Hey winners of last months leaderboard, I've had to move the Q+A backa couple days, cheers

I'm both a long term and short term investor in equities. I've done well and nothing to complain about in that department. However, I didn't know what an emotional flashback was, till recently. I've discovered a pattern of mine. Right after, I've done well and everything is great. I'll self sabotage and enter into risky transactions. And often give back part of the profits I've had made earlier. There's no rational reason, except that I enter into flashback mode and refeel the emotional distress constantly while the transaction's loss is getting bigger and bigger. Sometime, this is over 2-4 weeks. Actually, when the transaction is profitable, I don't take the profits. While, I let the losses get bigger. Which then trigger the inner critic's insulting and shame, guild invoking dialogue. Then enters toxic shame and spoils the rest of the day. Its like being struck in a time-loop. Have been doing this self-punishing for a few months now. Shows there's more healing to be done. And I'm struck in the same place for several years now. I also realize I have double binds in important areas of my life due not taking bold decisions and talking honestly.

I am from Toronto (close enough) Canada. I am joining this 30 day challenge because I struggle in social environments, especially if I'm new to the group. For years I feel that I have been on the outside looking in and not been able to penetrate the inner circles. I find myself looking at peoples backs. I hope to be able to enter any room and have the confidence to walk up to anyone and initiate a conversation. Right now my biggest challenge is overcoming the belief that I don't have anything intelligent or relevant to contribute.

I have finished filming for the new course Psychopathic Confidence :) Got some editing to do, and then the first release will go to the Brotherhood members for free. Once I have their feedback, the paid version will be made available. Should be done by end of November!

Daily Dose of Integrity I am from New Zealand and, for the longest time, I wondered why does New Zealand have this weird thing where anybody trying to stand out, do well, and have their own back, gets cut down to size, usually by the people closest to them, the people who should be supporting them? This is not unique to New Zealand. My theory is that what we're seeing is a type of herd behaviour. If you zoom out and you look at the human race as just being a herd of animals, a herd of mammals, you will notice that the outliers—people who stand out from the rest—are like those points on the graph that don't line up with the median line. They're a risk to the herd. They're the ones who create a risk of a coup—these are the ones who could take over leadership. They're the ones who challenge what is and represent a risk to the status quo—they might set a new trend and change things. They represent a risk—just in that they're different. All the cognitive biases that lead to stereotyping and racism are at play here as well: people have the same reaction to somebody who's different. We just think “Threat!”, straight away. To dive deeper into this topic, check out the original video here: https://youtu.be/v8xDJ2Cj7YA