Meir Blake

People often ask this before joining a class because martial arts can look harder than a normal gym session. There is sweat, footwork, partner drills and bursts of effort. Still, the number is not fixed. Body weight, pace, skill level and how much of the hour is active all change Continue Reading

A new gym often begins as a clean, empty unit with a hopeful plan on paper. The rent is signed. The logo is ready. The first pieces of equipment arrive on a lorry. Then the owner looks at the bare walls and realises the space still does not feel like Continue Reading

When people first become interested in forex trading, they often imagine that the experience will revolve around analysing charts, predicting market movements, and making decisions based on economic events. This expectation is understandable. The educational content available online frequently focuses on strategies, technical analysis, and market opportunities. Charts dominate discussions, Continue Reading

Spend enough time around serious FX markets and a pattern emerges that contradicts most of what popular trading culture celebrates. The traders with the most sophisticated analysis don’t always perform best. The ones with access to the best data, the sharpest macro views, the most elaborate frameworks  they don’t automatically Continue Reading

Before a football match begins, players spend time training, studying opponents, and developing a game plan. Before an important presentation, professionals review their material, organise their thoughts, and anticipate potential questions. In many areas of life, preparation is accepted as an essential part of achieving good results. Trading is no Continue Reading

Ask ten successful traders how they developed their skills and you will probably hear ten different stories. Some may talk about years of observation. Others may describe mistakes that taught valuable lessons. A few might mention mentors, books, or specific experiences that changed the way they viewed the market. Despite Continue Reading

The Asian session opens with a distinct personality that traders in other time zones rarely develop a deep familiarity with. The window from the Tokyo open to the European session is a low-priority period for London and New York participants, who reserve their focus for the sessions that drive their Continue Reading

Curriculum change in Kenya’s Technical and Vocational institutions is neither fast nor straightforward. The Kenya National Qualifications Authority framework for technical and polytechnic education includes consultative processes, mechanisms for industry involvement, and timelines that reflect the institutional weight of standardization across a distributed system serving diverse institutions in different regions Continue Reading

Activity and progress are often confused from the inside but produce quite different outcomes over time, and distinguishing between them is among the more enduring challenges in developing a sustainable trading practice. The trader caught in activity rather than progress is doing things that feel productive: watching charts, entering trades Continue Reading

Colombian retail traders’ perception of the tools they use has changed. For those who entered the market first, having any access at all felt like a significant advantage, setting aside the absence of Spanish-language interfaces, inconsistent implementation, and support structures not designed for this market. As the community has matured, Continue Reading