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“Why Teach When You Can Trade?” Epilogue

I would like to thank each and every one of you who commented on;

This was a very special series of postings that I refrained from writing for a long time. As offensive as the title’s question is, the wrong answer can be taken in a worse way. I am glad I’ve got this off my chest because now I know that what I am doing is what others really want. Now I know for sure that I can keep doing what I do because so many have benefitted from it.

I would like to thank all those who sent me emails with regard to these postings and to Aaron, Allan Heng, Dave, Wilson Ong, Lawrence, Andy, Dave, Kevin and Shawn for your kind words and encouragement. I truly appreciate the effort and the thoughts.

And a very special thanks to the man who started it all, my good friend, Zand. If not for your visions, if not for your encouragement, trust and faith in a time when I needed more than words, I would not be doing what I am doing today. Thanks for being a true friend, Zand.

This has really been a lesson in networking for me. Through this teaching journey, I have made many friends and created many money-making opportunities with several “partners” along the way. As the tutorial became more demanding, Henry and Lawrence have helped to ease the schedule and made an opportunity for themselves in the process. They now independently run the only two additional private tuition sessions that I sanction as follow ups to my tutorial. Others like “Duke” Alvin Lim and Ruben Koh look to follow suit and are not far away from doing so.

Alicia Tan helped create the Breakout Pattern Cards and truth be told, it was mostly her work that is in those cards. Today, she continues on two more projects which we expect to roll out later this year and early next year. Gary Cheam in K.L. has worked out a simple training program as a follow up to the Candlestick Patterns Cards and should be available soon. Melvyn Chan, another student, came up with this great idea to put everything I have onto a sales site to reach out to those beyond our shores. He and Lawrence now run the site and this blog from which we all make a pretty penny.

This is a community that was born from a simple idea of getting like-minded people together to learn, share and grow together in the name of wealth building and education. It would not have been possible by me alone. And with the growing strength of this community, I continue to grow. The education is an on-going process and something I could not have achieved if I didn’t teach.

Teaching has also changed me as a person. When once I used to be defensive about what I taught, I now listen and learn from those who query. When once I was impatient and intolerant with indignant students, I now teach them to unlearn what they know before learning what I have to offer. When once I used to dread teaching experienced traders, I now value their input and learn from their experiences. When once I was weak and fell to the temptations of the success that comes with this kind of work, I’ve now rediscovered my humble roots and choose to stay grounded.

In this learning process, I have become a better father and a better role model for my children. I have become a better husband and a more caring friend. I continue to strive to be the best teacher this industry has to offer and will never rest on my laurels. I have learned that giving to receive is a much better way to grow than receiving to give. All I have to do to remain in this rich vein of form is to simply be myself.

The one thing I have noticed about the things that have been posted about me on the internet, all the doubters and those who shoot down what I do, those who doubt my credentials (for which I have none anyway), to those who doubt my sincerity, … one raw fact remains – they have never shot me down for teaching rubbish and producing gamblers. If anything, there have been more copy-cats and pirates of what I do and produce. This is my measure of doing the right thing.

In the end, it is all about my students. It is all about what they gain from my teachings and from benefitting from being in this community. I have been tough with my students and those who took those tough lessons are better because of it. When my students become successful, I am happy for them. When they struggle, I am there for them. It is all about their success and I wouldn’t have it any other way.

As their teacher, I prefer to be the anonymous referee in a good football match. At the end of the match, everybody remembers the goals, the scorers, the tackles, the near-misses and the excitement of the match. The referee who has had a good match, always goes unnoticed.

As a reminder to myself,
I remain, humbly,

Conrad.

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