But anyway, it was a fun thing we did on Twitter and I challenged people. I said I would match them over the weekend. Twelve people did it. I threw $1,200 out the window and videotaped it, but then after that it was funny because then it kind of went viral and people saw me do that, and we had 100-something [people do] it from all around the world. I actually had people throwing $100 bills off of rickshaws in Asia. They’re walking down the street in Africa and dropping it on a dirt road. It was crazy. There were all these videos from people throwing them out windows in Japan and just all around the world. It was pretty wild. It’s liberating. Dan Ferris: I think it’s brilliant. For an hour I was thinking about this going, “This guy is nuts”, but it’s nuts in a good way, though. It is different, and it’s an emotional thing. Mark Minervini: I knew I was going to take a lot of heat for it. I knew when I did it there were going to be a lot of people that were going to get upset and disagree or be upset that it was wasteful with money. I was hoping people would understand the concept, but some people, a lot of people got it, and I think it actually liberated and empowered a lot of people. Dan Ferris: Man, if you got people throwing $100 bills off of rickshaws, you empowered a lot of people. Back at the time of the Market Wizards interview, it said you were working like six days a week, 14 hours a day. You hadn’t taken a vacation in 10 years. But then I noticed in Think and Trade like a Champion, you said your wife and daughter are
I knew when I did it there were going to be a lot of people that were going to get upset and disagree or be upset that it was wasteful with money. Mark Minervini: So, my priorities have changed over the years. In the beginning, I held off on getting married and having a family because I knew it would interfere with my career, and I wanted my career to be first, and I wanted to be wealthy and financially independent, so I did not get married and did not have a child until I was financially independent. But once I made all the money and I don’t have to work anymore, it’s a nice thing that I can do what I love, my priorities changed. My No. 1 priority is my family, my wife and my daughter, and health. Those are at the very top. If you asked me that in 1990, my No. 1 priority at all cost was to be the best trader in the world and to make millions and to be successful, and that was where my head was at, at that time. Dan Ferris: Well, you kind of did it, so congratulations. I noticed in Think and Trade like a Champion you talked about this need to be unbalanced if you’re really going to be devoted like you were earlier in your life, and a lot of the talk about the emotional commitment is geared toward this all-in commitment. now your highest priority, and I would imagine they would want you to take them on a vacation now and then. What’s your schedule like these days?
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