Has anyone ever referred to you as biased? Did it offend you? Did you consider why they would say that? Is it because it is actually they that are biased? Are you biased? Is that answer to all of these questions yes? Is any of this bad? Not necessarily but sometimes it can be. Well, if you have agreed that you are or can be biased have you stopped to determine why and where did the bias come from? Have you stopped to think as to whether your bias serves you or others or works against you or creates problems between you and others or gets between you and achieving your goals? I have many biases, some of them I like and others I'm working on. So many of them are virtually automatic and kick in before we even notice.... I hate those ones! They are the trickiest to deal with because they get started and usually catch us with the proverbial pants down. They are the ones, when sometimes in the presence of company, catch us looking foolish or less than we'd like to be before we get a chance to correct ourselves. They can also be those knee jerk responses that cause us to make mistakes in our trading because they bring about responses that are more emotional than practical or logical. They are automated responses from our life conditioning and emotional history. It is very important to question the actions you take and the positions you hold. If you don't know why you do what you do then who is piloting your ship?