Ep. 722: Aspire to No Goals with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
Michael Covel's Trend Following
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Aspire to Have No Goals
The writer who best exemplifies this is William Burrows. He used a cut-up technique to create an alternative to traditional linear narratives. When he started a novel, he had no idea what it would be about or who the characters would be. The creative explore in a truly open and experimental way. They don't start with a destination in mind because a target would trap them on a predetermined path. Go out looking for one thing, and that's all you'll ever find. A moth has a goal, the flame, but it is burned up by it. Now is that not a fantastic paragraph? Trend following 101. Absolutely beautiful.
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