I agree with BBB. The originator of this thread asked for what amounts to practical help. I don't think he got any.
The thread has turned out to be amongst other things a psychological exchange. Now one could argue that this is all relevant to becoming a good trader but personally I don't think this is necessarily so.
It's easy to turn the conversation into what it's been turned into, because most of us, at some stage or other look for explanations as to the way we are, behave, achieve, compare to other people etc. Looking for the ultimate answer, the holy grail, is somewhere in the back of our mind. We question our education, our upbringing and other things over which we had no control but we are the results of. At times we think that we got the answer but there is always the craving for more information.
Those of us who are trading, or considering trading are, I think, more likely to look for "answers" because of the very nature of trading as has been amply illustrated in this thread and elsewhere. I wonder how many of us (not you, us) have invested in self development courses, seminars, tapes etc, only to find that the answer is always within us.
Then there are the know alls. The teachers.. helpers? Who get satisfaction in showing their superiority or making others feel dependent on them. Isn’t this the stuff religions are made of? With the promises that the best is still to come?
Not everybody is after wealth. Some people get their gratification in other ways. Many have hated wealth but no one has hated fame. There are intellectuals but there are also psychopaths. And there is always the intellectual-psychopaths. I could be the one that shot JR. And if Dr --- were to post here, he could convince many that we are all potential serial killers.