Brett Steenbarger claims trading teaches many life lessons.
Trading is a crucible of life: it distills, in a matter of minutes, the basic human challenge: the need to judge, plan, and seek values under conditions of risk and uncertainty. In mastering trading, we necessarily face and master ourselves. Very few arenas of life so immediately reward self-development–and punish its absence. So many life lessons can be culled from trading and the markets:
Read the top ten here.