“See, there are two kinds of doctors. The kind that gets rid of their feelings. And the kind that keeps them.

If you’re going to keep your feelings, you’re going to get sick from time to time. That’s just how it works.”

That’s Dr. Mark Greene, the fictional medical doctor from the television series ER, portrayed by the actor Anthony Edwards.

Have you ever tried to play jokes with a doctor, especially those inside emergency rooms? They are robots and they don’t joke around.

Do you know why? Because they can’t. Emotions are like breaches that weaken their fortresses. The life or death of many patients lies on their hands.

All they run inside them are systems. They can’t and must not get involved with their patients, otherwise, they won’t run their systems properly and this could mean losing a human life, or an animal, in case of veterinarians.

They see the patient, understand the case and run the system. What to do, how to do, when to do, who should do what, what medications to give, what procedures to make. And that’s it.

There are two kinds of traders, also:

    • The kind that gets rid of their feelings. 
    • And the kind that keeps them.

If you’re going to keep your feelings, you’re going to get sick from time to time. That’s just how it works.

Be like emergency doctors when running your trading business.

“If you wanted fair, you chose the wrong job, the wrong profession, the wrong species.”
     — Dr. Gregory House, House, M.D.

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