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Episode 211: Nature Vs. Nurture: Are Great Traders Born or Self-Made?

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Business, Education, Investing

4.6589 Ratings

🗓️ 3 August 2021

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

What does it take to be a great trader?That’s at the core of this week’s episode of the SteadyTrade with Kim Ann Curtin, Stephen Johnson, and Tim Bohen.Stephen and Tim take a different approach to greatness. And Kim lends her perspective as a Wall Street Coach extraordinaire. Are great traders born … or can anyone become one? Bohen shares his theory on what makes humans want to be great. Stephen thinks we all should do one hard thing every day. And he shares the story of a climber w...

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Honestly, though, like, just being honest, my opinion on this being 33 is that people are born the way they're born.

0:09.4

Some people are born with a lot of drive.

0:11.3

Some people are born lazy.

0:13.7

No, no, no.

0:14.2

Some people are born really trying to prove a point.

0:17.2

Some people are born selfish.

0:18.7

Some people are born given.

0:20.3

And you can change it within

0:22.0

the parameters of your personality a bit like 25%. You can't change 100% like something major

0:32.1

needs to happen. I believe anyway what's your thoughts on that?

0:47.2

You're listening to the Steady Trade podcast.

0:53.7

A podcast that inspires traders to make meaningful strides and pursue their passions.

0:58.3

Your hosts are Tim Bowen, the lead trainer at Stocks to Trade Pro,

1:04.7

Kim Ann Curtin, the Wall Street coach, and Stephen Johnson, the up-and-coming trader who's always willing to learn.

1:06.2

Together, we'll sit down with experts to talk about their process, the lessons they've learned, and discuss how all traders can level up their trading careers.

1:16.0

All right, everyone, welcome back to the Steady Trade podcast.

1:18.6

Today, you know, we've got kind of a basket of ideas.

1:22.1

You know, it, you know, we joked as we were getting ready for the podcast.

1:26.3

It seems to be a recurring theme, but, you know, we were talking about ideas and just the for the podcast. It seems to be a recurring theme,

1:28.2

but, you know, we were talking about ideas and just, just the madness. I mean, I mean, and I, yes, it's a recurring theme. I think we've got some great things to talk about, but I mean, I know we've been saying it for a year and a half, but it just, it just never seems to end. And I think the reason we want to talk about is at some point we're going to return to

1:44.7

normalcy and it's like I feel like we should have a record of seems to end. And I think the reason we want to talk about is at some point we're going to

1:44.2

return to normalcy. And it's like, I feel like we should have a record of what is going on

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