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An expert in performance psychology, Jared Tendler is a Mental Game Coach with clients ranging from professional golfers to traders. He joined Jack and Dan on Limit Up’s latest episode to talk about his new book, The Mental Game of Trading and offered tips on how traders can navigate issues such as fear and greed. This is a two-part series, so come back next week.
Emotions cannot be eliminated. Instead of pushing away strong emotions, traders need to learn what the emotion is really trying to tell you. Jared Tendler is a Mental Game Coach and expert in performance psychology. He talked to Jack and Dan on this week’s edition of Limit Up! about his latest book, The Mental Game of Trading.
Jared has successfully coached professional golfers, gamers, and poker players and is now shining a light on performance psychology. Listen to this fascinating discussion to learn how to approach emotions such as fear and greed. Come back next week for part two!
Jared Tendler, MS, LMHC, is a leading expert in how your mental game impacts performance. His client roster spans 45 countries and includes independent and institutional traders, some of the world’s top poker players, a top-ranked pool player, entrepreneurs, and several PGA Tour players.
The author of two highly acclaimed books, The Mental Game of Poker, and The Mental Game of Poker 2, Jared recently published his third book, The Mental Game of Trading. In addition to his writing and 1:1 coaching, Jared also previously served as the Head of Sport Psychology for the esports organization Team Liquid. He was a key driver of many of their championships, including The International 2017 (DOTA2), the Intel Grand Slam (Counter-Strike), and four League Championship Series titles (League of Legends).
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