Trading (spread betting) shares for a living. There are many outcomes I wish to achieve in my life and there are many outcomes I have already achieved. What usually happens is the outcomes keep getting bigger the more I achieve. This is a great sign that I am doing something right in my world. Over the years I have heard a lot of people say, keep it real and keep your outcomes realistic and achievable. Yes make them achievable but if its achievable its not unrealistic. Let me share a story with you going back to 1998:
I was elated as I had achieved my dream of making over 30,000, on paper, on the stock market. I hade been investing in shares since 1998 but I soon discovered I loved the thrill and started day trading. I lost a lot in the beginning, about 4000. I set myself an outcome of making 100,000 and focused on it for weeks. My balance started changing from being in the red to being in the black. I upped my trading game and started playing the markets using spread betting. Within the space of a few months I was getting closer to my outcome of 100,000. However as soon as I started going from a deficit to making a profit I stopped concentrating on my outcomes. The tech...