Self-doubt and the Goldilocks Principle
Recently I sat with a client during one of his live trading sessions and invited him to think out loud…
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Experiencing Grace on Demand
I have a noisy internal critic. When I make a mistake, it blurts all sorts of expletives at me. When…
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Reducing Indecision with Sword Training
Some years ago while running my hedge fund, I went through a period of indecision. I would line up my…
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Losing my Macro Identity
Looking out the window toward the almost silent port of Hong Kong, I was waiting for my appointment to pitch…
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Shhh to your Inner-critic
As a trader, fund manager and investor over the past 25 years, I’ve made more mistakes than I could care…
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Escaping the Noise
Mood is contagious. Measuring collective mood is difficult. As an old trader, my proxy for collective mood has been the…
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Blind Spots and their Impact on Performance
Many of us have self-critical voices in our heads that keep us focused on what we perceive is wrong with…
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Mid-life crisis of Meaning or Competence?
I’ve had my share of mid-life crises. As far as I can tell, the only real benefit of having multiple…
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How or Why? On the Path to Self-Awareness
I’ve been practicing various forms of meditation since 1994. Having started my career as a graduate on the Foreign Exchange…
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I won, I’m right. I lost, I’m unlucky.
Understanding our cognitive and behavioral biases is an important ingredient in maintaining consistent investment performance. The self-serving bias (Miller and…
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