How I replaced gaming with trading

What's going on guys, and welcome to today's video where I'm going to show you how I replaced my gaming addiction with trading and actually made a career for myself from that. This video is heavily inspired by another video from another guy that replaced gaming with coding. Now I thought to myself, damn, that's cool. I went through a different process, but it's relatively similar. So I thought to myself, well, let's make a video about it. You see, as long as I remember, I've always been a gamer ever since my family got the first computer, you know, the big shitty old white ones that were square and just like unproportionate to the desk. I started playing video games, started with the shitty old video games like Icy Tower, and then it went on to PlayStation 1, PlayStation 2, and just me playing a lot of video games. During high school, I wasn't relatively popular. I remember finishing high school and running to my computer in order to play Modern Warfare 2 just to practice my 360 no-scope from the top of Rust. Now, at that point, I really had nothing going on in my life. I was a mediocre student at best, and I didn't like school. I didn't like the educational things they teach. I was relatively overweight, and I didn't have much friends. Because of that, I was insecure with relatively low self-esteem, all because I wanted to play video games, which actually led me to a slippery slope of me not caring about how I look, how I feel, and how my overall performance in school and society basically are. But it all changed once I hit the gym. That was my anchor, and that actually is what changed me. I started going to the gym, and day in, day out, I actually started noticing difference. When I first started out, I wasn't able to perform a pull-up, a chin-up, or a bench with weight. Hell, I actually remember I didn't manage to bench the barbell itself. As high school went along, I started having more friends, So my confidence went up a little bit and I actually graduated with a mediocre student diploma. And then I enlisted into the army. Now, when I enlisted to the army, because of my glasses, I wasn't able to actually join combat duty. And that's basically the only thing I wanted. So I fought for it and actually joined the Navy. And basically, if you don't know, every single male in Israel needs to serve at least 32 months, and it's not good time. But I can confidently say that actually changed me as a human being and made me way, way better. When I finished my service, I was a whole new person. I still played video games, but I was in the top shape of my life, and my mindset was relatively different. At least it was different from the mindset I had as a kid. But even with all of those things, I was still lost. I still played video games, and I still didn't know what I'm going to do with my life. What was my purpose? So I did what every single responsible 21-year-old does. I flew to travel. And actually, during my travels, I started working in sales. And that was the first time that I actually realized, oh, I am good at something. And that if I put in the effort and time into a venture, I actually can succeed in it and become good at it. Now, sales for me wasn't easy. I'm an introvert by nature, and I don't like talking to other people that much. And it takes me a lot of time to open up, but that job taught me more about myself than I know, and I'm so grateful that I went through that. So if you take one thing from this video, it's go and work in sales, because I can tell you that will change your life. Now, everything was going great. I was making a lot of money as a salesperson and I enjoyed it. But again, all good things need to come to an end, and the disease that we're not going to mention her name hit, and it hit hard, and I wasn't able to work. So I decided to pack my things and just fly back to my parents' house. And again, I was in the same spot. I didn't have a job. I wasn't able to make money and I wasn't able to work on myself and develop myself. You see, sales and every aspect in life is basically like a video game. You level up your character and avatar by doing things. You do the side quests and you do the main quests and then you level up. And the more you level up, the more gold you have. Just gold is money and leveling up is basically learning and acquiring new skills. So with me being lost at my parents' house, I actually started to go mental. Because remember, I used to live by myself, make a lot of money, and enjoy life, and that all finished and was taken away from me. Now don't get me wrong, I'm grateful for my parents that actually let me in back into their house, but it was difficult for me mentally. So I started trying a lot of different things. As the old saying goes, fuck around and find out. I was a personal trainer, social media manager, video editor, and graphic designer. And in matter of fact, I didn't like any of those. I was decent at most, and I I wasn't able to actually enjoy the process. Those games didn't interest me. And it all changed when I talked with my buddy. I was actually planning to go back to sales and move abroad. And then he told me he made a killing in the stock market, specifically penny stocks. I remember him being excited and telling me he made $20,000 in one trade. And then it hit me. You can actually make money trading stocks. And if someone actually does that, why can't it be me? So I gave myself an ultimatum. I had 6 months. To figure it out. And if I didn't, I am going to fly abroad and go back to sales. And that decision happened on the 22nd of December, 2020. And that's actually the day I actually met my first mentor. Everything changed for me once I took his course. He changed my mindset, my understanding on the stock market, and actually how to make money trading stocks. I quickly realized I get the same high from trading as I get from playing video games, and it became addictive. Because every single day I wanted to improve my craft. I wanted to make more money. It's basically like an achievement, like in a video game. You want to have as much gold as possible so you can buy the most expensive items and skins in the game. Same thing applies in real life. I wanted to become so filthy rich that I got addicted to trading. I was obsessed with the stock market, and that's the only thing that led me to success. You need to understand that for me, this is the only time besides sales that I actually learned something that actually sparked an interest in me. I wanted to become better, and I actually wanted to become the best. I remember waking up and starting reading about the stock market and expanding my knowledge every single day. And with every single trade I took, I became better, whether it was a profitable trade or not. And after a year of perfecting my craft, waking up every single day at 6 AM to work as a personal trainer in order to have my income in check, I quit my and I decided to go all in on the stock market and investing. I had made the decision that I'm good enough and I'm profitable enough to actually go all in on this. And it all happened because I was obsessed with this thing. So the main lessons from this video is actually starting to incorporate different things into your life, different habits like the gym, eating clean and stuff like that that actually anchors you down and make you practice delayed gratification. Because I can promise you this, if you have delayed gratification, dedication and you can actually do something for a long period of time without seeing the results, you are going to succeed at it and it will spill over to every single aspect of your life. I started out by going to the gym and trusting the process because basically when you think about it, if you go to work out 1 day, 2 days, 3 days, 1 week, 2 weeks, you are not going to see results. But you know that if you stick long enough to it, you're going to have the body that you want. And then taught me that delayed gratification is the source of all success. As the sentence goes, nothing worth having comes easy. The second lesson is fucking around and finding out. Now, yeah, some people have it all figured out before they actually start, but that's probably not you. And you cannot know what you enjoy and what you can obsess on if you don't try. So grab a pen and grab a paper and write 10 things that spark an interest in you. Stocks for me was one of them, and video editing as well, and personal training as well, because I actually enjoyed training myself. So I went on and tried every single thing until one of them stuck. You need to get out of your comfort zone and try new things. And the best test that will actually determine if you can do it long-term is noticing if you nerd out about the topic one week after you started it, or one month, or six months. If you keep talking about it and it keeps you interested in it, congratulations, you found what you like doing. Another thing is that I think that physical and mental habits are a must, and they actually complement each other. Think about it. If you go for a walk or working out or run, you get a rush of endorphins and different hormones that actually make you more focused, more relaxed, and in a different state of mind, which will actually make you work and learn better. So I highly suggest you find something physical and something mental you actually like doing, because if you don't like doing it, you're not going to stick to it. And that's the most important thing, doing it over and over again. Another thing is that if you're interested in something, don't let anyone, not even your parents, not even your closest friends, tell you that you can't. If that's the case, don't listen to them. I am telling you 100% that's going to happen and you must be strong enough mentally to fight that urge to listen to them. Because let me tell you, this is the first time they are living life as well, so they don't have a fucking clue. It's not their fault. They are just uneducated on the matter. If they're telling you that you cannot get fit, prove them wrong. If they're telling you that you cannot make 10 grand a month, prove them wrong. They are uneducated, so it's your duty to educate them. They probably have a misbelief because they overheard a story about someone losing money or gaining weight and then made them think that it's not possible. But it is most times. Like, look what I went through through these 3 years. I failed multiple businesses. I gained weight. I was looking at my worst that I was looking from when I joined the army, basically. And everything was against me. The only thing I had was the support of my parents, which I'm so grateful for, but I had a lot going on against me. I didn't listen to anyone who told me I was not able to do it because I just know deep down that I am going to do it and I am going to prove them wrong. And you know what? Now that I made it, quote unquote, I get asked all the time how I did it. And how I did it is basically not listening to other people. And I'm not crazy smart on intelligence or studying or being the best of the class. I'm not. I'm just a mediocre guy that chose the hard path over the easy one. And I managed to stick through it. I didn't give up when times were hard and I got slapped in the face and lost more than a quarter million dollars. And I am still not going to give up when times are good. It's just constantly doing the same thing over and over and not paying attention to what other people have to say. So regardless if you want to try trading, coding, being a personal trainer, try it, do it. If you like doing what you do, that's the most important thing in the world because the man that likes to walk will walk further than the one who likes the path or the goal. But regardless, if you like this video and you actually gain something from it, please drop a like, subscribe to the channel, and comment something so it can get pushed out to as many people as possible. You know, YouTube algorithm and stuff like that. Regardless, I appreciate you and your time. And go out, try that new thing that you wanted to try, fuck around, find out, and just don't listen to anyone. Worst case that happened is that you failed and then you were back at the same spot basically. And the best thing that might happen is you actually manage to pull it off and you have the life that you want. For me, I think the risk to reward ratio is pretty good here. So I'll see you in the next one. And until then,