Trader Dale Volume Profile

Accelerate Your Learning
Accelerate Your Learning
Have you ever tried to do a home project that you’ve never done before? Or maybe you’re a
cook and you want to try a new style or recipe. What is the first thing you do? If you’re anything
like me you probably hop on Google or Youtube and start doing some quick research to learn
from someone who has already done what we are attempting to do. The fact is, even with the
simpliest of tasks, we seek out training and direction because it saves time and gives us a much
greater chance of success.
If you would search out help, direction, or support for even a simple task, how much more so is
a good education when it comes to learning a complicated task like trading!
Furthermore, it’s not just about getting an education, it’s about getting a complete education.
After all, there is a massive difference in knowing something and knowing how to apply it in
realtime. Let me illustrate.
Imagine for a minute you had to go in for a routine surgery, maybe you needed your apendix
removed. Your surgeon sits down to talk with you, and he talks all about the 20+ years of
schooling, but that this would be his first actual surgery!
Would you let this surgeon open you up?!?! Of course not! The fact is, book knowledge is
ESSENTIAL to learning or preforming any task, but it is not enough. When a doctor decides to
become a surgeon they (depending on the country) must go through at least 8-10 years of
schooling, but the schooling alone does not qualify them to actually preform surgery.
Again, book knowledge is indispensable for getting a basic understanding of a subject or task,
but to actually preform a surgery on their own they must go through another 5 years of
residency! During this residency they learn in a hands on environment, where their instructors
or mentors are actually showing them how to do the things they learned about in school.
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