| | | | See, at each one of these incredible, breathtaking, borderline-spiritual places, I noticed that the throngs of tourists, many of them children, had abandoned all decorum and were loudly shouting, singing, screaming… basically turning the most famous memorials in the world into personal amusement parks.
And it really got under my skin…
I mean, the one thing I’ve known about the Vietnam Memorial since I first heard about it is that it’s a serious experience that calls for absolutely silent reflection.
The National Cathedral is… well… a cathedral and the Lincoln Memorial literally calls itself a “temple.”
And yet, to most folks anymore, especially younger kids and teenagers, they might as well have been DisneyLand.
Now, I could give everyone a big, LONG rant about how we’ve lost our sense of the sacred in modern culture and how destructive I think that is, but I’ll spare you the seminary lecture for now…
However, I do think this is a bigger problem than just being annoyed by some loud tour groups when I wanted some peace and quiet.
I think in 2024, we’ve forgotten how to slow down and reflect.
“Measure twice, cut once.”
It’s an old maxim from carpentry and woodworking, probably the kind of thing Lincoln heard a time or two in his youth in Kentucky and Illinois.
But the speed of life in 2024 doesn’t allow us the time to measure at all. Shouldn’t a machine be doing the work, anyway?
And when it comes to trading, that kind of thinking can be disastrous…
Because no matter what tools you’re using, no matter how good the strategy, a trader’s intuition should still be honed carefully. You need to slow down and think about what you’re doing.
The markets aren’t a sacred place. Not in the way that the Vietnam Memorial is meant to be.
But they’re certainly a serious place with extremely high stakes.
And if you treat them as a playground, racing to make the next trade and move onto the next strategy, that’s a sure way to lose a lot of money.
Maybe that’s what you’re here for. If so, all power to you. But gambling isn’t trading.
Trading seriously involves slowing down, measuring twice, and cutting once.
It’s a lesson I think we need to be teaching our children, especially at the friggin’ Lincoln Memorial (I’m sorry, I’m not over it)...
But it’s a lesson we had better learn ourselves, especially if we want any success in the markets.
Hope you have a good weekend.
To your prosperity,
Stephen
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