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<\/p>\n\"Now that you're\u00a0not working, it must be hard\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\"There\u2019s no-one to tell you you\u2019re doing a good job\u201d.<\/p>\n
I\u2019d caught up with a friend for dinner who had won yet another industry award.<\/p>\n
I was happy for her.<\/p>\n
She\u2019s worked hard.<\/p>\n
I did have to hold back though.<\/p>\n
Her statement revealed what she valued.<\/p>\n
Praise.<\/p>\n
Recognition.<\/p>\n
Fan-fare.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
There\u2019s a trophy shop right near my house.<\/p>\n
I could march in there and buy any trophy I want and engrave whatever I want on it... but that wouldn\u2019t be real.<\/p>\n
As an investor and trader, my applause is money.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s taken me a long time to realise that there\u2019s a big difference between actual success and artificial success.<\/p>\n
To focus on the former, while not being concerned over the latter, is quite a mind trick.<\/p>\n
It takes internal confidence, and not the type of confidence only available while the applause of your peers is still ringing in your ears.<\/p>\n
We operate in a very unforgiving economy.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s more cluttered with merit badges and participation awards than ever before.<\/p>\n
My kid came last the other day in a swimming race, but he still came home with a ribbon!<\/p>\n
The world has gone mad. <\/strong><\/p>\n People are sabotaging their actual success with artificial success in more bizarre and deluded ways than I thought would ever be possible.<\/p>\n Activity is being recognised, but not accomplishment.<\/p>\n It\u2019s addictive.<\/p>\n It\u2019s soaked in peer pressure.<\/p>\n It\u2019s not real.<\/p>\n If you want to be in the top 5% or even 1% of income earners... you must be the one to give yourself a pat on the back when the time is right.<\/p>\n Don\u2019t fall victim to measuring yourself on artificial success.<\/p>\n The only type of success in the markets is visible in your bank balance.<\/p>\n\r\n\r\n “Now that you’re\u00a0not working, it must be hard\u201d she said. “There\u2019s no-one to tell you you\u2019re doing a good job\u201d. I\u2019d caught up with a friend for dinner who had won yet another industry award. I was happy for her. She\u2019s worked hard. I did have to hold back though. Her statement revealed what she…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":70380,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[54,653],"tags":[248],"class_list":["post-69154","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-property-updates","category-personal-finance","tag-money"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"