Systems Over Goals — Build the Process, Let Results Follow
- Timothy Pollard
- Dec 31, 2023
- 1 min read
January 1, 2024
It’s January again, and everyone’s posting P&L screenshots and setting lofty goals. But goals don’t create consistency—systems do.
You can’t control outcomes. You can control how you show up each trading day.
Replace Resolutions With Routines
Pick one behavior to standardize.Daily review? Trade journaling? Pre-market scan? Lock it in.
Use process metrics, not just results.Track how many plan-following trades you took—not just profits.
Automate friction points.If a step is skipped often, automate or simplify it.
You Don’t Need Bigger Goals
You need tighter feedback loops.Let’s refine your system so 2024 isn’t about trying harder—it’s about trading smarter.