On Permanent Revolution
Avoid creative decay. Make It New. That’s what sets you apart—and lays the foundation to become an eight-figure trader.
Good God man!
Are you co-opting a phrase from the Communists—nay—Trotsky himself, in a publication that is deep-in-the-bones trading and financial markets—Capital C Capitalism? Yes, yes! Because there is no better phrase to encapsulate the prime directive for the trader of the future, the ones that survive the gauntlet of time: the New Professional. That is, the discretionary human trader of the future is not in crisis. They are crisis. They have embraced an attitude or mentality of permeant revolution so deeply as if it were culture. And one cannot deny the Reds had great copywriters—Peace, Bread and Land—need I say more?
In a world where change is the only constant, and where that rate of change is amplified in the pressure cooker of financial markets, to say ‘go forth and permanent revolution’ is the only instruction worth saving.
Consider that in many domains, re-creation through disruptive, creative, visionary processes is the exception. It is rare because we l…