1/ Acting is a lot like trading except with opposing goals.

I was trained to artificially harness emotion. I dwell on it until it blooms to create raw, unpredictable and authentic reactions in otherwise rehearsed circumstances. I’m pushing my emotions to their tail distribution

2/ At the extremes you are believing what you’ve created inside yourself and letting that creation drive your acting decisions.

With trading, the emotions spring naturally from the heightened nature of the game so you’re trying to do the opposite.

3/ You want to taper or fade the tails back to the mean so you can go back to making healthy and rational decisions.

Boring for acting, but good for trading.