Chapter 13 - Managing Mental Energy (catch up) W - “All our lives would become a lot easier to live and potentially more satisfying if we operated out of the belief that we are in a state of imperfect knowledge, evolving toward something that we haven't become yet. Everything is evolving into something that it isn't yet. It may not seem like it at times, but each moment of each day, we change into someone who was not the person we were a moment ago. At the physical level new cells are born and old cells die. At the mental level each moment that passes we experience something. Each experience adds to the inner environment in the form of a memory or belief. Each memory and belief builds a self-concept that acts as a force on how we interact with the environment. Then as we interact with the environment, we change it in some way, creating a new environment for us to discover and experience. Everything that exists is evolving, because everything that exists is in motion, and motion creates change. Even the grandest mountain will eventually wear away into small rocks, which will themselves turn into sand and then dust.” (pp. 159-160) A - Such a great expression about the nature of life and affirming that we are on a journey to become more than who we are at this moment. A - No matter how horrible of a trading day I had before, I wake up every day with excitement and hope for the opportunities that the market has to offer me because I know that yesterday will never define who I am as a trader today.