The Rule of Two

that's my little secret

ooo! I am interested in buying a castle at some point. In France, the government will actually subsidize you if you buy a castle so long as you agree to upkeep various functions to preserve their historic sites (not sure if I could handle all the incessant strikes though). Might have to look into this when I have more money though. It's also relatively close to one of my favorite childhood vacation spots

Fiction, trade-related and other non-fiction are all welcome. Some of my recommendations are below. I'll keep my non-fiction suggests to relatively practical reads. I could easily fill this list with economics, politics, history or psychology, but speaking for myself at least, I don't have enough time at present to indulge such hobbies. non-fiction Thinking Fast and Slow (Daniel Kahneman) The Lessons of History (Will Durant) The Power of When (Michael Breus) Endgame (John Mauldin) The Coddling of the American Mind (Jonathan Haidt) Skin in the Game (Nassim Taleb) The Bulletproof Diet (Dave Asprey)* Influence (Robert Cialdini) Talent is Overrated (Geoff Colvin) Zero to One (Peter Thiel) *some of his recommendations are a bit extreme, and tend to do better for fairly sedentary people (people who exercise regularly need more carbs, even on a keto diet. otherwise, they will deplete their glycogen stores and be too fatigued to maintain a consistent routine of 3+ times a week) fiction The Darth Bane Trilogy (Drew Karpyshyn) he literally trades stocks in one of the books lol The Goal (Eli Goldrat) Silence of the Lambs (Thomas Harris) White Fang (Jack London) Jason's Gold (Will Hobbs)

Very nice! Would you recommend a variation of this for beginners or is this primarily for more advanced weight lifters?

While I wouldn't consider myself an extreme Randian, the lack of financial literacy among those writing most of our laws would be hilarious if it weren't for the numerous real world consequences.

It sounds like someone else is a fan of Dave Asprey some more I'd add 1) Replace your coffee intake with tea (happy to recommend some for those who don't enjoy the thin, bitter swill that is conventional bags of tea dust) 2) the inverse of wearing amber glasses at night is that spending 30-60 min in front of a bright screen (ex: watching an episode of something on netflix) is a great way to wake yourself up 3) learn your chronotype. (read The Power of When by Michael Breus). 4) Avoid fluids 3 hours before bed 5) Meditation is somewhat overrated. The last thing a highly anxious person should do is sit alone with their thoughts for hours.

Okay, let's do this! Age: 28 Occupation: part time student, working the rest of the time Interests: Star Wars (no surprise there), anime, tea, opera, history, psychology, health/diet/fitness, various forms of epic fantasy. unfortunately though, the level of discipline needed to learn trading means that I've had to significantly limit most of these in order to focus on studying the markets . 1 year goal: be day trading at least semi-regularly, preferably with real money 2 year goal: become consistently profitable 3 year goal: attend a number of trading-related seminars, master the necessary testing and programming to create my own systems 4 year goal: if I'm not able to make a living from trading at this point, I'm going to start working for a prop firm which will provide more seed capital. Trading-related strengths: I've always been unusually patient for my age (I have zero interest in gaudy sports cars, snorting cocaine off of prostitutes or "living life in the fast lane"), obsessive interests, high trait disagreeableness (my Big 5 is medium introverted, high disagreeable, medium conscientiousness, very low neuroticism and very high openness) Trading-related weaknesses: generally low energy, mild schizoid tendencies under stress, tendency toward top down thinking (top-down thinking is overrated in trading. this is really a game where the devil is in the details), not particularly proficient with technology, high trait openness (another overrated trait. it means that various intellectual and artistic distractions are more seductive than they would be for your stereotypical straight and narrow business types), my conscientiousness is only medium. it started out relatively low, but over the years I've slowly forced myself to be more industriousness, and if I am to be successful at this, that trend needs to continue. Naturally, these goals are approximations and subject to revision as I gain the competence to more realistically assess my abilities.