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  • #181
  • Edited 5:55am Feb 12, 2012 4:53am | Edited 5:55am
This week, as I venture into the topic of Perception and Filters, I want to lay the groundwork with a definition of Perception (from Wikipedia) and present some information about Energy Chakras:

"Perception... is the process of attaining awareness or understanding of the environment by organizing and interpreting sensory information. All perception involves signals in the nervous system, which in turn result from physical stimulation of the sense organs."

So, physical stimulation of the sense organ >> sends a signal to the nervous system >> end result: Perception i.e. awareness or understanding...AFTER the "organizing and interpreting" is done by our brain and our minds. By now you can probably see where this is heading . Much more on that to come for sure.

Sense organs are those parts of our body which are wired to receive input and to feed information to our brain:

Eyes (sight)

Ears (hearing)

Tongue (taste)

Nose (smell)

Skin (touch)

I am going to add one more: the Solar Plexus, which is not really an ogran per se (it's really a dense concentration of nerves), but plays a big part in the automatic processes our mind is capable of. Here is some interesting information concerning the Solar Plexus (the third chakra) from About.com:

This is the area which defines our "self-esteem". The personality that develops during puberty is housed in this chakra....otherwise known as the "EGO". Anyone experiencing dysfunction of the third chakra is having difficulty obtaining or maintaining his/her own "personal power". This intuitive chakra is where we get our "gut instincts" that signal us to do or not to do something. Strong self-esteem is required for developing intuitive skills. (Typo edited).

Will stop here for now. Don't want to get ahead of myself . Just getting our thinking juices flowing a bit...

FX4

P.S. A chakra is an energy centre that governs a certain part of the body. There are seven of them.

P.P.S. Not advocating any Hindu or other religious practice, but I think the knowledge of what is a human reality (i.e. energy centres), without the inclusion of a religious belief is what I am after here. It is only for the sake of helping traders understand how to deal with the heart-mind issues that come into play that can affect them and therefore, their trading results.
Trade what you see, not what you think or feel. Let the market come to you.
  • #182
  • Edited 1:05pm Feb 12, 2012 7:47am | Edited 1:05pm
Now here's another foundational concept I want to touch on that was alluded to in the previous post when I mentioned Energy Chakras, and that is the idea of energy in the human body. Might be strange to some.

Here is a Wiki definition of energy:

"In physics, energy (Ancient Greek: ἐνέργεια energeia 'activity, operation' is an indirectly observed quantity." That means you see or feel the effects of it, but really don't see it.

I like this definition: Energy is a life-giving force from an unrelated or independent source. (From yours truly).

Our bodies function based on the presence of energy in different forms. It has been confirmed that there is a measurable voltage across a nerve cell. Now think of a city with electrical plants in various locations servicing certain areas. Chakras function in a similar manner.

A network of neurons or nerve cells is what conducts the electrical impulse created by the effect of an external stimulus. This network carries the impulse to the brain. Receptor cells in the sensory organ register what kind of stimulus was received and therefore help the brain to decipher the nature and origin of the electrical impulse.

Still don't believe there is energy in your body? Here's a little something you can do. Hold your hand horizontally over the top of your head, but turn your hand upward so that your palm is facing the ceiling or sky. Hold it about two inches above your head. After a few minutes, you will feel heat building up on the back of your hand. Is heat a form of energy? Yes. Now if you turn your palm back the other way, you will not feel any heat build-up, as your palm is conducting the heat/energy back into the body.

Below is something from Wikipedia showing how the voltage of a cell changes from a resting state to a "heightened" one.

Okay, okay...stopping here for now.

Tomorrow is another day .

FX4
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  • #183
  • Edited Feb 13, 2012 5:06am Feb 12, 2012 8:00am | Edited Feb 13, 2012 5:06am
Before I go, I must tell you this true story.

Several years ago I went to a holiday event. I had not seen the person who was going to be playing the piano for a few years, and was surprised to learn that they were going to be there. When they sat to play, the minute I looked at them, I could see that something tragic had happened. Their entire countenance, though they smiled, looked grief-stricken. You couldn't miss it. As I began to inquire as to what had happened, I discovered that he had lost his wife to cancer several months, maybe even a year prior, but the pain still showed. He and his wife sang together.

Said that to say, emotions (which are intangible) have a tangible equivalent or representation. Somehow our body has the ability to connect the dots. Hope to connect some more dots during the course of the week that relate to us and trading.

And yes, I am going somewhere with all this .

Bye for now,

FX4
Trade what you see, not what you think or feel. Let the market come to you.
  • #184
  • Feb 12, 2012 11:08am Feb 12, 2012 11:08am
Quoting FX4Newbies
Now here's another foundational concept I want to touch on that was alluded to in the previous post when I mentioned Energy Chakras, and that is the idea of energy in the human body. Might be strange to some.

Here is Wiki definition of energy:

"In physics, energy (Ancient Greek: ἐνέργεια energeia 'activity, operation' is an indirectly observed quantity." That means you see or feel the effects of it, but really don't see it.

I like this definition: Energy is a life-giving force from an unrelated...
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  • #185
  • Edited 2:50pm Feb 12, 2012 2:15pm | Edited 2:50pm

10. Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.

http://www.innerfx.com/media/2012/01/Adapt_or_Die.jpg
Always adapt: understand new market dynamics and be ready to go with the flow.

http://www.innerfx.com/10-trading-le...nard-shaw.html


"Better decide little birdie before he blinks again, 'cause that might be all the thinkin' he's gonna do before he acts." ...just posted this line for chuckles in light of the discussions we've had on blink-thinking.


Thanks Belekas for the link,


FX4
Trade what you see, not what you think or feel. Let the market come to you.
  • #186
  • Feb 12, 2012 3:31pm Feb 12, 2012 3:31pm
Quoting FX4Newbies

10. Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.

http://www.innerfx.com/media/2012/01/Adapt_or_Die.jpg
Always adapt: understand new market dynamics and be ready to go with the flow.

http://www.innerfx.com/10-trading-le...nard-shaw.html


"Better decide little birdie before he blinks again, 'cause that might be all the thinkin' he's gonna do before he acts." ...just...
See, that's what bothers me. There's zillions of lists, definitions and methods, yet no way to tie it altogether.
I figure, list what each brain and body part does on one piece of paper in graphic format, and then look at it to make one's trading decisions.
Of course, you need a technical(/fundies) edge before this'll work.
  • #187
  • Edited Feb 13, 2012 5:41am Feb 12, 2012 3:46pm | Edited Feb 13, 2012 5:41am
Quoting ha-pattern
See, that's what bothers me. There's zillions of lists, definitions and methods, yet no way to tie it altogether.
I figure, list what each brain and body part does on one piece of paper in graphic format, and then look at it to make one's trading decisions.
Of course, you need a technical(/fundies) edge before this'll work.
Yes. Gotta have an edge.

I picked that image and statement from the list because I was able to use it to say what I think is an important piece of the trading puzzle. Apart from my statement, "...before he blinks again...", the market is too dynamic to be rigid in one's thinking, hence the message about change. Traders gotta learn to flow with it. Blink-trading makes it easier to flow...mho. Too much thinking can get in the way. The discussion on Perception and Filters coming this week should bear that out.

I think as I go on with the discussion, at least one way would surface that would help tie it all together. In fact, I might even cook up a 1-2-3 trading recipe. Even with a recipe though, especially if you're baking, sometimes you need to adjust your method and ingredients depending on the altitude etc. Still gotta learn to flow...

FX4

P.S. Earlier in the thread there was a link to a list by Linda Raschke...very thorough, but still each trader will use what they need or want: buffet-style.
Trade what you see, not what you think or feel. Let the market come to you.
  • #188
  • Edited 11:54am Feb 13, 2012 6:01am | Edited 11:54am
Read somewhere a while back that these two categories of people seem to get the hang of trading easier: farmers and pilots. Why?

Farmers understand risk: When they plant a crop they can only control so much as it relates to the outcome, so they have to plan for the worst-case scenario: total crop failure.

Pilots must follow rules: I asked a pilot about this at the airport. He said that everything they do follows a checklist. They can't take off until everything checks out or has been given the okay to go forward. A pilot's job is also very stressful. Could you imagine it without some rules?

Now let me ask a question: Would you fly with a pilot who didn't follow the rules and regulations (if you knew they didn't)? Would you fly with you? Would you trade with you and feel comfortable about the experience?

Hmm...

FX4
Trade what you see, not what you think or feel. Let the market come to you.
  • #189
  • Edited 11:51pm Feb 13, 2012 1:30pm | Edited 11:51pm
Why study Perception? Let's start by going back to our definition in Post 181:

"Perception...is the process of attaining awareness or understanding of the environment...". So, in a nutshell, because there is a need for us to interact and make sense of our environment for security, survival etc., perception is required. Perception allows us to receive incoming information that goes through mental and emotional processing, the end of which should equip us to operate successfully in our environment. So what happens when one of our sense organs receives a stimulus of some kind?

Firstly, the external stimulus or "message" is sent through the sense organ to the brain via the neural network. Much more information is being submitted at that time as well, not just that one message. The mind, which is not a physical organ as the brain is, also plays a part in the development of the awareness-understanding process. Some functions of the mind include: reason, memory, emotion, etc. So what happens to the "message" that the brain receives?

That "message" goes through a process that generally produces a response involving the mind: the incoming "message" >> a thought >> a feeling >> then a behaviour, that allows us to respond appropriately to the environment from where the "message" came. But how does the mind "know" how to respond? Simple. It has been taught and conditioned through various experiences.

According to the NLP Communication Model by Tad James and Wyatt Woodsmall, the mind processes information using filters which delete, distort and generalize the information it receives:

Delete: By focusing more on some aspects of the incoming information than on others

Distort: Misrepresent information as is done in the imaginative process

Generalize: To make a "cover-all-bases" conclusion based on a few experiences

Our conscious mind can process only so much of the information it receives in enough time for us to function sensibly. These filters apparently help to scale down the amount of information to a level that makes "survival sense". Let's think of the conscious mind as our active desktop and the subconscious mind as the "place" where every download that has ever been received is being stored and classified.

Next we'll go into the filters and how our "minds" work together to give us the "end result": a response.

FX4
Trade what you see, not what you think or feel. Let the market come to you.
  • #190
  • Edited Feb 14, 2012 9:54am Feb 13, 2012 2:13pm | Edited Feb 14, 2012 9:54am
As was mentioned in the previous post, filters play important roles (deletion, distortion and generalizaton) in the information that is selected to be processed, in order to determine the end result: the response or behaviour. But what are these filters? They are:

1. Meta Programs: These are considered to be mental processes that oversee the activities of other mental processes.

2. Values: personal, consistent moral codes

3. Beliefs: that which is accepted as true or real; strong convictions

4. Decisions: conclusions after considering bits of information

5. Memories: the results of the mind's abilities (including acquiring and storing abilities) to recall events and information

I must share this experience I had that was a literal eye-opener as to how these filters can work...

I was preparing to go to a meeting and I was taking a gift bag with me, which I put on the kitchen counter in plain sight so I wouldn't forget it on the way out. As I was leaving, I said to myself, "Don't forget the red gift bag." I looked for it for almost 45 minutes...just couldn't see it. I was baffled because I knew it should be easy to spot. I retraced my steps to the kitchen, but still couldn't see it. I was getting to a point of frustration and desperation 'cause I had to leave. Then I had the "conscious" thought (but the kind of thought when we say, '...my mind told me to...'), "What if the bag is not red?" The thought did not originate with my "active, mental desktop", but was directed there (meta programs). As strange as it may seem, the moment I opened my conscious mind to the thought and accepted it as a possibility, I saw the bag immediately. It was on the kitchen counter. I can't tell you how many times I went by there, saw 'a bag', but didn't see 'the bag', because I was looking for a red bag. My belief that the bag was red, ruled out (deleted) any other bag from being the one I was looking for. I had to change my mind (make a decision) to line up with reality/truth in order to see it, because my conscious memory recall of the bag was not accurate.

Now think about how these filters can affect your trading mind. If you're believing, "Short", and it's not, you just might not see the long coming. Ouch!!! A "deer in the headlights" moment (emotional pain). Lots of other emotional stuff going on there too: fear, hope, etc. (Getting to emotions soon as these are triggers that we respond to almost without thinking).

So very important to trade what you see and not what you believe. You don't have to believe that an edge is going to be a winner in order to take the trade (although you may want to believe that it is, 'cause it makes you feel more secure before you click). Each edge will prove itself. (I think Mark Douglas talks about that). If you're believing it's going to be a winner and it's not one...you're setting yourself up. When you see your edge, just trade it: it is what it is. If it's your back-tested edge, then you should know the statistical outcome anyway. If it's not your edge, pass and wait for it.

Much more to come. Hang tight.

FX4
Trade what you see, not what you think or feel. Let the market come to you.
  • #191
  • Edited Feb 15, 2012 12:59am Feb 14, 2012 4:43pm | Edited Feb 15, 2012 12:59am
Stepping over to emotions now. In the last few posts, we touched on the idea of perception and how the mind uses filters to allow a person to become aware of their surroundings. But there is more that is involved in the trading process.

Many books about trading mention the emotional aspect that is part of the process. Well, they're right, and it's a big part. Just to say here in passing that "the market" knows this, and price action is sometimes used to put traders on an emotional footing. Why? A person becomes much easier to control then. The "mass psychology" of the herd of market participants is harnessed when they are roped together using emotional chords. Uniformity of behaviour and cooperation is almost a guarantee. We're all emotional beings and followers at that. A sales manager at a car dealership once said, "Unless your customer has an emotional attachment to that car you're trying to sell them, you don't have a sale." What a statement. There is just something very overwhelmingly powerful about an emotional state of mind. Some things that are often characteristic of emotional decisions are that they tend to be hasty, irrational and illogical. Not a place to be as a trader 'cause adding money to the mix just makes it worse. So, what is an emotion?

According to the definition from a Google search for "what is an emotion":

 

  1. A natural instinctive state of mind deriving from one's circumstances, mood, or relationships with others.
  2. Any of the particular feelings that characterize such a state of mind, such as joy, anger, love, hate, horror, etc.

Wikipedia goes a little further:

Emotion: A complex psycho-physiological experience of an individual's state of mind as interacting with biochemical (internal) and environmental (external) influences.

The key word to note here is complex, as there are so many interrelated aspects such as: mood, temperament, personality, not to mention how feelings play into it all. Behavioural and personality disorders have also been classified, in addition to the idea of emotional breakdowns, all demonstrating the serious impact emotional states can have on our lives. It is not my intent to delve deeply into all these issues, but I would like to at least come up with a working approach that would help traders to manage this part of their trading world.

Below is a simple image (by Robert Plutchik) showing the relationships between the main categories of emotions as he describes it. Other emotional models and theories exist, but here is his version of the basic emotions:

Joy, Trust, Fear, Surprise, Sadness, Disgust, Anger and Anticipation.

Another model by Parrott lists these as the basics: Love, Joy, Surprise, Anger, Sadness and Fear.

The feelings associated with these emotions, according to Plutchik, are listed on the outer periphery. For example, Love is a combination of Joy and Trust, with its opposite being Remorse. For now, I will define a feeling as a "sensation" that characterizes the emotional state of the heart-mind that produced it.

To be continued for sure.

FX4

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  • #192
  • Edited 4:09am Feb 15, 2012 12:58am | Edited 4:09am
Have you ever been so sad or heartbroken that your physical heart actually hurt? Emotions are very impacting, and can even have direct connections to certain health conditions. Certain types of diets can also contribute to maintaining balanced emotional states. I think we can all relate to the effects that sugar can have on us. What about the idea of being an emotional eater? How can food "satisfy" an emotional deficiency or longing? The mind has a way of connecting these dots: the intangible with the tangible - the brain-heart/mind connection.

Will put some things up next just to make us more aware of how real the impact of our emotions are in almost everything we do: not just the way they make us feel. They shouldn't be ignored in your trading for sure. Keep them in balance and "well-fed". Remember Wiki's definition?

Emotion: A complex psycho-physiological experience of an individual's state of mind as interacting with biochemical (internal) and environmental (external) influences.

Would like to explore that a bit more before continuing the discussion of these ideas as they relate directly to traders and trading. What's wealth without health, right? You'll see where I'm going with this . I think if a trader doesn't get this aspect of their journey right, their trading could continue to suffer.

FX4
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  • #193
  • Edited 8:12am Feb 15, 2012 5:15am | Edited 8:12am
How's your Chi Flow? In Post 181, I briefly mentioned chakras and how they can impact our physical and emotional well-being. Within the body there is another network of communication via meridians. These are considered channels through which Chi or life-giving energy flows through the body. These channel affect the major organs of the body. Accupressure and reflexology techniques utilitze "pressure points" along these meridians which extend from the head to the feet.

The chart below shows the meridians or "channels of awareness" as they are called. A larger version of the chart posted here is available via the link. A more detailed chart on each meridian with one showing the seven chakras can be found here.

Remember the question I asked earlier: "Have you ever been so sad or heartbroken that your physical heart actually hurt?". This is how the body communicates and connects the dots. Next, some interesting details about the psych-physiological connections, a chakra test and things to do to energize your chakras or balance your chi.

FX4

P.S. No religious implications, just info. on how the body works.
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  • #194
  • Edited 8:19am Feb 15, 2012 5:43am | Edited 8:19am
As mentioned before, chakras are "concentrated" energy centres in the body. There are seven main chakras, though there are more throughout the body. Each chakra has been found to contribute to our well-being on an emotional, physical and even a spiritual level.

Below is a diagram showing the chakras. Now some information and self-help solutions:

1. For a simple test to determine which chakras may be weak or blocked, click here. For chakra-balancing information click here.

2. For a description of the inter-connectivity between the emotions, possible health conditions etc., click here. Pay special attention to the psychological functions of each chakra.

3. For some interesting ways you can balance or energize your chakras, click here. The tab, Your Chakra System also gives good ideas including essential oils to support specific chakras. Another chakra test is also available via this link.

Remember, as a man (or woman) is thinking in his (or her) heart so is he (or she). It's all connected.

Next, I will continue on with the discussion on emotions and try to put all these ideas into one trader-friendly package .

FX4

P.S. No religious implications, just info. on how the body works.

P.P.S. In case you're wondering, I have no affiliation to any of these sites.
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  • #195
  • Feb 15, 2012 7:32am Feb 15, 2012 7:32am
Do the highlighted emotions affect you in your trading?

Here is a list of the information stored in each chakra (per About.com). Wonder how they found that out? Hmm...

Root Chakra: Familial beliefs, superstitions, loyalty, instincts, physical pleasure or pain, touch.

Sacral Chakra: Blame, guilt, money, sex, power, control, creativity, morality.

Solar Plexus Chakra: Self esteem, fear of rejection, oversensitivity to criticism, self-image fears, fears of our secrets being found out, indecisiveness.

Heart Chakra: Love, compassion, confidence, inspiration, hope, despair, hate, envy, fear, jealousy, anger, generosity.

Throat Chakra: Personal expression, creativity, addiction, criticism, faith, decision making (choices), will, lack of authority.

Brow (Third Eye) Chakra: Seeing clear picture (symbolic or literal), wisdom, intuition, mental facilities, intellect.

Crown Chakra: Duality, magnetism, controlling patterns, emotional feelings (joy, anger, fear).

Will begin tying this together some more in the next post.

FX4
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  • #196
  • Edited 6:34pm Feb 15, 2012 9:13am | Edited 6:34pm
The power of thought and emotion: there is a definite connection. Here is an example from www.snopes.com:

[Van Ekeren, 1988]

The expression "worried to death" has more truth to it than you might think.

There is a story about Nick Sitzman, a strong, young bull-of-a-man, who worked on a train crew. It seemed Nick had everything: a strong healthy body, ambition, a wife and two children, and many friends. However, Nick had one fault. He was a notorious worrier. He worried about everything and usually feared the worst.

One midsummer day, the train crew were informed that they could quit an hour early in honor of the foreman's birthday. Accidentally, Nick was locked in a refrigerator boxcar, and the rest of the workmen left the site. Nick panicked.

He banged and shouted until his fists were bloody and his voice was hoarse. No one heard him. "If I can't get out, I'll freeze to death in here," he thought. Wanting to let his wife and family know exactly what had happened to him, Nick found a knife and began to etch words on the wooden floor. He wrote, "It's so cold, my body is getting numb. If I could just go to sleep. These may be my last words."

The next morning the crew slid open the heavy doors of the boxcar and found Nick dead. An autopsy revealed that every physical sign of his body indicated he had frozen to death. And yet the refrigeration unit of the car was inoperative, and the temperature inside indicated fifty-five degrees. Nick had killed himself by the power of worry.

Can this be true? One thing is for sure, people's hearts have failed because of fear. Earthquakes are one example.

What have you been thinking and saying (especially aloud) about yourself and your trading? Thoughts have their own energy! Some say thoughts are a form of energy. They seem to be the spark that gets the emotional cycle going. What do you tell yourself before you start trading? What do you tell yourself while in the middle of a trade? Don't know? Start thinking about what you're thinking 'cause that's where the game is really played: in your mind.

More to come.

FX4
Trade what you see, not what you think or feel. Let the market come to you.
  • #197
  • Edited 6:41pm Feb 15, 2012 5:51pm | Edited 6:41pm
Quoting FX4Newbies
As mentioned before, chakras are "concentrated" energy centres in the body. There are seven main chakras, though there are more throughout the body. Each chakra has been found to contribute to our well-being on an emotional, physical and even a spiritual level.

Below is a diagram showing the chakras. Now some information and self-help solutions:

1. For a simple test to determine which chakras may be weak or blocked, click here....
Thought you might want to know...of the seven chakras, the ones that are responsible for your self-esteem and self-expression are the weakest worldwide of those who took the test. Made a comment earlier about "self-esteem"...see the link. Do you think those qualities are important to be successful, especially in trading? I would think so. Where do you come in?

Will try to post some more tomorrow on the heart-mind connection to bring this closer to "trading home".

FX4
Trade what you see, not what you think or feel. Let the market come to you.
  • #198
  • Feb 15, 2012 6:40pm Feb 15, 2012 6:40pm
Another trading gem quoted by permission from another successful trader:

Most people's trading problems are mental. It's not because they don't know what to do: it's because they can't make themselves do what they need to do to win.

Another issue to be dealt with. Think it might be related to the second weakest issue revealed by the chakra test....self expression? Just so much in this heart-mind game.

Taking it one bite at a time,

FX4

P.S. Would love to get some thoughts from viewers before going further as alot of information has been posted recently.
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  • #199
  • Feb 15, 2012 7:44pm Feb 15, 2012 7:44pm
One thing I've had trouble with is lessons from positive experiences in the rest of my life transferring into trading.
Quoting FX4Newbies
Read somewhere a while back that these two categories of people seem to get the hang of trading easier: farmers and pilots. Why?

Farmers understand risk: When they plant a crop they can only control so much as it relates to the outcome, so they have to plan for the worst-case scenario: total crop failure.

Pilots must follow rules: I asked a pilot about this at the airport. He said that everything they do follows a checklist. They can't take off until everything checks out or has been given the okay to go forward. A pilot's job...
I've never been either, yet can relate to how what they do could help in trading.

farmer -- You work with your hands and can see and walk through what works for acres of cropland.
pilot -- Like an explorer knows, you create redundancies in all of your systems and, while keeping track of them, getting done what you set to do, and, the most important thing, returning home.
  • #200
  • Feb 15, 2012 11:59pm Feb 15, 2012 11:59pm
Quoting FX4Newbies
Another trading gem quoted by permission from another successful trader:

Most people's trading problems are mental. It's not because they don't know what to do: it's because they can't make themselves do what they need to do to win.

Another issue to be dealt with. Think it might be related to the second weakest issue revealed by the chakra test....self expression? Just so much in this heart-mind game.

Taking it one bite at a time,

FX4

P.S. Would love to get some thoughts from viewers before going...
i honestly think you are coming at it the wrong way. it is because people cannot stick to one profitable methodology that they jump around.

once you are confident on your methods then psychology follows
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