Looking back, I now realize that what allowed me to finally become a full-time trader was not a better trading strategy or a different method, but something I never expected when I started out as a trader. In today’s society where the average attention span has dropped to 8 seconds, where 140 character tweets seem too long (#TLDR) and people skip YouTube videos after just a few seconds, we easily lose the connection to ourselves… The concept of “self-awareness” has a woo woo ring to it and most traders will not listen to you if you start a trading conversation by referring to self-awareness. However, if you really ... (full story)