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Patrick
Marzo

Patrick Marzo is a Managing Partner at Graceland Capital Partners (GCPfx), a foreign currency trading company he built from the ground up.

Manalapan, New Jersey

Currently a Managing Partner at Graceland Capital Partners, Patrick Marzo oversees the firm’s proprietary trading area. Dealing with prime brokerage and daily operations involving world currencies, Patrick Marzo and Graceland Capital Partners has already accomplished more than a 100% return in 2008 and 2009. In his work with Graceland Capital Partners, Patrick Marzo focuses his activities on euro versus dollar and yen versus dollar exchanges. Patrick Marzo is deeply experienced in his field, and he uses his expertise to train others in the complexities of spot training. Moreover, Patrick Marzo continues to develop and initiate automated trading programs and oversee the shifts monitoring them. Patrick Marzo is a member of Forex Professionals and Electronic Trading Group. Patrick Marzo makes his home in Manalapan, New Jersey. In his spare time, Patrick Marzo enjoys activities including reading and exercising. Patrick Marzo is also a head coach of a youth football team, a flag football team, and a basketball team in Manalapan, New Jersey. Patrick Marzo further demonstrates his commitment to helping others through his support of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and The Salvation Army.


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  • Epictetus
    November, 2010
    by Patrick Marzo
    “It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.” – Epictetus
    This quote by Epictetus describes my life philosophy. Born a slave, Epictetus is remembered by history as one of the most influential Greek Stoic philosophers of all time. He believed that philosophy is not just a theory; it is a way of life. Epictetus wrote that fate determines events that happen to us, and all we can control is what we do afterwards. Epictetus dealt with difficult experiences from birth. Not only was he a slave, but Epictetus also suffered a leg injury that left him handicapped for life. After obtaining his freedom, however, Epictetus began to teach philosophy in Rome and eventually settled in Nicopolis, in southern Epirus, Greece. Epictetus’ most famous pupil Arrian later wrote the Discourses of Epictetus, based on his studies with Epictetus. According to the Discourses, Epictetus believed that philosophy is rooted in self-knowledge. Only our opinions can bring us unhappiness, as he explained in his quote, “What is to cry and to weep? An opinion. What is misfortune, or a quarrel, or a complaint? All these things are opinions….” Famous figures in history who were influenced by Epictetus’ teachings include Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius, who often quoted Epictetus in Meditations; writer James Joyce, who mentioned Epictetus in A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man; and psychologist Albert Ellis, founder of the Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy method, who cited Epictetus as one of his inspirations.