I can’t stress enough the importance of having mental toughness and confidence in your life (especially in your trading). Everybody is going to experience various forms of stress in their life. As they say, it’s not what happens to you that matters...

it’s the meaning you give it and how you respond to it that matters. The decisions you make when dealing with stress are very important. You have the ability to choose what to focus on and what to do in response to that stress...

I used to think that confidence was a personality trait, but I’m realizing more and more that it’s a skill. Confidence is the ability to move from thought to action because when you’re a confident person, you believe enough in your abilities that you are willing to try...

It’s a skill you can acquire by taking action but you must be willing to overcome your fears and take this action. This can’t be taught in any textbook, you have to be willing to work on it on your own. (end)