I hear from them all the time. Some have been burned before, often by putting too much trust in the promises of fake gurus, others have been looking for the trading success in all wrong places. I think I can help these folks as long as they are willing to help themselves by leaving their safety zone and giving KING a fair try. And then there are those whom I cannot help. These are fellows whose paranoia makes it totally impossible for them to succeed. I am unable to help them, I know this all too well, and so whenever I deal with them, the best piece of advice I can give them is not to buy KING; it's simply not for them, and neither is day trading. They will forever remain in their safety zone firmly clinging to the belief that no one out there is really making money in this business. Sad as it is, it may be hard to find a better example of one's beliefs becoming one's reality. Be careful not only about what you wish for, but also, and perhaps even more, about what you choose to believe.?
Because as Henry Ford put it,?"whether you think you can or you cannot, you are right."
The observation that there is no security in life is hardly anything new. In fact, it's quite ancient. It is, for instance, at the core of Buddhist teachings, the religion or way of life that dates back centuries before Christ. While you don't have to be a Buddhist to be a good trader, I am convinced that as a trader you will most likely find the Buddhist philosophy of life resonating well with you. It is also safe to say that becoming more familiar with this philosophy will make you better, more sophisticated a trader. How Buddhism resolves the problem of insecurity? Quite simply: by advocating to embrace it. Every Buddhist would then certainly agree that leaving one's comfort zone is not only the right thing to do, but it's the only thing to do for your safety zone is merely an illusion.
To succeed at trading e-mini futures is really no different than to succeed at countless other endeavors. Yes, the former may be harder in some ways, but whether it is succeeding as a day trader or as a writer or an actor, the fundamental keys to it are the same. And two of them, quite important too, is what this article was about.
Reading this article is not something you should consider an action for it was more of an activity, unless you are one of those people who have to be forced to read. But taking notes or at least a note of what was said in it and putting it into practice would certainly count as an action.?
To conclude this lengthy piece, let me quote one of the most inspiring words you will ever come across for which we are indebted to Marianne Williamson. I don't think you need to be a religious person to appreciate them, although if you are, you may appreciate them even more:
"... Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small doesn't serve the world. There's nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we're liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others."
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Waldemar Puszkarz, Ph.D., is a web veteran with over 15 years of web surfing under his belt. By training, he is a theoretical physicist, but his interests are much broader than science and include trading financial markets, sports betting, poker, and researching online business opportunities. He is also an avid book reader and sports aficionado. Currently he is making his living mostly as a day trader. He has been in the trading trenches for over a decade during which he has traded a variety of financial instruments. He is the owner and webmaster of Eminimethods.com ( http://www.eminimethods.com/ ) which provides free common sense trading education and simple trading systems for e-mini and stock markets as well as reviews of honest online business opportunities.
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