Closing the Gap Between Knowing and Doing
Building Balance and Strengthening Your Support System for Peak Trading Performance
"I know what I need to do, but for some reason, I'm not doing it."
This is one of the most common things I hear from traders when it comes to solving a trading problem. It probably resonates with you as well.
The worst thing that can happen in your trading is dealing with the same problems you had a year ago. New problems are a good sign.
One major reason for the size of this gap is that traders attribute their failure to a direct source. They think the solution is to push harder during trading sessions or journaling more.
Although that helps, fixing any problem pattern comes with looking at the whole ecosystem — your environment, daily habits, how you interact with others, and how you see yourself. It’s about optimizing the entire setup, not just focusing on one part of the problem.
The other aspect is that we tend to focus heavily on psychology and overlook physiology.
Take sleep, for instance. Some traders barely sleep 5 hours a night and keep up with these exhausting schedules for years. It's no surprise they're still making the same mistakes they've been trying to fix for months, if not years.
When you optimize your ecosystem and understand the brain’s physiology, you reduce the friction from respecting your strategy.
Today, we’ll talk about how to minimize that friction and the gap between what you know you need to do and what you actually do by setting up your environment for success.