7 golden rule of Zen Wisdom

Wisdom tree :
1. IDENTIFY
2. Analyse and look BEYOND
3. MODERATION ( energy graph; point of elasticity; pain vs pleasure )
4. CONDITIONING
5. LINEAGE to GOD
6. AWARENESS
7. TRUTH


Wow... a scintific way to discover the truth...
Mind awareness at its best !

David and Goliath

Wow...!




(1) You need to things differently sometimes
      Goliath was a giant, he had acromegaly ( tumour in the pituitary glands ...growth hormones!)
      He could not see David ( ) and he was expecting hand to hand combat.
      David used speed and surprise for strength. Just like Lawrence of  Arabia

(2) Effort over Ability

(3) U curve . 75,000 per year is just about nice.

(4) relative deprivation. Big fish in a small pond is better than small fish in a big pond

How to Control Mind and be Stress Free

I read a few Indian writers and found that they are very philosophical in their view.






Here is an example by K K Gupta
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(1) MIND
      Conscious  ( boatman on top of the lake )
      Subconscious   ( colour of the lake )
      Super Conscious ( the bottom of the lake )
     Train the conscious mind to go to superconscious without being coloured by the biases , emotions and feelings of the subconscious.  Be aware that the subconscious can be stronger and can influence the conscious , hence training is required for the conscious to control the subconscious.

There are 3 methods for Mind control
(i) Physical methods : yoga and breathing : focus and slowing the mind, and drawing inside.
(ii) Mental : concentration, detachment, planned thinking, positive thinking( attitude), control over impulses
(iii) Spiritual : meditation, remembrance of God, unselfish actions
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(2) THOUGHTS
  (i) Have vibrations
(ii) different from physical vibrations
(iii) power of materialisation
(iv) hits the persons ( telepathy, transference )
(v) independent of time and space
(vi ) constantly modifying the subconscious mind
(vii) karma linked
(viii) cannot be hidden
(ix) strong mind is immune to negative thought
(x) thought attract like thought
(xi) negative thought weaken the mind
(xii) positive thinking creates positive aura
(xiii) thought creates thought forms
(xiv) thought induce similarthoughts in others
(xv) negative thoughts produce stress, positive thought produce  relaxation

I think therefore I am.
What the mind can conceive, it can achieve.
Fake it till you get it ( subconsciously)

MODIFY THOUGHT PROCESS
(i) Avoid random thinking
(ii) Be positive at all times
(iii) Reduce emotional elements in your thoughts
(iv) be consistent in thoughts , words, and deeds
(v) Conscious relaxation
(vi) Yoga and meditation

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(3) STRESS
 
How stress is triggered and ways to overcome them

stressors : fight ot flight
     red alert
     hypothalamus---. pituitary gland---> ACTH hormone----> adrenal glands---> cortisol--->liver
    Liver---> glycogen --> blood sugar---> energy
    Breathing increases
    Adrenalin is released---> surge of energy
    Heartbeat increase---> higher blood circulation
   Blood vessels dilated, blood pressure increases
  Sweating increase
  Muscle tightness, tension ---> ready for action
Digestion shut down---> blood flows from stomach to muscles
Dilation of pupils --> more light into the eye
Mouth dries up---> salivary glands dries up
Rectum and bladder muscles relaxes : sometimes urge to urinate
Shaking of limbs
Cracking of voice
Blood is diverted from skin ---> feeling of coldness
Immune system becomes weak.

All bodily changes to meet impending challenge
Long term stress will bring damage to the body

Too much stress : stress addiction
Too little stress : inaction

Causes of stress
(i) Mental
(ii) Environmental
(iii) Physical : faulty diet, faulty breathing, faulty postures
(iv)  Disease
(v) Excessive talking
(vi) Overexertion

Stress relievers
(i) Meditation
(ii) Stretching exercise
(iii) Aerobic exercise
(iv) Massage
(v) Acupressure
(vi) Water relaxation
(vii) Yoga and breathing

(viii) Laughter
(ix) Diet
(x) Dancing
(xi) Rocking
(xii) Music
(xiii) Nature




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(4)  LIFE

 (i) Duality of Life : pain and pleasure, risk and reward
(ii) Destiny ( prarabdha), Fate ( Daiva) and Self effort( purushartha) : cow on a peg
      Destiny is not something rigid. Destiny can never be greater than free will because it itself is the creature of free will exercised by you in the past
 (iii) Happiness
(iv) problems : how to solve them
(v) Working well : attention and awareness, detachment, non doership, non expectation of fruits

Mind Mapping for Business

 



 All business  persons and presenters must have a working knowledge of Mind Mapping.

But after 11 in school using traditional note taking,can anyone just switch to mind mapping easily?

Highlights
1. One central theme
2. One word per vein
3. Branch out like a vein on a leaf

Trading Rules

 



















..Need 30 years to be an expert
.... 1 trade, need to SOI for 6 hours! ( write a book to keep yourself occupied !)
... commission cannot bring home the bacon ! Need to trade

Rule 1 : keep ur name in the hat
Rule 2 : probability, not possibility ( cut losses , profit to run )
Rule 3 : convenience is costly

.... more rules to come ! ( 50 of them in the book !)

Winning the Game of Stocks

 

 
This guy can write books.

While the concepts are not new ( eg MMM is from Elder ), he has a knack of turning the old concepts into something new and practical. Now, we know why Singapore is such a successful entreport. Make Hainanese chicken Singaporean, make Hokkien mee a Singaporean invention....

Any way, the chapters are organised in a very systematic fashion :

Part 1 : the rich invest in BUSINESS, REAL ESTATE, INTELLECTUAL RIGHTS

Business : you can actually buy Small parts of the Business via Stock Market. No need to start your own business which has a failing rate of 90%.
You can the broad market via ETFs, or buy individual companies.

Real Estate : you can buy a small chunk of real estate by buying REITS. no need to buy the whole property!

Intellectual property : no mention of it...maybe in the next book ?

Part 2 : how to invest
Approaches : valuation ( logic ) and trend (emotions )
A GOOD , cheap company can go cheaper if the economy is bad as investors tend to dump stocks based on emotions. The MR Market and its moods ....
Hence, knowledge of the Market sentiment can ensure that you buy at when the market is on the uptrend, without you having to endure the ride to the bottom. This is significantly different from the Buy and hold forever approach.

Basically, the valuation can be done via :
(1) Sum of all  PV of at least 10 years Earnings ( discounted to present day ) ( the DF table is given eg
(2) PEGrowth is higher than the current PE ( for it to be under valued )
Then, make sure it is...
(3) Good company, good earnings, good growth,good economic  moat, good management , g0od debt levels, good ROE.... good price.  ( undervalued, on uptrend )

Which brings it to TA ...
(1) Buy when SMA 50 crosses the SMA 150 .. and
(2) Both are SLOPING UPWARDS...

Sell when :
(1) off the top by 6% to 8%
(2) By TA of SMA50 crossing the SMA 150 and both Sloping Downwards
( you can add you own like Smiley, FBs, F20s... )

Identify the trends ( Up, Down , sideways ) and the Changes in Trends...
And trade the Support, Resistance and Breakouts accordingly ( safest breakout is to wait for Retracement)

And the psychology of investing :
(1) PERRP : ( cannot PREDICT, be your own Expert , Rules, Responsibility, Probability

The financial calculator is very useful  in determining whether you an retire in x number of years...
http://wealthacademyasia.com/calculator.html

Flash Boys

Once you read this book, you will never see Wall Street brokers and Investment banks in the same light ever!

Except , of course, if you r broker has the "RBC nice" gene in them....

HST, High Speed Traders, exploit "slow"LATENCY speed of retail clients ie the time it takes for your BUY/SELL into the exchange, and back by gleaning into the intent of the orders BEFORE it reaches the exchange's matching engines.

This gives the HST'er a chance to forerun you ie buy before you buy, and then sell to you at a fraction higher. A penny a time, just like Google...making pennies, a billion or trillion times a day.
'Given the total value of about RM225 billion a day, imagine the gold mine that these high speed traders are able to exploit!

Add to this intrigue, the " dark pools" operated by Investment banks ( whereby retails buy orders are matched with the firm's own sell orders , without having to go through the exchange )...

... the rebates given by the public 11 ) and private exchanges ( 44)...

... the dedicated fibre optic lines from Chicago to New York... to shave off a few microseconds...

... and the modern day Robin Hood, called the IEX...

Wow... this book is one good read, man... a financial thriller!