Unit 4 · Level 5 · The Inner Game
The inner game
League 2 named the four demons. Mastery goes deeper: the demons never die; veterans just build SYSTEMS around them. Process goals instead of outcome goals, pre-commitment devices, environmental design, and identity: 'I am someone who executes the plan' beats 'I hope I feel disciplined today.' The market is the same for everyone; the inner game is the entire difference.
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What you get asked
Why do process goals ('execute the checklist 20 times') beat outcome goals ('make €2k this month')?
Chasing outcomes forces bad process when variance runs cold. A cold streak under an outcome goal MAKES you oversize. The same streak under a process goal is just… variance, logged. Same market, opposite behavior.
Match the pre-commitment device to the failure it prevents
Ulysses tied himself to the mast BEFORE the sirens. Every device is calm-you outvoting future storm-you.
After a max-loss day, the professional's job is to ___. The market will exist tomorrow.
The daily stop-loss for the ACCOUNT is a stop-loss for the MIND. Tilt is the most expensive market condition there is.
Identity-level discipline sounds like…
The behavior is WHO you are, not a daily willpower battle. Willpower is a battery; identity is wiring. Every journaled, plan-following trade is a vote for the identity, and you've been building it for five leagues.
The mastery-level truth about the four demons:
The difference between a 10-year survivor and a blown account is rarely knowledge. It's episode length. 🐜
The rest of this unit
Process over outcome, pre-commitment, variance peace: the last opponent is you.