I haven't given up, but...

I had to give up my way of thinking.

When I started in 2010 I had no idea what I was getting into...

Being a high achiever I saw trading as a new challenge. I got excited about the potential and the opportunity to learn a new skill.

Since I was already quite an accomplished individual, with an established well-prospering business and a great prior career in the corporate world, I had no doubts I could be a successful trader. I'm someone who ALWAYS achieves my goals!

So, when I got stuck in a trading failing cycle it was hard for me to understand what I was doing wrong.
I tried to solve it by changing strategies, reading more trading books, joining various chat rooms, and following the online gurus.

None of these steps however (not even my IQ of 132) helped me to stick to my plan and improve my trading results.

I was still losing all my profits, along with my confidence and health...

But giving up was not an option! I started asking myself honest questions and looking inside my head for answers.

And the biggest lesson I've learned during this discovery process was that the way we, humans think doesn't work in the market environment.

Without changing our perspective on many things that we consider "normal", there is no way we can resist the impulses that the market triggers.