I took a college level computer coarse many years ago, quite an expensive one at that, and the teacher was quite a follower of Dennis Waitley, Zig Ziglar, Brian Tracey & the likes, and also faciliated at the local "Pursuit of Excellence" semimars.
Every Wednesday, instead of programming lessons, we had a "personal developement day" and he would either play a video of one of these guys, or discuss how important developing a positive/winning mindset played in the level of success one achieved in whatever profession one chose.
Whenever we had an assignment, instead of giving us a grade, he would write us a cheque...they'd be written up as $10,000, $15,000 etc just to let us experience the possibility.
Unfortunately, someone in the class thought this was outside of what they paid for and complained to the administration and spoiled it for the rest of us.
However, I am a firm believer in that whatever thoughts you put out there to the Cosmos will get manifested back to you. "We attract that which occurs". For example, this teacher gave us a thought to practice whenever we were going a busy mall, we were to think positively that there would be an empty parking stall just waiting for us that would be close to the mall entrance. More times than not it actually worked!
So no I'm not saying we can "think" a currency will go one way or another and it will happen, but we can "think" ourselves making winning trades, and the "system" to achieve that will come to us even though we think we found IT.
With so many books written on the psychology of trading, I don't think this should be thought of as "off the wall musings" at all...it's very relevant. So while my little speel isn't as amusing as some of you others, I don't think we should let anyone spoil it for the rest of us
