What Does Playing Volley Ball in a Pool Have To Do With Trading & Investing?

Have you ever been to Morocco?

It is a great place for a holiday. I was there with Mudrika, my two daughters and my family for 10 days recently, in Marrakesh.

While in the pool we were playing water polo, passing the ball to each other. It wasn’t long before we were attempting to see how many times in a row we could pass the ball to each other without dropping it into the pool.

It was great fun and we were literally squealing and laughing hysterically stretching out to prevent the ball from falling into the water.

This is what was so interesting.

One time we managed to pass the ball a massive 43 times in a row without dropping it. It seemed huge at the time and even after quite a few more attempts after that, we just couldn’t repeat it and get back up to 43. And I started to really think about this – where else does this show up in our lives?. What was stopping us from getting past 43?

When we teach how to make money in Stocks and Forex we are adamant about 3 things:

1. The stock market is the most misunderstood of all the wealth creation vehicles

2. Anyone can learn it (even you)

3. If you practise long enough you will make good money alongside everything you currently do.

Number 3 was the one that got me thinking – I knew that if we just practised long enough we would
beat our score. So I put it to the test right there and then. I knew that if we set the intention of doing
more than 43 we would get there. Finally after many attempts, we got to 64. Now that could have
been the end of it but I knew that if we focused on it enough and practised it enough we could get
past even that goal. So I set the intention to beat 64. The next day we went for it and after just half
an hour, we went to 86 without dropping the ball. I can’t remember having had so much fun in ages.

On the last day before going to the airport, I made a commitment. I told everyone that I was not leaving for the airport until we had broken the 100 mark. They thought I was joking, and I kinda was but at the same time I was focused on beating that 100 mark. I knew that is was possible. Just a few
hours later we reached 109 passes without dropping the ball.

What has this got to do with trading and investing?

EVERYTHING.

There are people out there who know nothing about investing / trading in Stocks or Forex but who believe that they cannot make money in Stocks or Forex. What the game in the pool clearly showed is that with enough practise, even complete beginners can learn to do something which before, seemed impossible to them.

Anyone with enough practise can make it in the Stock Market. It might take some time, it might take some effort, you have to learn a system and then you need to practise it until it works for you. It is just a matter of time.

And the best thing about it is that once you have learned it, you have it
forever. You can teach your friends and family, you can teach your children, and they can pass it on to their children, (& here’s a photo of my daughter Sienna having a sneaky holiday drink!) But seriously, it is a way of passing on a legacy which will be there long after we have gone.

So next year I am going to go for 200. Why not? It is just a number.

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Until next time.

Marcus

P.S. Here’s me and Melania having fun in the pool.