The Passion Test: Why You Shouldn't Force Yourself to Trade
Because of the massive financial appeal of the stock market, millions of people force themselves to stare at screens every day. They hate the volatility, they are stressed by the red numbers, and they find reading charts exhausting. Yet, they force themselves to do it anyway.
Here is a harsh but liberating truth: If you do not fit in the stock market, do not force yourself. Get out, and go do what you actually love.
No single person can do all the work in the world. Every individual is wired differently, with their own unique mindset, pacing, and emotional capacity.
The Expert in the Room
I am in the stock market for one very simple reason: I love it. I am deeply passionate about it. I can sit in front of my screen and watch price charts for the entire day without getting bored for a single second. When the market opens, I can enter and exit trades with zero emotional attachment. I do it because my brain is wired for this specific game.
But everyone cannot do that, and they shouldn't have to.
Everyone has their own specific zone of genius. Someone might be incredibly skilful at farming, understanding the soil and the seasons in a way I never could. Another person might be a brilliant doctor. I cannot go into a hospital and cure patients. I am not an expert in medicine, nor do I have the slightest interest in doing it.
If we all tried to be traders, the world would collapse. Everyone has their own designated field.
The Trap of the Copied Life
When I tell people to find their own field, the most common response is, "But I don't know what to do!"
Because they don't know what to do, they fall into the trap of the copied life. They choose a career or start a business because their parents pressured them into it. They do it because their friends are doing it. Or, most dangerously, they do it because they saw someone else become highly successful in that field.
You cannot copy someone else's path to success. When you look at a successful trader, doctor, or businessman, you are only seeing the final result. You are seeing the wealth, the freedom, and the highlight reel. You never see what they faced behind closed doors. You do not see the sleepless nights, the gruelling process, the massive failures, and the brutal struggles they had to endure to reach that level.
If you do not have a deep, burning passion for the work itself, you will never survive the struggle required to become successful at it.
The Ultimate Passion Test (The Crux)
So, how do you find out what you are actually meant to do? How do you cut through the noise of society, parents, and social media?
There is one foolproof test. The Unpaid Work Test.
Ask yourself this: Is there a job, a business, or a type of work that you would happily do every single day, even if you never got paid a single rupee for it?
If you can find a task that brings you so much joy and fulfilment that the money doesn't even matter, you have found your answer. That is what you are meant to do.
If the stock market is just a stressful way for you to chase money, leave it to the people who love the charts. Go find your true calling, master it, and the success will naturally follow.
-the trading job