Others think of trading as fishing. Here you manifest patience. Or you go searching for the fish, looking for the birds, and casting into schools of jumping fish.

I like to think of trading as sailing. Here you harness the forces that are there. You take into account the wind direction and velocity, the currents, and your destination. You've got your charts to guide you and you constantly adjust to nature's forces, sometimes pointing into the wind, sometimes running before the wind, sometimes tacking, but always in partnership with your boat, your crew, the wind, and the currents. Sure, storms can come up, but you can always let down the sail and anchor and wait out the storm. You work with the forces that are there, the forces that are much bigger than you, but you enjoy the journey, the day, the sport, and you're confident you can get to your destination, your port, your safe harbor.

Try out different metaphors and experience which ones feel the best. Maybe you are aggressive and like to work in a treacherous arena. Then by all means keep the combat metaphors. Or maybe you'd rather just go fishing. It's purely personal and certainly up to you. How do you install a new metaphor? Simply by thinking about it. It's that easy.