“If a betting game among a certain number of participants I played long enough, eventually one player will have all the money. If there is any skill involved, it will accelerate the process of concentrating all the stakes in a few hands. Something like this happens in the market. There is a persistent overall tendency for equity to flow from the many to the few. In the long run, the majority loses. The implication for the trader is that to win you have to act like the minority. If you bring normal human habits and tendencies to trading, you'll gravitate toward the majority and inevitably lose.” IfsHumansLongEnoughHandsHappensRunningCertainGamesWinningProcessLosesNumbersPlayerHabitInvolvedSkillsNormalFlowMajorityTendenciesMinoritiesStakesLong RunsTradingEquityPersistentImplicationsParticipantsConcentratingTradersAccelerateBetting Author:William Eckhardt
“I want to feel secure personally. Have a competitive team out there -- I really want to win; I hate losing -- and, I guess, I want to be treated like a normal person.” WantFeelsPersonsHateWinningTeamNormalLosingI HateTreatedSecure Author:Pedro Martinez
“Basically that you can do anything. If you pool your resources,and just give up the idea that you're going to act like a normal person or sleep, if you want it hard enough and do it well enough, it happens. A lot of really talented people either sort of get crushed under the wheel of the movie studio system or desperately try and get their next gig in TV. I understand why, because we've all got to put food on the table and the brass ring is out there, we'd all like to be making the Emmy-winning shows and the blockbusters and all that, but at the same time you could be doing stuff yourself.” PeopleIfsWantGivingTryingWellsPersonsIdeasHardEnoughShowsHappensNextWinningStuffCan DoSleepTvsGiving UpNormalResourcesTablesStudiosRingsWheelsPoolGigsCrushedBrassBlockbusterEmmysJust Give Up Author:Joss Whedon
“Losses are always a relief. They take a burden off me, make me feel more normal. If I win several tournaments in a row I get so confident I'm in a cloud. If I lose I go back to the dressing room and I'm no better nor worse than anyone else. A loss gets me eager again.” IfsFeelsWinningLosesLossRoomsNormalCloudsBurdenReliefDressingsTournamentsDressing Rooms Author:Chris Evert
“We see constituents who are manifestly incapable of undertaking any normal work... Those whose applications for benefits are subsequently rejected go through a period of incredible stress, and some, sadly, take their lives during that time. Applicants who appeal usually win.” WinningPeriodsNormalBenefitsStressIncrediblesAppealsApplicationRejectedIncapableUndertakingsConstituents Author:Jeremy Corbyn
“You can feel the same thing in football or soccer - that for the best teams in Spain and England, for instance, the public... they're not really going to cheer at all when they play against bad teams unless they do something spectacular. Even if they're winning by a few goals they'll probably just say, "nah." That's normal and they're not excited about it.” IfsFeelsPlayWinningGoalTeamFootballNormalEnglandExcitedInstanceSoccerCheerSpainSpectacularBest Team Author:Magnus Carlsen
“But I think it's more normal for my team to have no success than it is to win two consecutive European cups.” ThinkingTwoWinningTeamNormalEuropeCupsInspirational TeamConsecutive Author:Jose Mourinho
“I think because I was the first Chinese player to win a grand slam, people were thinking: 'She's not like normal people.'” PeopleThinkingFirstsWinningPlayerNormalChineseSlam Author:Li Na
“One of the most basic factors in sports is that winning becomes a habit, and losing is the same way. When failure starts to feel normal in your life or your work or even your darkest vices, you won't have to go looking for trouble, because trouble will find you. Count on it.” WayFeelsWinningSportsTroubleHabitNormalLosingVicesFactors Book:Hey Rube: Blood Sport, the Bush Doctrine, and the Downward Spiral of Dumbness Source: Hey Rube: Blood Sport, the Bush Doctrine, and the Downward Spiral of Dumbness
“Oh. A bigger studio. It dawns on me, stupid me, that Henry could win the lottery at any time at all; that he has never bothered to do so because it's not normal; that he has decided to set aside his fanatical dedication to living like a normal person so I can have a studio big enough to roller-skate across; that I am being an ingrate. "Clare? Earth to Clare..." "Thank you," I say, too abruptly.” PersonsI CanEnoughBigsEarthWinningStupidNormalDecidedBiggerStudiosDawnDedicationBotheredLotterySkatesIngrates Author:Audrey Niffenegger
“You and I were created by God to be so much more than normal…Following the crowd is not a winning approach to life. In the end it’s a loser’s game, because we never become who God created us to be by trying to be like everybody else.” TryingEndsGamesWinningNormalApproachCrowdsFollowingLoserFollowing The CrowdJesus Inspirational Book:Through My Eyes Source: Through My Eyes
“But you are beautiful And you better go show it So go look again You gotta be true to your own If you really wanna go to the top Do you really wanna win Don’t believe in leaving normal Just to satisfy demand ((Beauty in Ugly))” IfsBelieveLooksShowsBeautifulWinningDemandNormalLeavingDon't BelieveUglyBeing TrueYou Are Beautiful Author:Jason Mraz