It is my pleasure to share an interview with @Goldfinger, an influential, long-term contributor to the chat community. He is active on twitter as @CEOTechnician, his free site Energy and Gold Ltd., and his subscription Trading Lab. His Trading Lab provides a lot of great market content and trader support, and I would highly recommend that you contact him to discuss a subscription.
With no further ado, I present @Goldfinger's responses to the Proust Questionnaire:
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1.What is your idea of perfect happiness?
My idea of perfect happiness is being at peace and having the freedom to do what I choose to do on a daily basis.
2.What is your greatest fear?
My greatest fear is being a failure, not achieving what I want to achieve.
3.What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?
Not keeping a clean room. I guess, being a bit messy.
4.What is the trait you most deplore in others?
Not being honest.
5.Which living person do you most admire?
Bill Gates.
6.What is your greatest extravagance?
Going out for dinner.
7.What is your current state of mind?
Peaceful.
8.What do you consider the most overrated virtue?
I'm going to say something controversial -- charity.
9.On what occasion do you lie?
I try not to lie, but sometimes I will make white lies when I don’t think anybody will get hurt and it is in my best interest. For example, if a parking attendant is coming by to give a ticket and I can say something that might get me out of a ticket. I would prefer to never lie, even white lies.
10.What do you most dislike about your appearance?
I wish I had a thinner stomach.
11.Which living person do you most despise?
That's a tough one -- I don’t want to despise people, but I am not a fan of Donald Trump. And I'm also not a fan of Hillary Clinton.
12.What is the quality you most like in a man?
Integrity.
13.What is the quality you most like in a woman?
Grace.
14.Which words or phrases do you most overuse?
I use the words 'so' and 'however' a lot, but I don’t have any phrases that I really overuse.
15.What or who is the greatest love of your life?
(laughs) Myself!
16.When and where were you happiest?
Right Now. Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
17.Which talent would you most like to have?
I'd like to be able to dance better.
18.If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
I would be smarter.
19.What do you consider your greatest achievement?
Being @Goldfinger on ceo.ca.
20.If you were to die and come back as a person or a thing, what would it be?
I would come back as the Dalai Lama.
21.Where would you most like to live?
Park City, Utah.
22.What is your most treasured possession?
My heart.
23.What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
People who lie and cheat because they think it is going to get them ahead but, in reality, it doesn’t and hurts everyone.
24.What is your favorite occupation?
Being a trader
25.What is your most marked characteristic?
Confidence.
26.What do you most value in your friends?
Compassion and sincerity.
27.Who are your favorite writers?
David Deida and Howard Marks. "The Most Important Thing" is one of my favourite books.
28.Who is your hero of fiction?
You know, I'm not a big fiction guy. I don’t think I have one.
29.Which historical figure do you most identify with?
George Washington.
30.Who are your heroes in real life?
Howard Marks and Bill Gates, in terms of business. Tommy Humphries in terms of junior mining finance. The guru Mooji for spirituality. And I like this guy named Jason Silva, who has a TV show and does a lot of podcast-type stuff. He's kind of an outside-the-box thinker. That’s really what comes to mind -- I'm not big on the heroes and icons.
31.What are your favorite names?
I don’t have any favourite names.
32.What is it that you most dislike?
I most dislike scarcity and people who don’t think they can do it -- whatever 'it' is.
33.What is your greatest regret?
Not learning how to trade properly sooner.
34.How would you like to die?
Living a life with no regrets.
35.What is your motto?
If it's to be, it's up to me.
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