The Success Shift with Jake Snedker

Impulse-control, Self-control, Self-restraint. Call it whatever you like, as long as you can control it. One of the biggest issues I see among new traders is their need to overtrade. There are so many emotions that become present when on the charts, that you NEED to be able to find a way to control your urges, your impulses, your emotions, your-SELF. I believe that the entire point to trading psyc...

Often when we think about Affirmations, we think of the spiritual, maybe 'law of attraction' practice, of reading statements on paper. Perhaps you prefer the term mantra or positive empowerment. Regardless of how spiritual, disciplined or centered you believe you are, the truth is, that you are saying Affirmations DAILY. The issue is most people don't realize that affirmations are simply terms tha...

Self-Sabotage. Why do we do it? and what is it really? I find self-sabotage such an interesting concept. Over the next few months, I aim to dive deep into the topic and discover a few reasons we do it, how we can change this habit and the core values underlying this behavior. Join me as we just start to scratch the surface of what it truly means to self-sabotage. --- Support this podcast: https://...

Life truly is all about perspective. If you do not see yourself as successful then this in turn will delay or even withhold the level of success you truly desire. We need to shift our perspective on what success truly means to us. In this episode, I take some lessons from BJ Fogg - the Stanford lecturer and author of tiny habits. It's time to lower the bar and make consistency easy. Once we lower...

Time management is something that I hear people complain about all the time. I would become great but I just don't have the time in the day. The truth is, it's all about prioritization. You will always find time for those things that are the most valuable to you. So perhaps rather than finding time, you just need to rearrange your priorities. In this episode, I also discuss a few techniques you ca...

As humans we instinctively fall into patterns, we become habitual and crave routine. This can be both a good thing and a bad thing. Today I talk about the importance of recognizing our different patterns AND finding ways to interrupt and change our negative patterns, as well as reinforce and establish good patterns. We really can become whoever we want, as long as we can find the ability to self-a...

The brain is an absolutely incredible thing that has allowed humans to progress like no other species on the planet. We have fromed over many years of evolution the ability to adapt and change, learn and grow relative to our environment. But what makes this possible? How are we able to learn so many things and keep learning new things until the day we die? The answer is Neuroplasticity and it's on...

Are you ambitious? Do you have drive? Do you think they are the same thing? If so, you really need to tune into this episode, as we go through the major differences between ambition and drive and how they interact with each other. My goal is that you leave this episode knowing exactly which is which and onto your path for obtaining both. Being ambitious and having huge drive, will drastically help...

It is beyond powerful to understand the core values and beliefs that you hold true to yourself. Everyone runs their life from a specific set of beliefs and values, whether you are aware of it or not. Your belief system may be running subconsciously in the background. This makes it very hard to adjust and change. It is time you bring these values to the conscious mind, and alter them in the directi...

Today, I get a little passionate about one of my biggest hurdles throughout my trading journal. That is GREED. Yes, it is one of the major aspects as to why and how the financial markets move the way that they do, and it was most definitely one of the driving emotions that was underlying a lot of my personal on-chart behaviors. It is only when you start to dive a little deeper that you notice how...

We speak a lot about Identity on this show, and that's because I truly believe it to be a turning point on the journey to success. However, today I want to dive a little deeper and discuss a concept that I have been thinking about a lot lately. That is the difference between, what I'm going to refer to as Imposed and Intentional Identity. There a certain Identities that we have created for ourselv...

High Emotional Intelligence truly is the one thing I have really noticed when talking to successful long-term profitable traders. For this reason, I wanted to break down exactly what is emotional intelligence, What is it made up of? and how can we improve it? Join me today as I discuss the following four pillars of EMOTIONAL intelligence. Want to know the best way to get on top of your emotions wh...

Today I go over the few characteristic traits I believe EVERY successful trader has in common. Discipline Consistency Willpower Good Intuition Confidence in your ability Decisive action taking High Emotional Intelligence Get on top of these aspects of your life, and just watch how it impacts your trading results. Another big help to improve those trading results??? Tracking your trades in this emo...

Our life entirely revolves around energy. Either positive or negative, it has an impact on the way we live our lives and the way we respond to situations. Understanding how to control this and release the negative energy can be extremely empowering. You would be suprised by just how much negative energy we truly hold onto deep within us. Join me today as I discuss a certain few techniques on how w...

I'm sure it's something you have heard your entire childhood. It's time to take responsibility. You need to be responsible for this. It's your responsibility for X,Y,Z. If we hear it all the time, why is it so hard for so many of us to take full responsibility for our lives? Take responsibility for our situations and take responsibility for our problems, actions, and the solutions needed to solve...

Very often we discuss the importance of Consistency and Discipline in trading. However, we don't often talk about willpower. I think each of these components is a pillar for the foundation of successful trading, and success in general. Join me as Join me today as I discuss each one in a little more depth. Haven't got your trading journal yet?? You can get it here...... https://amzn.to/3XfKW2t ---...

As traders, and in fact, in life, the only person we should be comparing to is ourselves. When we compare other traders' trades, and other traders' success or speed of success, we are essentially taking away from all of the progress we have made on our own journey. Today we discuss how comparing yourself to other traders could in fact be the very thing that destroys your trading career. Join our l...

This week we discuss how comparing yourself to others can be extremely detrimental to your success. Whether you are aware of it or not, I can almost guarantee that the need to compare/ compete with others is a subconscious belief that we all have to a certain degree. After all, it is the base of how our schooling system is created. A system that almost all of us went through without any thought or...

They're baaaaaacccckkkk. After such a fun and exciting podcast with these two lovely humans, I decided I needed to get them back to share some more of their incredible stories and insights to achieving goals and starting the year off the right way. Today I welcome back the amazing and beautiful Morris Chirka and Adriana Van Der Merwe. Join me as they share some great insight into ways to crush you...

From behaviors to beliefs. That's right. We have addressed the sub-conscious behaviors that we have affecting our trading. Now we must address the subconscious Beliefs that we have, which in essence are what shape our behaviors. Join our live call ......... https://us05web.zoom.us/j/6027981876?pwd=WnFZc3JGeU12ZCtqTExWd1l6WEFSdz09 Get your Trading Journal Here..... https://amzn.to/3XfKW2t --- Suppo...

The one thing I believe we can all agree on is that EMOTIONS have a large impact on how we trade. But what has an impact on our emotions? What drives them? Where do they come from? You guessed it... A large part of our emotional drive comes from the subconscious beliefs we have developed in our adolescence and childhood. So if we can bring attention to our subconscious beliefs we can in turn use t...

Often we discuss the conscious and sub-conscious mind. Today I really want to get into the difference between the two so that we can begin to understand them both at a much deeper level and thus begin to draw our attention to the required areas. Join our live call ......... https://us05web.zoom.us/j/6027981876?pwd=WnFZc3JGeU12ZCtqTExWd1l6WEFSdz09 Get your Trading Journal Here..... https://amzn.to/...

It is all too often we set goals that quickly become overwhelming and terrifying What we should be doing is shifting our focus to baby steps. Continuously doing the little things for a long period of time is the true way to great leaps forward. We need not focus on the final achievement, but fall in love with the process of each little baby step that leads us to the achievement of our overall goal...

Why do we live in a world based on goal-orientated happiness? Whilst having goals and desires is extremely important in our progress toward success, should we really use this as the base of our happiness? Happiness, much like success, is a state of mind, and the more we chase it the more illusive it seems to become.  Let us shift our mindset to one that is grateful for the current happiness a...

Continuing with this week's theme of discipline..... Today we look at the importance of focusing on the few small things that need to be done today. NOW. Let's not get too far ahead of ourselves, and instead focus on and tackle the tasks at hand. Life becomes a lot simpler when we do the small things with discipline and consistency.  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/po...