The Pursuit of Happiness

“Happiness is not a reward – it’s a consequence.”
– Robert Green Ingersoll

When speaking to youth groups, I like to ask the question, “Wouldn’t it be nice if you had a crystal ball to see your future?” The response is overwhelmingly yes and nodding heads. Then I tell them that we do have crystal balls. People are crystal balls. Every person who has ever lived and is now living is a crystal ball that you can use to see your future.

Do you want to be a good father, mother, husband, or wife? Do you want to be financially successful? Do you want to be happy? Find someone who is close to your ideal in any area of life you would like to achieve and simply model them. Learn their values. Find out what books they read. How do they spend their free time?

Many years ago I did training videos for an exercise equipment company. During a videotaping at their manufacturing facility I was taken into a “top secret” room. This room was filled with tables, each one with a competitors products disassembled and the parts neatly arrayed. This is called reverse engineering, which is part of R&D, research and development.

Just as you can reverse engineer a product to see how it’s made, you can reverse engineer a person’s life. You can research the positive qualities and then develop them within yourself. Success in any area of life is a consequence of proper actions. Failure in any area of life is a consequence of poor, or no actions.

In 1997 I decided that I wanted to learn how to make money in the stock market in order to build my retirement account. I started looking for someone who was making money trading stocks who could teach me. In a conversation with a friend, Ross Jardine, I learned that he was a former broker and was successfully trading his own money using online tools and a discount broker. Ross taught me how to trade. It was such a blessing in my life that I wanted to teach others what Ross taught me. During the past 10 years we have taught thousands of people throughout the world how to make money trading stocks.

There is no question that the tools and training we provide work. The only question is will you take the proper action to make them work? Success and happiness in life are not accidents, they’re consequences.

Your Friend in Investing,

D. Scott Elder

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