| It’s no secret that having a
positive attitude will bring more positive results than a negative outlook will. The power
of positive thinking has been growing in the developed parts of the world for decades, and
recently has had a real surge in popularity. People are discovering that their lives can
improve because they’ve adopted a mindset that is based on self confidence,
gratitude, and acceptance. If you have any belief in
the law of attraction you have to give some merit to the notion that we create our future
experiences mentally first. If you believe that you’re going to suffer ridiculous
beats over and over again when you play poker, the law of attraction dictates that’s
what will happen. If you believe that you’ve studied the game and you have the skills
to play in any poker environment, you’ll eventually experience that.
Mathematical poker players will consider all of this just
gambler’s fallacy. They believe that no previous action can have any bearing on the
outcome of a future hand once the cards are dealt. But that doesn’t explain the bets
we dump because we’ve been losing and are desperate to win it back. A losing attitude
leads to poor play and a lack of patience. It’s like being on tilt, except in slow
motion.
The professionals know that the only way to win with
consistency is to stop fighting the current and to turn around and start swimming
downstream, regardless of the bad beats they suffer along the way. Profits are measured in
the long term, not from session to session. All you can do is to play your best game each
time out. |
