I’m sitting. Home alone, Thursday night (party night in Dubai) and I can’t wait to open my laptop and start tracking stocks.

Granted, I’ll have a vodka, and maybe I’ll trade the last two hours of the day. But it’s still work and not play. But understand this, I’ve never ever felt happier in my life and I love doing this. Every. Single. Day. Period.

About six months ago, something just clicked, I was pretty down (borderline seriously depressed) and I just made a decision not live like this anymore.

No more drinking all weekend. No more wasting money. No more not having respect for myself.

I decided to raise my standards. Study a few hours a day in stocks. In the beginning, I wondered whether or not I’d even get into trading – I didn’t know if it was definitely for me.

But, I made a decision to try it and now I’m completely hooked – most of the time it’s all I think about and it’s my number one priority in life after family.

You can change your life too

I’m writing this because I forgot what it felt like to be happy until I felt truly happy again. As ridiculous as it sounds, I hope I can change how one person thinks. Once you start the journey, it’s an amazing process – and I’m still not profitable.

BUT, to get on this journey you need to do a few things, see five tips below. AND, I don’t want to reduce the value of these tips by calling them tips. They are tips, but they can change your life if applied with drive. If you are where I was – I hope you change your life too.

Tip 1: Keep an open mind

I’m learning Penny Stock trading through Timothy Sykes, and in the back of my head I thought initially it could be a scam, I took a chance and it paid off for me. I think it will pay off tenfold in the future.

Tip 2: Don’t let yourself doubt yourself

As soon as we ever try and do anything our ‘inner-self’ immediately brings us down because it wants to be a lazy little shit. But you’re in control of your mind. Counter that thought immediately and never let it come back again. OR, correct it again and again until it eventually goes away.

Tip 3: Work harder than everyone else

Unfortunately, nothing worth having ever comes easy. And unfortunately, the journey is always more fun than achieving the goal. I recognise this in my self already. I’m almost profitable after six months and I actually don’t really care anymore.  I feel I deserve it. Why shouldn’t I be? I stuck to my plan and put the hours in. I deserve it. When I am profitable, I know I won’t care. Tick. It’s done. What’s next? This is life, we’re programmed in our DNA in parallel with human evolution to: succeed, feel unhappy, and work on something bigger. It has ensured our survival for millions of years. So, enjoy the journey. I ‘ve loved mine. Every minute.

Tip 4: Network

Talk to as many traders as much as you can and don’t be afraid to ask for things. I’ve reached out to a lot of people for help, such as Equity Feed, asking for deals if I give them something in return (like blog for them).

I thought the CEO would never in a million have time in the world for a young losing trader – he seemed thrilled to hear from me and know of my story.

Tip 5: Dream big and never give up

Every day I walk out of my JBR apartment and look at the Ferrari parked in the car park and wonder when I’ll have my own. I literally envision it happening to me, and not because a book told me to, but because I have complete confidence that if you make a plan and stick to it you’ll succeed. Why wouldn’t you?