I don't play poker. I've never been good at it and I use my "win

I don't play poker. I've never been good at it and I use my "win
or die" brain mechanism for other things. However, they have a
lot of insights about psychology, especially bluffing, even if
they're too logical or "winning-y" for my tastes. A quick search
on the 'net gave an article that said, "You bad at poker... yes,
you." Now, in my mind I substituted the word "Life" for "Poker"
because I wanted to see if I could learn something about Life,
not Poker. I also mentally substitute other words like "money"
with words that mean something to me. Here are some great gems -
substitute some of the words in the quotes for other things that
are bothering you. See if you can learn something too. I'm
learning a lot about myself. A few good words can do that, if
they're the words you're ready to hear. If mentally substituting
words is a weak spot for you, and you happen to like poker, you
can read the original instead as it was intended:
[1]http://www.bluff.com/magazine/you-are-bad-at-poker-yes-you-8644/
But if you can mentally substitute your own words for the ones
you read, give it a try and see if something helpful crops up
for you. --Ken ==== I hate to be the one to break it to you, but
I*m only doing this because I love you. You are not good at
poker. You have a ton of huge leaks in your game. You
occasionally make good plays and you know some basic strategy,
but your thought process is bad and causes you to make a lot of
mistakes. A great player would absolutely destroy you in the
long run. Are you still reading? Good. Maybe there*s hope for
you. The fact of the matter is, the above paragraph is true for
about 95% of the people reading this article. Probably around
75% of readers are saying to themselves, *Well, that*s not me.*
(So, if you said that, you*re still favored to be bad.) That*s
your biggest leak: your ego." ==== Why do you think there*s so
much money to be made in poker? It*s because of people like you
who think they*re good. They don*t bother to improve themselves
or to be careful about the games they play in. ==== Since the
smartest and best in the world routinely overestimate their
ability, I*m urging you to consider the fact that you might do
the same. Just say to yourself, *Maybe I*m not as good as I
think I am. Maybe I have something to learn.* If it turns out
that I*m wrong and you*re one of the best poker players in the
world, no harm done. You*re so good that it doesn*t matter what
I tell you. But, if it turns out that you have missed
opportunities to improve yourself as a player because you
thought you didn*t need it, maybe you*ll take this as a wakeup
call. If you*re serious about poker * or anything else in life *
you should constantly be searching for your mistakes. When you
catch yourself making a bad play, you should be happy. Now you
can fix it and become a better player tomorrow than you were
today. So, hopefully you*ve come to terms with the fact that you
may not be a flawless poker player. What*s the next step? ====
If you have none of these leaks, perhaps you are more advanced
than the average reader, but I assure you: You have leaks. Don*t
give up on looking for them. The first leak, and one of the most
important amongst even very successful players, is simply the
lack of a thought process. Maybe I should say the lack of a
sophisticated thought process. ==== This is far and away the
biggest leak amongst winning players. *What? Winning players?
Must not be a very serious problem then,* you might think.
However you*d be wrong. The fact that they are winning players
makes it worse because they assume nothing is wrong. ==== This
is the point where I realize that the players I thought were
decent had no idea what they were doing. ==== I couldn*t believe
that these guys had fooled me for so long. I really thought they
knew how to play. I realized then why I was fooled. They made
plays that were correct most of the time. =====

References

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1. http://www.bluff.com/magazine/you-are-bad-at-poker-yes-you-8644/