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The most popular question asked at a network meeting, sales meeting and of most business professionals is "What do you do?" At some network meetings like Business Networking International?, FemFessionals?, or other major networking events, attendees are asked to stand up and give a 30 Second Pitch. Although this is an expected activity every week, the thought of those 30 Seconds strikes fear in the heart of many.

Imagine that you are in a networking meeting and you hear a person get up and babble for 30 Seconds (usually they go on for much longer). What do you think about them? What do you think about their business? How much confidence do you have in their product? We asked networking attendees these questions and the answers were clear.

Man has the capacity to show varied emotions - joy, sadness, fear, excitement, frustration - at any given time. They may be valuable in some professions, even called for. But there are others that might consider it a liability. One such area is trading.

It is inevitable for any participant in the trading business to go through a myriad of emotions - excitement when investments are earning, anxiety when market is unfavorable, frustration when investments are losing - all extreme, all pure. Let's take a Forex trader, for example. However hard he tries to hold himself in check, he is not immune to expressing anxiety or frustration, especially if market conditions threaten to disrupt his money management, and subsequently jeopardize his chances to be a profitable trader.