Wednesday, July 18, 2007

What would you do if you knew you could not fail?

These words made reflect not on the world where nobody failed, but on
the nature of success and failure and how our beleif systems play into
defining each.
If I have a firm belief in my goodness, I dont have to look to the
outside world for confirmation of my own self-worth. Life becomes a
series of opportunities for learning more about me and the world
around me. N the other hand if I seek self-esteem from external
sources, any setback can become an enormous obstacle and any success
can become a dangerous ego-inflating trap.
These truths are reflected and even magnified in trading as well.

--
Kalyan Madhavan

Monday, July 9, 2007

100 % of shots not taken

In ice hockey there is an axiom which goes 'you miss 100 pct of the
shots you DON'T take'. In life too, you miss 100 percent of
opportunities that you dont ask for. Asking for help or favor doesnt
ensure that you will get it, but not asking certainly does.

--
Kalyan Madhavan