rockhill, your post gets a vote for honesty and truthfulness, imho.
Plus the content was right on the money.
If I might add something it is that folks have to first and foremost understand their own individual system. If they just follow others they basically don't have a system.
If they are of a longer term bent, as I am, they should recognize this and not follow Herr Hed's LT prognosis very much at all. You just as well go to Vegas, and might suffer less pain if you do.