I got asked to do a podcast to discuss one of the books I wrote.  I like doing podcasts.

I did one with my friend ChicagoSean for StockTwits here.

I did one with Chatwithtraders here.

I like listening to podcasts.  Soundcloud is an app on my phone, which I frequently use on my walk from the west side to the east side for work.

So I go to the podcast’s site to check him out before I agree to an interview.  Basically I don’t want to be affiliated with anyone “selling the dream”, which is harmful to the trading community.  Trading is a performance sport for only the most serious of participants, with talent in the strategies they are expressing.

And there is an affiliation with some academy on the podcast site.  This is all fine so far.  I click on the link to this performance academy and am instantly offended. 

• The site is massively offensive to women-  objectifying them. 
• The site apparently thinks its visitors are morons given their pitch to change their lives in 3 days. 
• You tend to take these things more personally when you have a 7-month-old girl at home

It used to be you actually had to have an expertise in something to be considered a mentor/teacher/coach.  Apparently today, you can “sell the dream”, objectify women, prey on people’s fears, make-up your performance, lie about the accuracy of your trading signals and/or act boorish to run a successful business.

I think I will pass. 

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