The myth-busts, hot takes, explainers, and tools worth keeping.
“is there's an assumption that hey if i'm going to do something i need to do it all out or it's not worth doing at…”
“people aren't coming to my birthday trip because they want the trip of a lifetime”
“so when you hear phrases like i need or i should or i have to i think it's very revealing about things that we're assuming…”
“where i see a lot of people going astray when it comes to things like recovery and taking breaks is that they do things that…”
“if you find a good game you can make unlimited money right it's not a fact skill is not the predominating factor it's choosing the…”
“and so that's the real difference about poker is that it's relativistic skill and i think a lot of success in life comes down to…”
“the conventions are just conventions it's just things that people agree to but they're not set in stone”
“here's the way that all the other people are playing the game and that's great but it feels really competitive over here what's the back…”
“a good rule of thumb is that the average player is about twice as good on an annual basis”
“the idea is like your things are moving so quickly that you have to run really quickly just to maintain your place”
“i think the advantage is all psychological so understanding other players and most importantly understanding yourself”
“this isn't chess where you can just have the perfect move”
“the primary advantage of playing online is that you can play multiple games at a time so i've played a maximum of 30 games at…”
“if i'm playing 12 games i'm getting about 600 hands per hour at a typical live game at a home or a casino you're getting…”
“a lot of the temptation in psychology we call this status quo bias is hey everything that i'm doing right now is pretty great i'm…”
“i use another investment analogy imagine that you sold all of your investments and now you're just sitting on a pile of cash”
“i act as a third party objective observer for high performers to”
“that's like the coaching cheat code by the way is like hey that time that things were going really well for you what were you…”
“luckily economy had other plans and i was forced to like hey why don't i do an experiment and treat poker as a full-time thing…”
“fast forward 18 months of going full time i was ranked top 20 in the world”
“the same thing is like oh how do i get invited to more parties well be someone that people want at your parties”
“it seems to be this unfortunate fact of life and that the people with the most opportunities are the people who get the most opportunities”
“another way is to imagine that you're giving advice to a friend and the friend is in the exact situation that you're in what's the…”
“another one that i like a lot is fear is a compass so if i'm between two options always do the thing that's scarier because…”
“there's this concept that i like that improvement speed is proportional to the tightness of your feedback loops”
“is like not where this person is where they project them to be a few years down the line if they keep improving”
“and it's this morbid thought that we're going to die with a very long to-do list because we're going to keep adding things to it”
“this is not my list of to do's this is not an obligation that i've thrown upon my shoulders but all opportunities these are all…”