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I make my living on the markets.
But what I 'am'? At my very core? Is a teacher. It's something I've discovered about myself over many years. Teaching is what gives me contentment. It's what fills me with purpose in life. It's what I do, and do very, very well. I do not intend to be immodest? But I'm very good at teaching in a public setting. Very, very good.
When you mention that "but reading about investing and stuff comes off to me as really boring. i wish i could somehow interest myself" what I thought was this. Is investing and stock trading to you boring? Or is it the way that it is presented?
In other words - do you enjoy looking and the feel, and the ambience and the ebb and the flow of the markets? But when people start using these wierd words like: "PEG Ratio of 3.9 in conjunction with a Forward P/E that is too far positive of current earnings . . ." your eyes sort of glaze over, and that's when you find it boring. In other words . . . is it the markets that bore you? Or is it the wierd terms that people use - and no matter how they try to explain them to you - it just doesn't make sense? Because those are two different things.
Forums and the internet is such a hard place to learn a topic. When I teach publicly? I use my eyes, my expression, my face, visual aids. I gesture, I use illustrations, I interact physically with my audience, I use conversational tones. I use a host of methods that just cannot be done with the internet. But I've learned something. If you do well with a 'structured' class? Awesome. Maybe a business class would help you. But in my experience? They do not teach you in business what you need to know in these markets.
I have a mantra as a teacher.
There are no boring subjects. Ever. Only boring teachers.
A good teacher can make ANY subject come alive. It's just left to the skill and art of the teacher to make the subject come alive.
Sort of reminds me of my family dentist. Dr. Johnson. Guy is amazing. Absolutely fantastic - and I hate having my mouth messed with. But Dr. Johnson is awesome.
Well, his son went into business with him. My Dad was talking to the father one day, and Dr Johnson, the dad made the comment: "Yeah, he went to school for Dentistry? But working with me? Here he will learn to be a dentist."
I have found this to be true in many cases. Schools, Colleges - while giving you a slip of paper that can mean something? Very often do not give you practical experience in what the business is truly like.
So you have to ask yourself. Is it the markets themselves that bore me? That's ok. There are some markets that I've tried out? And I just can't get into them. I've tried Forex trading. I didn't lose much money. I just don't like it. I don't feel the markets ebb and flow. There isn't the same 'ambience'. That's what I love about the markets. So is it the actual trading that you don't enjoy? If not, then perhaps a different venue will assist you to make money. Or, is it just the unfamiliar terminology that ones use - that sort of turns you off. If so? Then that's ok. You just have to find a way to make the subject 'fun'. Don't feel bad that it's boring. That's not your fault. It's the teachers.
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