There are a lot of things that I’ve discovered over the years of maintaining this blog. I thought I’d do a summary for myself.
the aggression muscle is not easily controlled by me. I can easily fall into a mode of being either passive or spewy
I like to win, and I have some fear [...]

This blog started out as an anonymous means of tracking things that I was learning in poker. From my university studies I knew that writing about things works a as a means of trying to cement them in my head, and then the writings expanded to include various meanderings around in my brain on topics [...]

I was just thinking about how various types of players, various situations put us on tilt.
We spend a lot of time, discussion, thought, about how to avoid tilt, how to deal with tilt, how to get off tilt. But it’s often interesting to look at things from different perspectives. For example, if I wanted to [...]

“I’d be a great poker player, if only” … I had the bankroll to play higher levels … I wouldn’t get tilted and spew off my winnings … I had the time to play more hands … I had time to review my hands … I wouldn’t pay off the idiots who chase always chase [...]

My new mantra. I don’t think it’s for everyone ’cause some people will interpret the “cautious” part as meaning “don’t bet without a strong hand”, but I think it’s good for someone like me that, on the one hands sometimes falls into a passive mode and alternatively starts to spew when I think that players [...]

I read an interesting post on a forum the other day. The topic of the thread was bad beats and one female player, whom I know is a decent but not yet a great player and has played for some time, made the comment that when she gets bad beats, her “feeling are hurt by [...]

Continuing on from the previous post on coaching. I was an education major (amongst other things) in my undergraduate studies and have done some teaching in music. I’ve also taken classes and private lessons as an adult in music, martial arts, theatersports, and others.
The email from my former co-worker who is now a management coach [...]

I’m on the mailing list for a former co-worker of mine who has gone into the business of coaching managers. Every couple of weeks he sends out an email writing about various management related topics and his thoughts on them.
Recently he was reflecting on the Olympics that are taking place and how top tier athletes [...]