The subconscience release

I want to try and bring in occasionally some reference to my athletics. While my day (and sometimes evening and night) job is to navigate through the oft troubled financial markets, I do spend much of my free time running or riding my bicycle. Boulder is a fantastic place for both. I find that while trail running in particular (perhaps due to the diversion of oxygen to my screaming lungs and failing to make its way to my brain) I develop some of my best money management/ investing strategies.

For instance, yesterday, while running my pooches on the Mesa Trail, I came up with the idea of, in one certain instance, selling a new position (that was entered as a momentum play that failed to keep running) for a very small loss with the anticipation of buying the same position more closely to support. This little idea was brought out by my subconscience and can now be further developed in my conscience mind.

I find that while physically exerting myself I allow myself to open up my subconscience mind. This is akin to great thinkers coming up with ideas under the influence of ....(you fill in the blank). The point is to find that place where you are receptive to letting yourself go and allowing your subconscience mind communicate with your conscience mind. Always have a way to write or digitally capture your thoughts; you never know when one of your ideas will lead to something profound.