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My guest today is Ken Kocienda, a software engineer/designer at Apple for over fifteen years. After being introduced to the internet in 1994 he taught himself computer programming and made his way through a succession of dot-com-era startups, before landing a job at Apple in 2001. He worked on software teams responsible for creating the Safari web browser, iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch.

The topic is his book Creative Selection: Inside Apple’s Design Process During the Golden Age of Steve Jobs.

In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss:

• Pyramid of demos
• Steve Jobs thought process
• Apple company philosophy
• Completely present in the moment
• Reality distortion field
• Creative selection
• Green Bay Packers and Vince Lombardi

Mentions & Resources:

• Ken Kocienda
• Creative Selection: Inside Apple’s Design Process During the Golden Age of Steve Jobs
• @kocienda

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My guest today is Terence C.M. Tse, an educator, speaker, advisor and commentator. He is a co-founder of Nexus FrontierTech and co-author of “Understanding How the Future Unfolds: Using Drive to Harness the Power of Today’s Mega Trends.” His mantra is “You can’t predict the future, but you can be ready with a plan.” Terence’s book focuses on a term he calls “Presentcasting.” He does not promote forecasting but rather teaches people to look at what’s in front of them and see how things are unfolding in current time. He has created the acronym DRIVE – defining 5 interrelated mega trends: demographic and social changes, resource scarcity, inequalities, volatility, complexity and scale and enterprising dynamics. These are the five directions Terence points clients in when they start thinking about improving their lives.

The topic is his book Understanding How the Future Unfolds: Using Drive to Harness the Power of Today’s Mega Trends

In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss:

• Preparing of uncertainty
• Entrepreneurship
• Economics abroad
• New technology
• Rise of the internet
• Disappearance of white collar jobs
• Student loans

Mentions & Resources:

• Terence Tse
• Understanding How the Future Unfolds: Using Drive to Harness the Power of Today’s Mega Trends
• MegaTrends
• @Terencecmtse

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Mike,

Been listening to you for maybe 5 years now, sorry I don’t review more, I’ll try. I’m a financial advisor and a solid believer in trend following. After reading TurtleTrader I traded personally using options, that was June 2014, profited well on short oil. Lucked out starting then. So my investment in you and your work has returned handsomely.

In December 2015 I bought [product] and was determined to learn futures, six months later I started a simulated account, traded it for a year and a half. Went live this year. Things have gone well.

I know you like to get to the point. I guess because your work has helped me achieve my goals, I wanted to say thank you. In a recent podcast I think in an interview with Ed Seykota he said that the trend following mindset can change your life. I totally agree.

Applying the principals with/for my client portfolios is a challenge. In general, clients just think too short term. It’s not their fault, they have the TV telling them how to think, online access to their accounts daily, monthly statements, quarterly reports to a benchmark. We spaz them out because that is what everyone else would do.

Look forward to your future work!

[Name]

Thanks!

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Trend Following is for beginners, students and pros in all countries. This is not day trading 5-minute bars, prediction or analyzing fundamentals–it’s Trend Following.

I have done my best to have some of George Mason University’s finest on my podcast:

Walter Williams: Episode 244 and Wikipedia

Tyler Cohen: Episode 575, Episode 255 and Wikipedia

Robin Hanson: Episode 236, Episode 461, Episode 615 and Wikipedia

Bryan Caplan: Episode 671 and Wikipedia

Daniel Klein: Episode 662 and Wikipedia

Alex Tabarrok: Episode 289 and Wikipedia

Peter Leeson: Episode 687 and Wikipedia

Nobel Prize Winner Vernon Smith: Episode 178 and Wikipedia

Note: Vernon Smith is not at Mason now, but was for a very long time. He did win his Nobel Prize while teaching there. He also appears in my film. Full disclosure? I did graduate from Mason and remain quite proud of the school’s immense success…in literally less than 30 years. Amazing!

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How can you move forward immediately to Trend Following profits? My books and my Flagship Course and Systems are trusted options by clients in 70+ countries.

Also jump in:

• Trend Following Podcast Guests
• Frequently Asked Questions
• Performance
• Research
• Markets to Trade
• Crisis Times
• Trading Technology
• About Us

Trend Following is for beginners, students and pros in all countries. This is not day trading 5-minute bars, prediction or analyzing fundamentals–it’s Trend Following.

Please enjoy my monologue Bob Woodward Spins John Belushi with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio. This episode may also include great outside guests from my archive.

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Food for thought:

• The Disproportional Power of Anecdotes
• Staying unfazed by 17 straight losses early on helped this trader find the Holy Grail of trading
• Research on a Levered 60/40 Approach vs. 100% Equities
• Quant questions
• Amazon Hits $1 Trillion Valuation
• What Harry Markowitz Meant
• Nudge Turns 10: A Special Issue on Behavioral Science in Public Policy
• Forecasting, uncertainty and risk; perspectives on clinical decision-making in preventive and curative medicine
• How to Retire in Your 30s With $1 Million in the Bank
• The psychological trick behind getting people to say yes

Enjoy.

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How can you move forward immediately to Trend Following profits? My books and my Flagship Course and Systems are trusted options by clients in 70+ countries.

Also jump in:

• Trend Following Podcast Guests
• Frequently Asked Questions
• Performance
• Research
• Markets to Trade
• Crisis Times
• Trading Technology
• About Us

Trend Following is for beginners, students and pros in all countries. This is not day trading 5-minute bars, prediction or analyzing fundamentals–it’s Trend Following.

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My guest today is Gregory Aldrete, a professor of history and humanistic studies at the University of Wisconsin–Green Bay, where he has been teaching since 1995. His emphasis is on rhetoric and oratory, floods in Rome, ancient Greek and Roman history, and daily life in the Roman world. What was life like in ancient Roman times? How did people do things in the ancient Roman Empire? These questions are what fascinates Gregory and keeps him moving forward in his research.

The topic is his book History’s Great Military Blunders and the Lessons They Teach.

In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss:

• Butterfly effect
• Overconfidence in leadership
• Napoleon’s biggest blunder
• Battle of the Little Big Horn
• Hitler
• D-Day
• Technology and understanding its potential

Mentions & Resources:

• Gregory Aldrete
• “Histories Great Military Blunders and the Lessons they Teach”

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