 Hello there everyone and welcome. My name is Melissa Armel and I am a Stock Swoosh and today I wanted to give you a little lecture about motivation. So one of the things I've noticed in teaching people how to train the stock market in my gap system for the last six years, I've noticed that there are certain number of people that are motivated and there are certain number of people that are not motivated whatsoever at all. And there's a group of people in the middle that are kind of motivated some of the times but not all at the time. And it's very interesting to me. You know, training is one of these things where could you be successful doing it? Sure you could be, if you are motivated to create it for yourself and make it happen. Unfortunately, when I look at, like I said, the three different categories of people, most people fall into the category of not motivated at all or not motivated enough, okay. So if you wanna be someone that's successful in the market, you can be. However, it takes a high level of motivation. You can't be motivated some of the time. It can't be just like, well, I feel like doing today but I don't wanna do it tomorrow. I'm gonna commit to my time and money with it this month but I'm not gonna do it for the whole year. It can't be a half-assed thing. And unfortunately a lot of people half-ass it in the market and then there's a lot of people that train, they actually trade the market and they're not motivated whatsoever to actually succeed. I don't know, it sounds crazy that they would even trade at all or risk any money at all and yet people do. There is a huge amount of people that are not motivated to be successful traders that trade in the market. I mean, I know that sounds crazy but it's true. I know because I've talked to a lot of them are communicating with a lot of these people in social media or email. So like I said, if you wanna be successful it is 100% possible but you have to be motivated. One of these things, when you go and you look at the market, you say, okay, well, how can I make money trading to gap in five minutes, 10 minutes, 15 minutes time? Do you think that just happens out of no man's land without any knowledge, without any information, without any time, without any skill set, without any financial investment? No, the answer is no. So the people that are successful in the market trading have paid their dues, so to speak. And a lot of people say, well, I've been trading for years. I've paid my dues. I've done teen classes and haven't learned. No, you haven't paid your dues because if you don't have it right, if you don't have it done, if you're not successful, if you're not making money, if you're not doing everything you can to be successful every day, if you're not yet, okay, this is if you're not successful yet, then you're not motivated enough to be successful period. And I'm telling you, it's almost like the market smells it. It's like the market smells people that are not motivated and then it smells people that are motivated and it gives opportunity and information to people that are motivated. It's just like one of these things that I've just really, really noticed. And when I look back at the time in my life, this is 10 years ago now, when I was trying to figure out how to look at a stock chart and how to figure it out and figuring out my gap rating system, I was so passionate about it, so driven, so motivated to figure this thing out at any cost, anyway, how could I do it? I just was so focused, I was reading charts seven days a week, 24 seven, I was so focused and it still took me three years to figure it out, okay? Point is that I was extremely motivated, extremely motivated, all right? And I'm motivated now to accomplish and succeed in life in other things that I'm doing as well. So I'm telling you, if you want to be successful trader, you must be highly motivated. And what does that mean? What does that entail? Guess what, whatever it takes, time, money, effort, studying, time out of your life, time in a weekend, money to take a class like mine, investing in it, and not just trading in the market, and certainly not with no motivation at all. There are so many people that trade that are not motivated to be successful. They just want it to be dumped in their laps, is what they want. And I find those people are the people that think they're gonna learn any information that's worthwhile for cheap or free. Those people aren't motivated because if someone told you, you could learn something that would help you make money in the market for the rest of your life, wouldn't you pay for it? The answer is yes, you would, if you were motivated, if you cared enough, it has to do with the heart, okay? And when I talk about passion, it's, I'm speaking from the heart. When I talk about the stock market on TV, I'm talking very passionately about the things that I say when I'm teaching, I'm speaking very passionately to my students, okay? I'm a passionate person, but extremely passionate about what, the way that I see charts, the way that I read gaps, what I'm talking about the market in general or stocks specifically, okay? And it's so much so that I wish I could just bottle up what I have and sell it like a perfume. You could spray it on yourself every morning before you trade, but I can't. It's me, but I'm telling you, you can be like that. If you wanna be successful, but you have to be motivated. You must be motivated. You can't be half-ass motivated and you can't be not motivated at all. And I'm telling you, there are people that risk money in the market that are not motivated at all and there are people that risk money in the market that are really not motivated that much either. It's like they might be a little bit, they watch a video, they come to a webinar, but then they really don't do anything about it. Then they think about it and they don't do anything about it. Then they think about it 10 years from now. I mean, I'm telling you, it's like a hilarious to me. Like it's very difficult for me to relate to people that are not motivated but pursue something. It's like when I decided I wanna pursue something or have a goal in life, I go after it and I make it happen. So if you want to do this and if you wanna be successful trading the stock market, whether it's swing trades, options or day trades, you can do it. I can teach you how. You must be motivated and that is something that you find within yourself. If you have any questions or would like to sign up for the Golden Gap course, email me at melissa at thestockswish.com. Have a great day everyone.