The Mind of a Winner. An Kiev Is not a Market Wizard; he is not even a trader. Why then should you pay attention to his advice? Because Steve Cohen, who is unquestionably one of the world's greatest traders (sec interview in this book), thinks enough of Doctor Kiev to have made him a permanent fixture at his firm, . | ARI KIEV. . The Mind of a Winner An Kiev Is not a Market Wizard he is not even a trader. Why then should you pay attention to his advice Because Steve Cohen who is unquestionably one of the world s greatest traders see interview in this book thinks enough of Doctor Kiev to have made him a permanent fixture at his firm . Doctor Kiev began working with traders at . in 1992 conducting weekly seminars. This role steadily expanded over the years and he now spends three full days each week at working with traders both individually and within groups. He also consults with a small number of professional traders at other firms. Doctor Kiev graduated Harvard and received his medical degree at Cornell. After a residency at Johns Hopkins Hospital and the Maudsley Hospital in London and serving as a research associate at Columbia he returned to Cornell Medical College to head their social psychiatry department focusing on suicide prevention research. In 1970 he founded the Social Psychiatry Research Institute which participated in major trials of the antidepressant drugs such as Prozac Paxil Zoloft and Celexa among others. Doctor Kiev was the first psychiatrist appointed to the . Olympic Sports Medicine Committee and worked with Olympic athletes during 1977-82. It was his work in helping Olympic athletes enhance their performance that years later attracted Steve Cohen s attention because Cohen believed that there were strong parallels between top athletes and top traders. Doctor Kiev has authored fourteen books including Trading to Win the Psychology of Mastering the Markets and the forthcoming Trading in 288 THE MIND OF A WINNER the Zone based on his experience working with professional traders the best-selling A Strategy for Daily Living and a popular anthropology text Magic Faith and Healing Studies in Primitive Psychiatry Today. I interviewed Doctor Kiev at his Manhattan office. No I didn t ask him to lie down on the couch. You began your career .
