. God (prayer). I write my goals down every day and I pray daily and nightly to God the He will guide me in the right direction so that I reach my goals perfectly on time.

2. My family. I am eager to succeed to provide a better lifestyle for my family. My soon to be wife gives me such great support and encouragement. This is vital in any success formula.

3. Positive input. This could be books, blogs, articles, audios...anything to give me more knowledge or add a little pep to my step. Note: It is equally important to ens

I read about this topic so much on other blogs comment sections. It's kind of sad and exciting all the same. There are a lot of people out there wishing to make it as a full time stock trader. You can do it but most won't make it and here's why. Most people will get burned one too many times and will throw in the towel. I don't know if we can prove the statistic but many experts say that most people quit about one percent short of achieving their goal. If they would have just swung the bat one more time, knocked on one more door, made one more phone call...whatever the case is, they would have realized enough success to keep their spirits up for many more rejections. Finally, they would have been a success story.

"You give 100 percent in the first half of the game, and if that isn't enough, in the second half you give what's left." -- Yogi Berra

You must first believe! I believe this is the biggest ingredient to any success. Believe with all your heart that your goal will come to pass no matter what the obstacles and it will. And there will be obstacles. If you trade the stock market just look at your charts over the last few days. My favorite mentor in the world Zig Ziglars says "They don't make smooth mountains". If you're going to climb, you must go over the rough surfaces some how. This is all good news because in the end you will make it and you'll know you earned it. If it were easy the reward be not be as great.

"Life is like mountain climbing. You can be dropped off on top by a helicopter or you can climb your way up. While the view is the same, it's much more beautiful to the person who climbed" Kenny Rogers

Make a decision to succeed. Stick to it. When you get weak, as we all do, seek resources to fuel your inner fire. Read a book, read positive articles on line, call a mentor, do anything but do not quit.

Two great books to get you started:
1. See You at The Top - Zig Ziglar
2. Goals - Brian Tracy

I have made a huge habit of listening to positive audio CD's in my vehicle where ever I go. This has been a huge help.

My greatest motivators:

1. God (prayer). I write my goals down every day and I pray daily and nightly to God the He will guide me in the right direction so that I reach my goals perfectly on time.

2. My family. I am eager to succeed to provide a better lifestyle for my family. My soon to be wife gives me such great support and encouragement. This is vital in any success formula.

3. Positive input. This could be books, blogs, articles, audios...anything to give me more knowledge or add a little pep to my step. Note: It is equally important to ensu

de one more phone call...whatever the case is, they would have realized enough success to keep their spirits up for many more rejections. Finally, they would have been a success story.

"You give 100 percent in the first half of the game, and if that isn't enough, in the second half you give what's left." -- Yogi Berra

You must first believe! I believe this is the biggest ingredient to any success. Believe with all your heart that your goal will come to pass no matter what the obstacles and it will. And there will be obstacles. If you trade the stock market just look at your charts over the last few days. My favorite mentor in the world Zig Ziglars says "They don't make smooth mountains". If you're going to climb, you must go over the rough surfaces some how. This is all good news because in the end you will make it and you'll know you earned it. If it were easy the reward be not be as great.

"Life is like mountain climbing. You can be dropped off on top by a helicopter or you can climb your way up. While the view is the same, it's much more beautiful to the person who climbed" Kenny Rogers

Make a decision to succeed. Stick to it. When you get weak, as we all do, seek resources to fuel your inner fire. Read a book, read positive articles on line, call a mentor, do anything but do not quit.

Two great books to get you started:
1. See You at The Top - Zig Ziglar
2. Goals - Brian Tracy

I have made a huge habit of listening to positive audio CD's in my vehicle where ever I go. This has been a huge help.

My greatest motivators:

1. God (prayer). I write my goals down every day and I pray daily and nightly to God the He will guide me in the right direction so that I reach my goals perfectly on time.

2. My family. I am eager to succeed to provide a better lifestyle for my family. My soon to be wife gives me such great support and encouragement. This is vital in any success formula.

3. Positive input. This could be books, blogs, articles, audios...anything to give me more knowledge or add a little pep to my step. Note: It is equally important to ens

acles. If you trade the stock market just look at your charts over the last few days. My favorite mentor in the world Zig Ziglars says "They don't make smooth mountains". If you're going to climb, you must go over the rough surfaces some how. This is all good news because in the end you will make it and you'll know you earned it. If it were easy the reward be not be as great.

"Life is like mountain climbing. You can be dropped off on top by a helicopter or you can climb your way up. While the view is the same, it's much more beautiful to the person who climbed" Kenny Rogers

Make a decision to succeed. Stick to it. When you get weak, as we all do, seek resources to fuel your inner fire. Read a book, read positive articles on line, call a mentor, do anything but do not quit.

Two great books to get you started:
1. See You at The Top - Zig Ziglar
2. Goals - Brian Tracy

I have made a huge habit of listening to positive audio CD's in my vehicle where ever I go. This has been a huge help.

My greatest motivators:

1. God (prayer). I write my goals down every day and I pray daily and nightly to God the He will guide me in the right direction so that I reach my goals perfectly on time.

2. My family. I am eager to succeed to provide a better lifestyle for my family. My soon to be wife gives me such great support and encouragement. This is vital in any success formula.

3. Positive input. This could be books, blogs, articles, audios...anything to give me more knowledge or add a little pep to my step. Note: It is equally important to ens

eautiful to the person who climbed" Kenny Rogers

Make a decision to succeed. Stick to it. When you get weak, as we all do, seek resources to fuel your inner fire. Read a book, read positive articles on line, call a mentor, do anything but do not quit.

Two great books to get you started:
1. See You at The Top - Zig Ziglar
2. Goals - Brian Tracy

I have made a huge habit of listening to positive audio CD's in my vehicle where ever I go. This has been a huge help.

My greatest motivators:

1. God (prayer). I write my goals down every day and I pray daily and nightly to God the He will guide me in the right direction so that I reach my goals perfectly on time.

2. My family. I am eager to succeed to provide a better lifestyle for my family. My soon to be wife gives me such great support and encouragement. This is vital in any success formula.

3. Positive input. This could be books, blogs, articles, audios...anything to give me more knowledge or add a little pep to my step. Note: It is equally important to ens

. God (prayer). I write my goals down every day and I pray daily and nightly to God the He will guide me in the right direction so that I reach my goals perfectly on time.

2. My family. I am eager to succeed to provide a better lifestyle for my family. My soon to be wife gives me such great support and encouragement. This is vital in any success formula.

3. Positive input. This could be books, blogs, articles, audios...anything to give me more knowledge or add a little pep to my step. Note: It is equally important to ensure we keep out negative input. Nothing can bring you down faster than people who want to rain on your parade.

4. Nature. There is nothing more soothing to me than a nice time spent out in this beautiful world. I love all of it. Rain, sunshine, water falls, beaches, birds...I even get excited about hurricanes as long as no one gets hurt. Spend some time each week winding down in the presence of nature.

Have you noticed that this is all very little about trading? See, if we first get the person right, the goals begin to magically fall into place. If you will agree to never risk more than 2% of your account on any one trade (this means you'll have to be wrong 50 times in a row to wipe out your account) and focus on getting yourself right first...you'll win this game. You control your time frame on becoming a profitable trader.

If there is anyone who would like more help with this area of their life please feel free to comment and we'll spend more time here. There are very few things greater in life than to make a positive impact in the life of another.

Now go dream big!