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New TurtleTrader Audio Book with Jerry Parker Interview

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New TurtleTrader audio book is out with special Jerry Parker interview.

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Ep. 503: John Miller Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio

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John Miller
John Miller

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My guest today is John Miller, the author of “QBQ: The Question behind the Question”, is on today’s podcast. John’s message is all about person responsibility. His dad was the wrestling coach at Cornell University and he taught John the foundation for his way of thinking early on. He started in the training business selling leadership and sales management training in 1986.

The topics are his books QBQ! The Question Behind the Question: Practicing Personal Accountability at Work and in Life and The QBQ! Workbook: A Hands-on Tool for Practicing Personal Accountability at Work and in Life.

In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss:

  • Staying accountable for your actions
  • Social media bullying and accountability
  • Stress is a choice
  • Asking yourself the right questions to stay accountable
  • Entitlement

“Accountable people don’t blame others, and they don’t even blame themselves.” – John Miller

“People who win fall forward.” – John Miller

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Ep. 502: Efficient Market Thinking with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio

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Efficient Market Thinking with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
Efficient Market Thinking with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio

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Please enjoy my monologue Efficient Market Thinking with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio. This episode may also include great outside guests from my archive.

In this episode of Trend Following Radio:

  • Efficient market hypothesis
  • Scientific method
  • What is a heuristic?
  • The market price
  • What if money was no object?

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Ep. 487: Robert Cialdini Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio

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Robert Cialdini's 'Pre-Suasion'
Robert Cialdini’s ‘Pre-Suasion’

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My guest today is Robert Cialdini, an American psychologist and academic. He is the Regents’ Professor Emeritus of Psychology and Marketing at Arizona State University and was a visiting professor of marketing, business and psychology at Stanford University, as well as at the University of California at Santa Cruz. He is best known for his 1984 book on persuasion and marketing, Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion. It was based on three “undercover” years applying for and training at used car dealerships, fund-raising organizations, and telemarketing firms to observe real-life situations of persuasion.

The topics are his books Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion and Pre-Suasion: A Revolutionary Way to Influence and Persuade.

In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss:

  • Establishing trust before asking for anything
  • Rational self interest
  • Anchoring a persons perception
  • Asking for advice rather than an opinion
  • Warren Buffett’s shareholder letter
  • Environmental responsibility

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Ep. 485: Jared Dillian Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio

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Jared Dillian
Jared Dillian

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My guest today is Jared Dillian, the author of Street Freak: Money and Madness at Lehman Brothers, named one of the top business books of 2011 by Businessweek magazine. He edits and publishes a variety of financial publications, including his own: The Daily Dirtnap. He spent a career as a trader on Wall Street and a short career before that as a Coast Guard officer. He is also an active investor, racquetball player, and an electronic music curator.

The topics are his books Street Freak: A Memoir of Money and Madness and All The Evil of This World.

In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss:

  • Behavioral finance
  • Market psychology
  • Housing bubble
  • Dot com bubble
  • Lehman Brothers
  • Starting your own hedge fund

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Ep. 483: Paul Tough Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio

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Paul Tough
Paul Tough

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My guest today is Paul Tough, a Canadian-American writer and broadcaster. As a teenager, he was co-host of Anybody Home, a weekly youth-oriented programme broadcast nationally on CBC Radio. Tough first moved to the United States in 1988 and worked for Harper’s Magazine and then returned to radio becoming senior editor of This American Life in the mid-1990s before moving back to Canada to serve as editor of Saturday Night in 1998. He has written extensively about education, poverty and politics.

The topic is his book Helping Children Succeed: What Works and Why.

In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss:

  • Early childhood development
  • Creating the right environment for children
  • Childhood poverty
  • Serve and return parenting
  • Teaching grit and curiosity
  • The accountability movement
  • What motivates us?
  • Education as a national problem

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Ep. 481: Chris Zook Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio

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Chris Zook
Chris Zook

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My guest today is Chris Zook, a business writer and partner at Bain & Company, leading its Global Strategy Practice. He is listed by The Times (London) as one of the world’s top 50 business thinkers. Zook received a B.A. in mathematics and economics from Williams College, a M.Phil. in economics from Exeter College, Oxford University, and a MPP and Ph.D in Public Policy Analysis from the Harvard Kennedy School. Zook is an author of books and articles on business strategy, growth, and the importance of leadership economics, including the Profit from the Core trilogy.

The topic is his book The Founder’s Mentality: How to Overcome the Predictable Crises of Growth.

In this episode of Trend Following Radio:

  • The founder’s 100
  • What keeps millennials in their jobs
  • Frontline obsession
  • Sense of insurgency
  • Owners mindset
  • Founders disease
  • Meritocracies

“Complexity is the silent killer of growth.” – Chris Zook

“Ideas are a dime a dozen. It comes down to execution and passion.” – Michael Covel

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