C.L.E.A.R. Mindset Magazine
Your guide for building resilience and making confident decisions. Align your actions with your values, enhancing mental clarity and self-awareness. We transform challenges into growth through informed, decisive action, helping you live a mindful, values-driven life.
Is Your Money Mindset Sabotaging Trades?
3 Key Takeaways Deep-seated money beliefs, not just financial knowledge or discipline, shape your trading habits. Fear of success and self-sabotage often stem from unresolved emotional conflicts with money. Management—not suppression—of emotions is the key to...
Greed Isn’t the Enemy—It’s an Underrated Edge
Key Takeaways: Greed is Not the Enemy—Untrained Greed Is – Greed is a natural, biological response. Instead of suppressing it, use it as a performance signal to refine your decision-making. Survival Drives Greedy Behavior – Hidden psychological patterns (e.g.,...
Change Your Life and Trading This Year
Key Points: Build a foundation for success by defining values in all key areas of life, from family to work, health, and creativity. Align actions with values to make disciplined trading and personal growth decisions. Use values as a compass to navigate challenges and...
Are You High Atop Mt. Stupid?
Key Points Understand the Dunning-Kruger Effect: High confidence paired with low competence is a recipe for disaster in trading. Recognize the Warning Signs: Overconfidence, poor risk management, and ignoring expert advice are red flags. Climb Down Safely: Focus on...
Trading is Commerce, Not a Sport!
Key Points: Trading as commerce shifts the focus from winning to creating value, aligning with market dynamics for long-term success. Sports analogies mislead traders by emphasizing control, competition, and forcing outcomes—often counterproductive. Viewing trading as...
Emotions Drive All Decisions
Key Points Emotions Guide Every Decision: Emotions are essential signals that help prioritize options and highlight what matters most. Neglecting Psychology Limits Growth: Ignoring psychological insights leads to impulsive actions and repeated mistakes. Introspection...
The Discipline of Value-Driven Action
Key Points: Discipline involves aligning actions with core values even in discomfort, enabling intentional and value-driven behavior. Psychological flexibility and cognitive defusion are key techniques for maintaining discipline. They help one navigate emotions...
Overcoming Strategy Hopping in Trading
Key Points: Identifying Psychological Triggers: Strategy hopping is often fueled by psychological triggers such as impatience, self-doubt, fear of missing out, and perfectionism. Understanding Emotional Coping Mechanisms: Traders frequently switch strategies to cope...
Is There an Upside to Avoidance?
Key Points Stress Pivoting offers emotional stability by temporarily setting aside stressors, creating space for more effective decision-making. Intentional Stress Pivoting is a buffer, allowing us to pause and regain focus, which is essential in high-stress...
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Sean Sawyer, MS
Author | Performance Coach
Sean Sawyer, a licensed psychotherapist since 2003 and full-time trader since 2017. Sean uniquely blends psychology and trading, offering insights from both worlds. His experience in psychological trauma and performance psychology helps individuals master decision-making and resilience in high-pressure situations.