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Originally Posted by psytrader
Two inteligent men in their own right.
His reality challenges your belief,...so you are insulted.
Your reality challenges his belief,...so he mocks you.
You see, the mentality of "go to school; get an advanced degree; get a good paying job; work hard for the team and you will be rewarded."
These are all rewarding virtues.
Unfortunately,...in trading,...they dont count for spit.
Likewise, our reality would not survive in his world.
PSY
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But our realities cross to a certain extent, litigation like trading is all about cunning, pre-empting your opponent and coming up with a strategy to beat him, or realise when you have no chance of beating him and giving in gracefully with as little loss as possible, both require a kind of street wisdom and guile. Education and intelligence, although helpful in both professions, are not what it takes to make it in either. The other thing is we've both seen each other in action. On one of the rare occasions the parties didn't settle beforehand I went to court to watch, (the plaintiff was a minor celebrity and there was quite a bit of press coverage). Awesome is the only way I can describe it, the cunning and manipulation was really something to see, an artist at work. I had respect for that. He's also seen me trade and take a few thousand dollars in a few minutes, but the respect I gave him for the job he does wasn't reciprocated for the job I do. Perhaps my job looked too easy to him, I don't know, but to this day he still mocks!
It's ok though, we're having a bbq next weekend....ooops was that a jalapeno, sorry I thought it was a tomato
Mick