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Ep. 472: Silence with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio

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Silence with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
Silence with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio

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Please enjoy my monologue Silence 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:

  • Peace and quiet is all about the noise in your head.
  • Correlations between high blood pressure and chronic noise sources.
  • Possible therapeutic uses for silence.
  • Trend following.

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Ep. 471: Emma Seppala Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio

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Emma Seppälä
Emma Seppälä

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My guest today is Emma Seppala, the author of “The Happiness Track: How to Apply the Science of Happiness to Accelerate Your Success.” She is the Associate Director for the Center of Compassion at Stanford University. Emma’s work isn’t based on theories or common knowledge, there is a tremendous amount of neuroscience backing her work.

The topic is her book The Happiness Track: How to Apply the Science of Happiness to Accelerate Your Success.

In this episode of Trend Following Radio:

  • Benefits of happiness
  • Stresses in life
  • Controlling your mind
  • Happiness in college
  • Cultivating resilience
  • Tapping into the opposite of fight or flight response
  • Impact of different breathing techniques
  • Living in the moment of now
  • Authenticity
  • The flow state
  • Activating creativity

“Self criticism is basically self sabotage.” – Emma Seppala

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Ep. 470: Objective with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio

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Objective with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
Objective with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio

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Please enjoy my monologue Objective 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:

  • Man’s morality
  • Altruism
  • Self sacrifice
  • Free and unregulated economies
  • Capitalism with government help
  • Welfare
  • Depressions due to government interference
  • Strategic decision making

“Man is entitled to his own happiness but he must achieve it himself. He cannot demand that others give up their lives to make him happy.” – Ayn Rand

“I have no faith at all, I only have convictions.” – Ayn Rand

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Ep. 469: Laura Roeder Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio

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Laura Roeder
Laura Roeder

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My guest today is Laura Roeder, a serial entrepreneur and her newest company is Edgar, a social media application. She started working for herself creating websites for people when she was 22 living in Chicago. It spread to optimizing traffic and online marketing for her clients. In 2014 she launched her social media software business, Edgar. They haven’t taken any money from investors and have grown to 2.8 million annual revenue.

The topics are entrepreneur and social media.

In this episode of Trend Following Radio:

  • Social media
  • Business competitors
  • Success of Dropbox
  • Keeping up a great reputation
  • Be aware that competitors can access everything
  • Women in the entrepreneurial space

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Ep. 468: Irrationality with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio

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Irrationality with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
Irrationality with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio

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Please enjoy my monologue Irrationality 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:

  • Law of demand
  • Behavioral economics
  • Experimental economics
  • How do you make bubbles go away
  • Using algorithms over emotions
  • Noise reduction
  • Statistical thinking
  • Understanding the difference between risk and uncertainty
  • Probability theory
  • Risk Communication
  • Unconscious things that make us fearful

At the beginning of the 20th century, the science fiction author Herbert H. Wells made the following prediction, ‘If we want efficient citizens in a modern technological society we need to teach them three things: Reading, writing and statistical thinking.’ That is, a good way to deal with risk and certainty. Now, today almost 100 years later we have taught in the investment world almost everyone to read and write, more or less, but not to think with risk and uncertainty. – Gerd Gigerenzer

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Ep 467: David Burkus Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio

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David Burkus
David Burkus

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My guest today is David Burkus, the bestselling author of four books about business and leadership. His books have won multiple awards and have been translated into dozens of languages. Since 2017, Burkus has been ranked as one of the world’s top business thought leaders by by organizations like Thinkers50, Global Gurus, and LeadersHum. As a sought-after international speaker, his TED Talk has been viewed over 2 million times. He’s worked with leaders from organizations across all industries including Google, Stryker, Fidelity, Viacom, and even the US Naval Academy. A former business school professor, Burkus holds a master’s degree in organizational psychology from the University of Oklahoma, and a doctorate in strategic leadership from Regent University.

The topic is his book Under New Management: How Leading Organizations Are Upending Business as Usual.

In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss:

  • Re-designing the factory
  • Physical labor vs. Intellectual labor
  • Machines vs. Man
  • Multitasking = Task switching
  • “The customer is always right” mentality
  • Confirmation bias
  • Introverts and extroverts
  • Customer service
  • Non-compete clauses

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Ep. 466: Don’t Worship the Computer with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio

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Don’t Worship the Computer with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
Don’t Worship the Computer with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio

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Please enjoy my monologue Don’t Worship the Computer 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:

  • “Super computers”
  • Systematic trading
  • Creating algorithms
  • Coding
  • Machines replacing humans
  • Breaking down the use of software

“…The power of computers owes nothing (save speed) to the causal peculiarities of electrons darting about on silicon chips…” – Daniel Dennett

“Trend following trader = CPA not AI singularity theorist.” – Michael Covel

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