Straight Flush
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: soaking up ethanol, moving on up
Posts: 5,804
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for years i've avoided "goal-setting", "visualisation", etc like the plague. Nearest i came was writing down "straight As" at the start of my first year in post-grad = ez game, and various rock climbing grade goals that met with occasional success.
i've decided that it's about time to try it out, and why not use poker as my test. Funny, i was thinking about this and stumbled across a book describing these approaches (ref above) and so that's how i'm doing it. Guy talks about setting a goal, a time-frame, identifying the 'pay value', outlining steps on the way, and writing a "direct affirmation" = a diary entry dated when you want the goal achieved and present tense statement of goal and process as if already achieved. Pretty standard stuff...
ok:
goal: Be a consistent and solid winner (>2ptBB/100) at 100nl and 200nl
when: 31/3/2010
pay value: secure and comfortable income from poker.
Recognition and respect as a solid player and enjoyment of this recognition.
Embedded ability, skills, tools and discipline to enable me to continue winning as i move up to mid-stakes and beyond.
process assess and prepare myself emotionally and mentally prior to every session
retain complete focus during sessions, identify variation and correct as appropriate (end session/regain focus)
study 1hr for every day that i play
record progress and activity in a journal
self-congratulate/reinforce well played hands/sessions, forget/ignore poorly played hands until post-session analysis time
yeah, that's the concept. I'm a few sessions in now, and it's interesting. Harder to ignore the spew/bad focus sessions where i shouldn't be playing!
Journal extract -
noted myself playing erratically (tiredness) but chose to continue a while longer - playing rather than quitting cos i couldn't leave those deep deep fish. Solution analysis - when debating continuing vs ending a session simply sit out on all tables. Continuing is then an active decision to sit back in, rather than a passive decision to continue playing indefinitely.
oh, and i'm playing ok, not great, but ok, since i set the goal and wrote it down. I should be winning at a bigger clip, but i'll take it for now
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