2025-01-22 09:02:44
Sport: Each of Us Wants to Reach Greater Heights 🤟🏽
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The pursuit of high achievements is a powerful source of motivation. However, sometimes chasing record-breaking results can do more harm than good. This happens when breaking records becomes an end in itself.
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A person works to the point of exhaustion, risking their health (and in trading—money), but what happens after the "medal" is won? For instance, when a trader earns an unrealistically large amount in a single day—a personal record—what comes next? 🏆
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The natural ambition is to set a new, higher goal. The problem is that you might not be psychologically ready to tackle this new summit. Sometimes, there’s no financial foundation to sustain this success: your risk management system might not yet allow trading at such a large scale. But stopping feels impossible! 🥊
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This is the psychological trap of a record chaser—someone addicted to medals. Routine work no longer brings the same dopamine rush. Only steep peaks inspire, even if the risk of falling grows higher. Each goal gets more challenging: securing 500 points, earning $100,000, trading an entire quarter without losses. In pursuit of these goals, traders may start violating their own trading systems.
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But eventually, reason steps in: it’s time to stop. On the surface, everything seems fine—the risk of a major fall has been avoided, trading is steady, and goals are within manageable limits. But life feels dull and uninspiring. For these individuals, meaning comes from breaking records! 🥇
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Be careful with chasing records. Celebrate them, but don’t let your life revolve around the pursuit of "medals." Let long-term, consistent results be your source of inspiration, rather than bursts of fleeting euphoria. 😎