The Silent Killer of Ambitious Traders: The Hidden Force Sabotaging Your Progress
It’s not fear, greed, or strategy — it’s the quiet pressure that creeps in after a few wins.
Bitcoin finally broke to ATHs yesterday, which I know you Crypto bulls will be pleased with!
Let’s see how it plays out; it’s been struggling to break much higher all year… maybe now? 
Anyway, you didn’t come here for market commentary on what happened yesterday…
Let’s talk about something more important:
Theodore Roosevelt once said:
“Comparison is the thief of joy.”
And he was right.
When we compare our trading to others, we usually focus on what we lack, not what we’ve built:
- “This guy gets it better than me…”
- “This guy made more last week…”
- “This guy journals better…”
- “This guy’s trading account is way bigger…”
You know the drill.
Especially if you’re a driven man… comparison is baked into your wiring.
But it’s one of the biggest anchors to growth.
COMPARISON IS THE THIEF OF JOY
Here’s why:
Comparison kills perspective
You forget how far you’ve come, too busy watching someone else’s highlight reel. (And yep, this is exactly why YouTube, etc can be so toxic if you’re not careful.)
It rewires your motivation
You start acting from insecurity and scarcity instead of vision and strength.
It never ends
Climb one peak and there’s another. Bezos has the biggest yacht.
But maybe he envies Elon’s rocket… or Zuck’s… non-surgically unenhanced wife.
(Too much? Maybe. Still probably true.)
So what do you do?
Simple shift:
Replace comparison with calibration
Instead of:
“Why am I not where they are yet?”
Try:
“Am I on track with the trader I’m becoming?”
It turns their progress into perspective, not pressure.
Your journey takes centre stage again.
That’s the only race that matters.
Smash it today 