Trading Psychology 2. 0 : From Best Practices to Best Processes

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Prelude -- Chapter 1 Best Process #1: Adapting to Change -- Emil's Restaurant -- The Single Greatest Barrier to Adaptation -- The Power of Flexible Commitment -- Flexibility and Trading -- The Rebuilding of Maxwell -- The Perils of (Over) Confidence -- Tapping Core Motivations -- Why Discipline Doesn't Work -- The Purpose of Purpose -- Turning Adaptation into a Routine -- The Limits of Trader Discipline -- The Emotionally Intelligent Trader -- Readiness for Change -- Tapping the Sense of Urgency -- See-Feel-Change: The Importance of Optimism -- The Dangers of Trader Isolation -- Changing the Internal Dialogue -- The Perils of Perfectionism -- Relapse -- Summing Up: Moving from Contemplation to Action -- Taking and Sustaining Action: Identifying Opportunity -- Taking and Sustaining Action: Identifying Threats -- Where to Look for Fresh Directions -- Chapter 2 Best Process #2: Building on Strengths -- The Trader in a Slump -- Why Strengths Are Key to Performance -- Finding Strengths in the Smallest Places -- What Are Your Strengths? -- How Strengths Interact to Create Successful Experience -- What Strengths Don't You Possess? -- Can Your Strengths Also Be Weaknesses? -- Making Our Strengths Stronger -- The Excellence Principle -- Making a Habit of Developing the Right Habits -- A Look at Character Strengths -- Higher-Order Integration of Strengths -- Revisiting Multiplier Effects in Development -- Subjective Well-Being: The Most Important Emotions in Trading Psychology -- Well-Being and Personality -- What Research Teaches Us about Well-Being -- How Can We Cultivate Well-Being? -- Eliminating Drains on Our Energy -- Conscientiousness: The Underappreciated Ingredient of Success -- Biofeedback as a Strategy for Enhancing Well-Being -- Using Meditation to Build Positivity.