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Welcome! I am Dr. Van K. Tharp. I am the founder and president of the Van Tharp Institute and am regarded as an international leader among professional trading coaches and consultants.


I have been helping others become the best trader or investor that they can be since 1982. I offer unique learning strategies, and my techniques for producing great traders are some of the most effective in the field. Over the years I have helped traders overcome problems in areas of system development and trading psychology, and success-related issues such as self-sabotage.


To learn more about me, my personal newsletters and my trading game – please visit me at the Van Tharp Institute at www.iitm.com.

I am also a regular contributor on the Trading Education website. For more of my insights, you can sign up for their free weekly trading newsletter at www.TradingEducation.com.

 

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Finding Your Passion

I said that I'd use this Blog partially to answer questions. Well, the first one is quite interesting. It's "How do I discover, first, and then set to achieve, second, what is truly that I want to be?"

The universe gives you a real clue about this and that is to do what you love to do. However, sometimes this is difficult to find unless you undertake a core program of working on yourself.

First, there are a number of such programs and I'd recommend you start on it. And when you reach the point at which you can say to yourself, "Wow, I've got a lot of stuff to work on, then you'll know you've made some progress."

I'd almost call this a spiritual journey. And what you will find happening is as you progress along the journey, you'll just gravitate toward what you love to do and be.

Incidentally,my friend John Strelecky has put out a book and a video on the topic of why are you here and what are you big five in life. This program is an excellent starting point for finding your passion.

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Please you tell me how to find out my passion? and Could you tell me what is the most importance factors to become the best trader in forex market...?
Thanks you so much!

Hi Dr Tharp,
I'm currently undertaking your Peak Performance 101 homestudy course and I'm finding some amazing insights into the ability of the human psychology. However I have noticed something counter-intuitive. Prior to reading the course notes I would have described myself as patient, slow to anger and calm (what I thought would be an ideal trader's profile). However more recently I've noticed a tendency to become more easily agitated and frustrated. I was wondering:
1) is this a common phenonmena?
2) is this a case of becoming more "in-touch" with my own feelings and desires?
3) what strategies should I concentrate on countering this.

Looking forward to seeing you in Sydney in March.
Ryan Heng

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