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Ep. 276: Richard Lewis Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio

Posted on by Michael Covel
Richard Lewis
Richard Lewis

My guest today is Richard Lewis, a cross-cultural expert who has been studying language and communication his entire career. He’s traveled to 130+ countries and speaks eleven different languages.

The topics are his books When Cultures Collide: Leading Across Cultures and When Teams Collide: Managing the International Team Successfully.

In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss:

  • How Lewis’ love affair with language started
  • The best way to start learning a language
  • Travel as a “magic elixir” of sorts
  • The Lewis model
  • Cultural differences in language, and what Lewis means by linear-active, multi-active, and reactive
  • The idea of losing face in the context of cross-cultural communication
  • Microculture and macroculture
  • Cross-cultural teams vs. homogenous teams
  • Normal and abnormal in a cultural context
  • Paperwork and punctuality in different cultures
  • Why the linear-active person confronts with logic, the multi-active person confronts emotionally, and the reactive person is never confronting
  • Why there’s much more to making a deal than just quantity and price

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Ep. 275: Joel Mokyr Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio

Posted on by Michael Covel
Joel Mokyr
Joel Mokyr

My guest today is Joel Mokyr, an economic historian at Northwestern University. He focuses on technological progress, and how it affects growth. From Mokyr’s perspective, we haven’t seen anything yet. He’s not trying to predict what will happen next; he’s just confident and ready that big things will continue to happen.

The topic is technology.

In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss:

  • Define technology
  • The notion of playing God with technology
  • How technology and economic growth are intertwined
  • Why screwing up is part of technology
  • The acceleration of technology
  • New ways of measuring growth
  • Anesthesia and antibiotics as technologies and imagining new technologies as revolutionary as them
  • Moving from a wheat and steel economy into an information economy
  • The factory, the separation between firm and household, and the Industrial Revolution
  • The death of distance
  • Why technology is often not reflected in the GDP
  • Solving the language barrier through technology
  • Why the global acceptance of the English language is driven by technology
  • Why innovation isn’t natural to us
  • The declining respect of the writings of previous generations
  • Why the median age will continue to increase
  • Why we are moving into a mass-customization society
  • Changes in material science
  • The best way to think about the future

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What is My Personality Type?

Posted on by Michael Covel

What is my Myers Briggs personality type?

Greetings Mr. Covel, during your most recent podcast, you stated that you are classified as an introvert according to the Briggs Myers Type Indicator. I am curious as to what is your four letter personality type because I am willing to bet it is INTJ? Of course, I understand if you do not wish to reveal personal details about yourself.

Regards,
[Name]

INTP

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Ep. 274: Guy Kawasaki Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio

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Guy Kawasaki
Guy Kawasaki

My guest today is Guy Kawasaki. For those of you that pay attention to being an entrepreneur, Kawasaki’s books have been invaluable over the last decade. Currently, he is the chief evangelist of Canva, an online graphic design tool. Formerly, he was an advisor to the Motorola business unit of Google and chief evangelist of Apple.

The topic is entrepreneur.

In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss:

  • Why being a consultant or an investment banker are two of the worst first jobs you can get
  • Working in sales, and Kawasaki’s early experience in the jewelry business
  • Some of the most valuable attributes of a good salesman
  • Marketing, social media, and why you’d want to have a rabid fan with fifteen followers rather than just another blurb on the back of your book from the so-called big name
  • Why a book review in The New York Times isn’t as important as it used to be
  • The Amazon and Hachette conflict, and why Amazon is still the best thing to happen to authors in a long time
  • The two types of people in the world–baker vs. eater
  • How Kawasaki manages his time
  • Looking at your social media presence as core to your existence
  • Disruptive high growth opportunities
  • Introversion and getting better at standing on stage

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Ep. 273: Rande Howell Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio

Posted on by Michael Covel
Rande Howell
Rande Howell

My guest today is Rande Howell. Howell has a therapeutic background combined with personal coaching in the fields of human potential and leadership. He has fifteen years of practice as a licensed professional counselor with a Masters in Counseling.

The topic is counseling.

In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss:

  • What the performance mind is in regards to trading
  • Trading, emotions, and uncertainty
  • Why irrational pessimism is deadly in trading
  • Emotional regulation and mastering emotions
  • The blurry line between the casino and trading, particularly in Asia
  • Euphoria vs. fear in a trading context
  • Why what you’re afraid of owns you
  • Jungian archetypes
  • The Myers-Briggs instrument
  • Biological threat vs. psychological discomfort
  • The mistake of using trading to measure your worth
  • Getting your emotions right but your strategy wrong
  • Why success in one endeavor doesn’t necessarily mean success in trading
  • The importance of patience
  • The panther vs. the African lion

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S&P 500 Trading System

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Hi Michael…

Thank you for your comments on the S&P500 in podcast 271. Very good insight into the nature of the index and how it is used (or misused). As one of your guests said, buying and holding is like getting in a car with no brakes. I quote that to my clients frequently. When clients ask me what I think the market is going to do I always reply: “I have no clue what the market is going to do. But I know exactly what we are going to do in response to whatever the market does and that will make all the difference.” Once a client asked me, “Doesn’t the market just always go up?” I replied “Yes, the market always goes up. Sometimes.” This summer I made some road trips with my wife and daughter and I listened to about 2 dozen of the podcasts in the car. I am pleased that my 13-year old daughter got to absorb wisdom from the likes of Walter Williams and others. Your podcasts are a priceless gift to investors. An important benefit that I receive from them is confirmation that I am on the right track. Being a trend follower in a world brainwashed by Modern Portfolio Theory can be lonely. I have attached the first 20 months performance report from trading the S&P leveraged index funds using a trend following strategy.

Thanks for all you do.
[Name]

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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.

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

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Ep. 272: The Health and Longevity Episode with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio

Posted on by Michael Covel
Dan Buettner and John Ratey
Dan Buettner and John Ratey

Please enjoy my monologue The Health and Longevity Episode with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio. This episode may also include great outside guests from my archive.

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