Update - 18/11/2015
Poker
PT4 Graph:
HM Graph:
Up $22 for the two days (thanks to 2 Sky Poker tagfish who could not fold weak 2 pair to 3 barrel on super wet boards).
Played much better last night. Still had to "force" myself to play aggressive. Never ceases to amaze me how easy it is to get back into weak habits. Maybe low volume means I don't repeat things I learn enough for them to get truly ingrained. Will work on that.
$10k Journey
Well the general trend is still upwards! Samples so small difficult to be too sure what is going on but hopefully spotting that passive tilt will help me shoot up again!
Other stuff
STILL the last house has not gone through! Maybe there is a hitch somewhere.
Life is great. I need to be careful not to rush some things sometimes but on the whole I am rocking it!!!
Have a good few days amigos!
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Here is an article I have been working on for my website blog. It is not perfect, I am not a writer (yet). But hopefully it will give you some pointers if you are looking to make change and improve your life...
Taking Control Of Your Life #1 - Self Image.
Question: Do you think that when Usain Bolt puts his size 13’s in the starting block he is thinking about coming 2nd (or 3rd or 4th or 8th for that matter)?
Or what about Robert Downey Jnr? When he is making a scene for his latest blockbuster do you think he has any thought about flunking his lines or putting in an average performance?
How do you think about your own performance/success in everything you do?
“But Chris”, I hear you say, “I can’t possibly compare my thought process to the fastest man on earth and the highest paid actor on the planet!”
Yes, I know you can’t. You wouldn’t be reading this if you could, you would be training for the Olympics or preparing for your next film shoot!
But you should. And because you can’t think like that at the moment, you should spend a lot of time finding out how you can start to think like that. Or of course you can carry on being mediocre - the power to choose your thoughts is a god given talent and this choice is all yours.
Matter of fact: If you are expecting results that exceed your own self image then you are relying on luck (in other words, if you even contemplate coming 8th you’ve got almost zero chance of finishing first
).
How to improve your self image and set yourself up for greatness.
Step one: Realise what your self image is right now.
WARNING: Please do not ignore this step. Missing this step is the biggest reason I spent 35 years as a professional idiot (although if we had a better education system then I might have learned it by the age of ten).
This step is tough. You need to get really honest with yourself and write out all your mental images of yourself. I want you to write out what your self image is for your weight; your finances; your career; when you will retire; what financial security means to you; your health; your love life; your friendships; your achievements etc etc.
You should write out what those images are of yourself NOW and then in another column write out your images of what you think you will be in 3 years, 10 years, 20 years etc. NOT WHAT YOU HOPE THEY WILL BE - but what you think the reality is.
My guess is that (if you can be honest) your self images are fairly low and do not excite you that much?
The problem here is almost always conditioning (incorrect beliefs) and not being willing to expand the comfort zone (which means your dreams do not excite you enough to change and probably goes back to incorrect beliefs again! Read my article here).
You must now make another list. This time list your habits that are restricting you or that make you who you are. For example “I am single because I do not socialise or meet enough people”; “I am overweight because I snack between meals”; “My career is stagnant because I procrastinate with my learning and with my tasks”.
So, now you have lists of your self image and the habits and beliefs that are keeping you where you are.
Step 2: Make a new self image!
Now the fun starts! You must think about what you want your self image to be. Do not rush this and do not fall into the stupid trap of being “realistic”! Being “realistic” is why you are mediocre - we are not looking to be realistic and comfortable here, we are looking to improve, advance, increase, grow, be something more. So let’s go right ahead and be ambitious!!!
Make your new self image the exact opposite of what your self image is now. Really, you have got to go big here and make this the new vision of yourself. We are looking to make change so there is no point in making it somewhere in between, really go for it and make it what you would really love to be like.
Write it out and go into every minute detail. Picture in your mind what it will be like to be this new person, what it will feel like to have made this change, what fantastic things will now be in your life. Write it down too but pictures and feelings are the most important things.
Also in this part start to think of some new habits that you think would help you to become the person you are going to be. For instance, if you want to find love then you need to start going to places where you can meet people and find your perfect partner.
Step 3: Make It Real
Now you need to go through a process of making this self image real. Basically we are going to take steps to make this new self image such a certainty in your subconscious mind that it will in fact gradually become the new you.
Remember in my article about limiting beliefs I discussed your old bad self image/beliefs and how you only got that through constant bad conditioning? That things that were happening in your upbringing, education etc constantly told you to have those negative beliefs until they just became a part of you and what you are today?
Well now we are going to reprogramme. Make the new self image part of you. Keep putting this new self image into your subconscious mind until it becomes your natural state and way of life.
It will be fun!
Stay tuned for the next article when I will give you some ways of planting the new you into your subconscious mind.
For now take these things away from this so far:-
- Your results are equal to your self image.
- Your self image is flawed by bad conditioning.
- You can change your self image.
- It is YOU that must make the change.
- Make the new image a direct conflict of your old self image.
Go big!
Have fun dreaming! I know I am!