Thread: Working together as a team

Fiji, I think youve said what I wanted to say but didnt.

After introducing this question (which im glad you enjoyed as it speaks to my blossoming scientific skills), I had been thinking about great companies, great football te etc etc. everything successful version I might come up with had something in common: a great leader. I was kind of thinking that its all about the direction, but I didnt want to say it because this was like stating quinn wasnt a fantastic leader. But because he's already confessed slackin on the project I think it safe to state that team trading might work if there were someone to lead the group.

Someone would need to stand up as the leader and be truely motivated to make it occur. If I thought I might be the leader, I would stand up at another and take on the challenge. However, I fear I would be a very bad person to lead the group because my trading style is sort of hard to relate to if your not a programming nerd.

So who is going to be the person to stand up and lead us to the promised land????

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fiji, I think youve said what I needed to say but didnt.

After introducing this question (which im glad you enjoyed as it speaks to my blossoming scientific abilities), I was thinking about good companies, good soccer te etc.. Everything successful version I can come up with had something in common: a great leader. I was kind of thinking that its all about the leadership, but I didnt need to mention it because I was like saying quinn wasnt a fantastic leader. But since he's already confessed slackin on the project I think it safe to state that staff trading might work if there were someone to direct the group.

Someone would have to stand up to the chief and be truely motivated to make it occur. If I thought I might be the chief, I would stand up at another and take on the challenge. However, I fear I would be an extremely bad person to direct the group because my trading style is kind of hard to relate to in case your not a programming nerd.

So who's going to be the person to stand up and direct us to the promised land????

I think if we wait for a person to put up their hand it may never occur.

Who on this forum is:-

Great instructor
Successful Trader
Nice person
Willing to take on this task???????????????????????????????????????

Merlin. . .you must know everyone..whom do you nominate????

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Who on this forum is:-

Good teacher
Successful Trader
Nice person
Keen to take on this task???????????????????????????????????????

jim!!!!!

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jim!!!!!

BINGO!!!

and fiji!! But he wouldnt do it... or would he??

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and fiji!! However he wouldnt do it... or would he??

I know....both of these!!!!

You will find 6 or 7 other guys on this forum (ie quinn, blue, dialist) that can lead the group also. They might be less seasoned with trading, but I dont believe that the chief of the group would necessarily need to be that seasoned. Keep the train and they simply have to direct visitors. This group's experience is the workhorse.

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you will find 6 or 7 other men on this forum (ie quinn, blue, dialist) that can lead the group too. They may be less experienced with trading, but I dont believe the chief of the group would always have to be that experienced. They just need to direct traffic and keep the train going. The collective experience of the group is the workhorse.

If there continue to be a pile of ppl interested then every one of the above that you've mentioned might perhaps be the team leader and maintain the momentum going within each class and the bands themselves could be modulated with the head honcho/s.
I really feel that with team work we'll be able to get the thoughts flowing and the backtests /systems/set ups etc going BUT will need the help of those more experienced to help us even further.

Only my opinion. . .as I was miserable to see teamtrading not go ahead.

Well lets see. Jim already has a fantastic forum so no stage in fragmenting that unless you combine the system development notion to his thread. But I think what he is doing seems to be working good so why try to squeeze some thing in there. I've always enjoy the simple road to success and that is to discover signs of life in something and invite it to develop on its own merits but also find ways to nourish it after you find out what to feed it.

I would lead something like that when I had a vision for this. However it would be pointless for me to try and accomplish something I really don't find in my minds eye and yes, in my own heart.

However one thing that strikes me is the dialogue which just happened was about direction. That is part of a version that is fantastic. Nobody must run out and find a leader at this stage but just to recognise it's just one of the elements of a fantastic model. I find that often we westerners are so quick to ch the ball and run when we find just one part of something which we don't continue to create the thought sufficiently to find the life inside it which can drive something forward. We get all A kind about it and we are off to the races without a race track. We just want to race anything anywhere anytime. Same difficulty most traders have.

So what else is present with any fantastic team achievement version? Listed below are a few... though not in order. These aspects are loed in one form or another. Let's have some examples and disect them a little bit.

Planning
Brainstorming
Practice
Strategizing
Motivation
Protocol
Communiion
Code of integrity
Record maintaining
Reviews of advancement
Accountability

I could go on with this but I do not want to have too detailed Now. The idea here is to at least be in a position to specify what a version of success comprises and what separates out of a version that is likely to fail. Clearly the intent is to steer clear of elements of a model that is likely to fail.

BTW thanks Merlin for picking up on this and taking it a step forward.

Here are some other things to tackle:

Why do people combine in an activity or project? What exactly are they searching for? What prevents them from continuing and what encourages them to last. Certainly people like to believe they have something to gain and something to donate.

FT


PS.
Merlin I have emailed you twice concerning this other endeavor and have yet to hear back. Please return to me or if for some reason you have not got my emails send me the one you are responding to. Maybe I have been ground up in the junk shredder.

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Just my view. . .as I was miserable to see teamtrading not go ahead.

On the subject of leadership.... You could do this. You are level headed, respectful of people, honest and outspoken, devoid of self problems, clear communior, varied thinker, not controversial, honest, well researched, and thorough. Also you've been around for a while and look quite determined to make a go with the. Those are pretty good team building characteristics. Leadership is a gift in itself and also you appear to exhibit the characteristics necessary to draw people out. You appear to have some vision for it.

Just a thought.

FT