Learn.
Do.
Teach.
I spent 27 years in energy — hydro, wind, thermal. Served in the Air Force. Raised a family in Vermont. And for most of that time I showed up for other people's systems, other people's schedules, and other people's vision of what my time was worth.
The turning point was simple: stop chasing indicators and watch where the money is flowing. QQQ and market breadth show which way the big money is leaning. Put that next to a clean SPY chart and something clicked. The market started making sense — not because I learned a thousand things, but because I stopped learning things I didn't need.
People spend four years in college learning skills they never use. This is a skill you can actually use — every market day, for the rest of your life. It just has to be learned the right way.