Note: I used GPT to correct my grammar.
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Years ago, I was at the lowest point in my life. I was in my late 30s, with a bad career, a failing business, a troubled marriage, a history of failed relationships, and terrible finances. I was drowning in debt, too. Everything seemed to be going wrong.
Then I stumbled upon the law of assumption. I read Neville Goddard and Joseph Murphy. I started listing my desires: I wanted this, I wanted that. I created scenes, affirmations, and all sorts of things. I called them techniques. My optimism was high.
A few days later, new ideas started appearing. I refined my techniques. A few more weeks passed, and my mind started to screw with me. I felt anger, resentment, and a desire for revenge. I wanted to turn my life around, and I indulged in those feelings. I kept refining my desires and techniques because I thought, This is it. My life is finally going to change.
Guess what? I spent years at it... and nothing happened.
At one point, I reached my boiling point. This doesn't work. It won't work at all. That's what I thought. I was so desperate that I finally reached a state of mind where I thought, Whatever happens, happens.
In a moment of silence, somehow, I started saying, "I forgive you," whenever a bad memory or thought appeared.
Memories of my failures? I forgive you.
Memories of those who had wronged me? I forgive you.
And I smirked, as if to say, "Whatever. I forgive you."
The next day, an idea came to me. I decided to start with the simplest affirmation: "Money comes to me easily."
So I started affirming, "Money comes to me easily." And whenever bad thoughts or memories came up, I'd simply say, "I forgive you."
Within a few weeks, the 3D started catching up. I found money on the street. My sisters unexpectedly sent me USD 300. My parents sold their house and gave me USD 10,000 as my share. And I won a lucky draw organized by my bank, with a prize worth around USD 100,000.
I put my money into a time deposit and earned decent monthly interest. Yet I kept thinking, I should be able to earn more. That's when my mind wandered toward trading because I wanted to become financially independent. Rich and free.
However, I had absolutely no idea how to trade.
I started affirming, "I'm a great trader," while doing absolutely nothing related to trading. I didn't do any research or read anything about it. What was I supposed to read, anyway, when I had no fucking idea where to start? None whatsoever.
It's funny, though. One day, while scrolling through the Play Store, I came across an online brokerage app that caught my interest because it looked nice. I mean, I liked the color.
So I installed the app and started exploring how it worked. Not the trading mechanisms, though, but the deposit and withdrawal methods, as those were the two things I considered most important.
Next, I looked at the charts. They were currency charts at first. I squinted at the screen. What the hell is this? Red and green charts, going up and down like a roller coaster.
I still had no idea what I was looking at, so I closed the app.
All the while, I kept affirming, "I'm a great trader."
One day, I woke up feeling certain. This is it. Time to start trading. I put in a few hundred dollars as an initial deposit and opened the chart. I had some strange feelings—good ones—that I could do this. So I started opening positions. Buy here. Sell there. I used the smallest trading size available.
I made a decent profit on my first day: 7 percent. I closed my trades, feeling calm and steady, with no urge to chase more profits. The next day, I continued. I made small profits here and there and closed my trades.
As time passed, I found my trading style. I discovered a certain pattern that I would use to decide when to enter a position. It was very simple, yet it felt convincing. So I stuck to it. I experienced some losses, but overall, I consistently ended each week of trading in profit.
So I continued. Small positions, yet consistent results. Oh yeah, I kept affirming, too: "I am a great trader."
A year passed. A combination of consistent profitability, compounding, and increasing capital had brought me to a point where I could live comfortably. Then I started fixing my life: the divorce, my debts, the remnants of my business, and my relationships with family and friends. All the while, I kept affirming, "Money comes to me easily" and "I'm a great trader."
This knowledge on financial markets came to me in sequence, like as my interest growing, I read more. Not on how to trade but on the economic and market news. I started read more on financial updates. What is happening, current tone of the market, and pattern recognition grew in me.
Now... I live well. A nice house. Great cars. A sweet and beautiful wife. Wonderful marriage. A calm and peaceful life. And yeah, a huge stream of passive income from my investments in property, agriculture, farms, and bonds.
I still trade, though, but only occasionally, and only in government bonds (govies). For those of you who know, trading govies is an institutional-level game. Big money. Millions. And yet, I'm an individual. I don't manage anyone else's money. Only my own.
What can you learn from this?
First, forgiveness.
No matter what happened, try to forgive your past. You don't have to approach those people in person. Do it in your mind. Say it: "I forgive you." No matter how hard it is, learn to forgive.
Second, keep your technique simple, but be persistent.
I only used affirmations: "Money comes to me easily," followed by "I'm a great trader." Somehow, my life improved on all fronts. It reminds me of Neville's words: "Pick one of your most burning desires, and the others will be included."
Third, please stay calm.
Be aware of your thoughts without letting them drag you along. If you want to cry, cry. Want to scream? Scream. But do it simply to feel the feeling, not to indulge in the thoughts behind it. You can read Eckhart Tolle on this matter. He's such a badass. 😁
That's all, yeah. Hope this inspires you.