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This article is not pointless because it is going to be part of a book someday and this is going to be part of it. You may not enjoy it. You may leave it now or keep on reading…but I’ll tell you one thing: what I’m going to tell you is really what I’ve been going through lately and it doesn’t take away the fact that you may also be struggling as I have utmost respect for people who fight for what they believe in. After 15 years of good living in the high-tech sector, I got laid off from the biggest telecom outfit and after some fiddling around, I decide to sell my house and to get back to business school. I also started trading currencies part time while studying. I was the worst trader. You couldn’t burn through a pile of cash any faster than I could. On my first trade, I lost 10% of my capital in the course of one night. You could say it’s bad luck until I tell you that between 2002 and 2004, I have not been able to perform a single profitable trade. Mathematicians beware because the probabilities of not being able to put up a single profitable trade in over a thousand trades indicates that there is a positive correlation between “something” and my trading. It was highly frustrating, as I would witness all my trades going sour on me every time! A spell had been put on me and I had to figure the “something” out, because figuring the “something” was the key. In 2005, the fight really began and I decided to trade full-time. Until I succeeded, I was not going to stop and believe me, however bleak the situation currently is, I’m still at it. I have no social life, no girlfriend, no kids, no car and no house and I am on the edge of bankruptcy. But I haven’t said my last word and I will never stop until I succeed, because I know that when I succeed, I will have many houses, many cars, a wife and a social life. For once in my life, I am going to finish what I started. Even in 2005, and for the first eight months, I have witnessed most of my trades going sour on me. But starting in October, I notice that I was loosing less and less and that my work was now starting to pay off. Mind you, the payoff for me is loosing less money, not making any. I have now the proof that what I’m doing will lead me to success. I have now put the finger on the “something” and nothing will stop me now. In January, I was officially broke. I had to find a job as fast as I could to fulfill my basic needs. I have been working on the night shift of a courier company, loading and unloading trucks of parcels for a terrible salary while my body was aching big-time. Yet since I have decided to succeed in everything that I do, the big payoff of that job came on the last day when I loaded 7 tons of parcels into a 53-foot trailer in just under 2 hours on my way to a different job in a jewelry store. I now work in the most reputable jewelry store in the city and I meet millionaires every day. Mind you, it still doesn’t pay the bills, but I have no doubt that my journey will lead me back to my trading and complete financial freedom. Today, while my performance is uneven, I am able to double my tiny capital every month or so. That’s it! I told you this story is not over, and for once, all of it is real. I just wanted to let you know, all you fighters out there that you are not alone and that I share your struggle. Believe me, you can turn all your dreams into reality… just pick the one which is worth fighting for and don’t you ever stop.
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