Brett N. Steenbarger Quotes Page 2

“Your trading plan is like an anchor that will come in handy when the seas are rough.”

“Routine is necessary for efficiency; breaking routine is necessary for adaptation.”

“Try to change who you are and you will fight yourself all the way and then wonder, amidst the resistance, why you lack discipline.”

“We become what we consistently do.”

“We don't need to push ourselves toward a goal when we're drawn toward our calling. That is the purpose of purpose.”

“Every important change is a transformation and requires the hard acknowledgment that something we're doing – in markets or in life – needs to be transformed.”

“If you are feeling unfulfilled in your life or in your trading, it may be time to climb a new ladder, not just climb the same one faster.

There's a time to focus on doing things right; a time to focus on doing the right things.”

“It's not just exercise but also movement during the day that impacts our mindset and productivity.”

“Much of trading psychology is about learning how to expand our free will, so that we can make decisions intentionally and not reactively. Living a heroic life vitally depends upon cultivating willpower.”

“There is the incremental change of becoming better at what we do, and there is the qualitative change of doing different and better things. Wisdom is knowing when to pursue each.”

“Trading – like life itself – is a team sport. Find the ones who make you better and find the ways you make others better. That way, you will always have a positive personal P/L.”

“We need to not only improve ourselves, but periodically transform ourselves.”