Finding a mastermind that’s right for you. In a previous article I described some of the ideal qualities of a Mastermind for traders and the reasons why the social connections and personal support are so important fr the lonely profession of trading. Maintaining emotional balance and energy are so important in this career. How […]
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Profitable ETF Trading Techniques; 10 qualities of a good Mastermind group
What can a mastermind do for you? Why should this be part of your trading practice? What are the qualities of a good mastermind? Trading can be a very lonely profession particularly with online trading through a deep discount broker. At the same time trading places tremendous psychological pressures on you to win or at […]
A thought experiment in leadership and identity
Here is a thought experiment to get your mental juices flowing Who am I? a multi-billion dollar enterprise with a long and distinguished history, filled with notable achievements, and some dismal failures have for held a position of international leadership for decades associated with a core function of any modern nation and economy provides products […]
I am hopeful we can change from tax cheats to violators of privacy
Now this is the kind of change we can all hope for: President Obama’s nominee for secretary of theNavy was involved in a divorce that drew national attention for his secret taping of a conversation between his wife and his family priest that he used against her in court proceedings. Did Team Obama runout of tax […]
St Obama continues to spend, while China licks its chops and waits
“ We’re in a government-dependent financial system; I never thought I would live to see the day… We’ve got to fight to get away from that.”– Paul Volcker Meanwhile China lays the ground work for the slow but steady disassembly of the US economic strength worldwide by proposing an IMF managed global reserve currency which […]
Reflections on Validity in qualitative research
Was working on my final draft for my research proposal and had the following reflection about the issue of Validity in qualitative research. Since I am aiming for transformational changes in our strong military culture, and am using individual Voice (narratives, stories , interviews etc) as the basis for describing the current situation and […]
Force Generation curriculum project update
In one of our top level curriculum review meetings yesterday, our Deputy Commandant mentioned in his concluding remarks that there was a real “buzz” in the Army among the senior leaders concerning “Force Generation”, and he attributed it to the initiative I have been describing here which is holding out a lot of promise for […]
The market is in a Washout pattern here
the entire mkt is in a Washout Pattern (WO) pattern here meaning: there is reason to buy the mechanical entry a nickel above the hi of today there is reason to buy evidence of momentum prior to the mechanical entry in order to front run it, so that u can get a better average price […]
How we read is who we are
There have been some blog discussions expressing concerns about the either/or problem of academic writing vs blog writing, about how the digitial age is driving us from being a Community of Practice towards communities of interest, inhabiting what Mr Carr (below) describes as “The Shallows”. See this important discussion at: http://usacac.leavenworth.army.mil/BLOG/blogs/llop/archive/2009/03/03/an-appeal-to-cgsg-students-study-your-doctrine.aspx Peter Morville offers sobering […]
A Reflection on Personal Learning Environments, blogs and wikis
Dr John Persyn from the Dean of Academic Operations started up a study group to look at what InstructorNet could/should/might/ought be. He made the mistake of asking me to think out loud. If you don’t disagree with anything that follows, or at least wonder what I am smoking, then I have failed I take the InstructorNet working group […]