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 Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits by Philip a Fisher   Business Adventures: 12 Classic Tales from the World of Wall Street by John Brooks   Where are the Customer’s Yacht’s by Leo Gough   Essay’s in Persuasion by John Maynard Keynes    “Reading Keynes will make you smarter about securities and markets. I’m not sure reading other economists would do the same.” – Warren Buffett The Little Book of Common Sense Investing by John Bogle   Poor Charlies Almanack by Charlie Munger   The Intelligent Investor by Benjamin Graham    The Most Important thing by Howard Marks   The Outsiders by William Thorndike   The Clash of the Cultures by John Bogle   Dream Big by Cristiane Correa 

       Don’t help anyone, help yourself!  Don’t tell anyone, work when no one is looking  You’ve learned enough, now do  You don’t get what you deserve, you get what you conquer  Make yourself rich first, then figure out everything else  Do it yourself before you ask for help  Disappear for 6 months and work on only 1 thing  Launch it ugly  Every time you feel like quitting, picture your haters laughing at you  Feeling stuck is a signal that you’ve stopped growing  Stop lying to yourself or to other people  Don’t aim to be the best, aim to be yourself  Zoomed in your life is a tragedy, zoomed out it’s a comedy  Move one piece at a time, don’t try to jump steps.  You no longer fight with others, you are now focused on your sh*t   Mastering discipline, especially in areas like trading or life goals, requires consistent practice, clear strategies, and mental fortitude. Here are the key steps to m...

 Here are all 48 laws from Robert Greene's "The 48 Laws of Power": 1. **Never Outshine the Master**    - Ensure those above you always feel superior. Do not outshine them. 2. **Never Put Too Much Trust in Friends, Learn How to Use Enemies**    - Friends can betray, but enemies turned into allies are often more loyal. 3. **Conceal Your Intentions**    - Keep your plans hidden to prevent others from interfering. 4. **Always Say Less Than Necessary**    - The more you say, the more common you appear and the less in control. 5. **So Much Depends on Reputation – Guard It with Your Life**    - Reputation is the cornerstone of power. Guard it vigilantly. 6. **Court Attention at All Costs**    - Always be in the spotlight. Attention equals power. 7. **Get Others to Do the Work for You, but Always Take the Credit**    - Use the skills and efforts of others to further your own goals. 8. **Make Other People Come to You – Us...

  Douglas E. Zalesky Maybe you have already known these rules, but, maybe you are just violating them every other day. Maybe, It is time to review your trading rules. Here are the rules I quoted from her article: Linda Raschke’s Time-tested Trading Rules Plan your trades. Trade your plan. Keep records of your trading results. Keep a positive attitude, no matter how much you lose. Don’t take the market home. Continually set higher trading goals. Successful traders buy into bad news and sell into good news. Successful traders are not afraid to buy high and sell low. Successful traders have a well-scheduled planned time for studying the markets. Successful traders isolate themselves from the opinions of others. Continually strive for patience, perseverance, determination, and rational action. Limit your losses – use stops! Never cancel a stop loss order after you have placed it! Place the stop at the time you make your trade. Never get into the market because you are anxious because...