Creative and novel approaches to learning espoused by Dr. Brett Steenbarger accelerates the structured learning process upon which TAMTA's genesis was founded. Dr. Brett Steenbarger sums this process up well; "Trading the financial markets is among the most challenging of human endeavors. At its best, trading is a celebration of the human mind's capacity to master complexity. Rarely does any single activity so reward individual initiative and the exercise of the reasoning mind. And yet, financial rewards are only part of the allure of trading. In mastering the markets, we are called upon to exercise extraordinary self-mastery. Like any noble undertaking, such as art, science, or athletics, trading is a means of self-development, fostering the ability to act intentionally, in the service of one's training and ideals."