I am sitting in the Phoenix, Arizona airport, waiting for my delayed flight to Pittsburgh to pick me up and take me home. I've been on planes and in airports for 20 hours so far today, or more. And I've had a lot of time to think about the seminar this week and the amazing traders that attended.
Traveling to Japan and Australia -- and everywhere else recently, for that matter -- has taken me to new places and people. This change in scenery and in personalities gave me a push to start thinking about teaching (and trading) in different ways. Every night this last week, I turned to Ben (who helped out with the seminar) and said, "being in all these different places is screwing up my time zone, changing my diet, altering what I see, and putting me on the other side of the planet. I am seeing things differently because I've gotten out of my comfort zone."
Breakthroughs in trading (and in teaching people to trade) have come when I have allowed myself to get out of my comfort zone. And maybe "comfort zone" isn't the right phrase. What I mean to say is that a trader can do herself a lot of good by not just reading new books or watching trading videos, but actually going outside and getting fresh air, taking a drive out of the area, meeting new people, and just changing the scenery. The change in surroundings can help one to start thinking differently not just about the world and people, but about trading.
