—you simply have to teach people to do things in an effective manner. The teaching process, however, involves
working with how people think, and most trainers do not emphasize that.
Right now, I consider myself to be an expert modeler. By that, I mean that if someone can do something well,
then I can figure out how they do it and teach those skills to anyone else. I'm concentrating on modeling trading and
investment excellence. So naturally, I believe that I can teach anyone who is committed to being a successful trader
to be one of the best.
Are superior traders better because of keener analytical skills, or because they have better
emotional control?
Better emotional control, but I think that both of those factors are overemphasized.
So what does it take to duplicate successful trading?
There are three primary factors involved in duplicating success—beliefs, mental states, and mental strategies.
If you duplicate the way the best traders use those three factors for every aspect of the trading task, then you can
duplicate their results. As a nontrading example, most martial arts experts believe that it takes years of practice to
break a board with your bare hand. I was able to observe someone for about fifteen minutes and then break two k-
inch pine boards with my hand. I even showed my son (who was ten at the time) how to do it. That's the power
behind modeling.
What happens with most experts is that they are unconsciously competent. They do things well, which means
they do them automatically. For example, most people are unconsciously competent at driving a car. You don't even
think about it when you do it. When someone who is unconsciously competent tries to explain what he or she is doing
to someone else, much of what is important is left out. Thus, my focus is to discover the missing pieces and help
people install those pieces.
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