Creating an alternate personality to play poker?
08-19-2020
, 11:05 PM
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Not really though.
I've agreed that I could use some advice, not that I would accept just any, especially if it's not about the subject I've asked for advice on.
I use this forum to bounce my thoughts and ideas off other poker players. I do read (listen) to what people say (type) but I'm not blindly accepting advice, that would be foolish.
How much of what people say I accept, also really depends on the way they're saying it.
If you tell me I MUST or SHOULD do something, my basic attitude is to instantly disagree.
If on the other hand, you make suggestions as to what I could be doing instead, I'd be way more open to that.
The more certain someone is of themselves the less inclined I am to listen to them.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunnin...3Kruger_effect
This is also the reason why I try to make suggestions or tell people how I would do something.
Because I have a very high degree of uncertainty about my skill level.
My goal in starting this thread was:
1) Find out what others think about creating an "alternate personality" to assist in creating greater achievements.
2) Find out who's already doing what I want to be doing (grinding and studying like a maniac) so I can learn from them.
I've agreed that I could use some advice, not that I would accept just any, especially if it's not about the subject I've asked for advice on.
I use this forum to bounce my thoughts and ideas off other poker players. I do read (listen) to what people say (type) but I'm not blindly accepting advice, that would be foolish.
How much of what people say I accept, also really depends on the way they're saying it.
If you tell me I MUST or SHOULD do something, my basic attitude is to instantly disagree.
If on the other hand, you make suggestions as to what I could be doing instead, I'd be way more open to that.
The more certain someone is of themselves the less inclined I am to listen to them.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunnin...3Kruger_effect
This is also the reason why I try to make suggestions or tell people how I would do something.
Because I have a very high degree of uncertainty about my skill level.
My goal in starting this thread was:
1) Find out what others think about creating an "alternate personality" to assist in creating greater achievements.
2) Find out who's already doing what I want to be doing (grinding and studying like a maniac) so I can learn from them.
Conversely, and somewhat ironically, the effect on people who actually do know what they're talking about (i.e. experts on a field/topic) is they tend to underestimate what they know and their intelligence or "smarts."
The clash , such as we see in this thread (and lately in American politics) is some folks ASSUME someone is overestimating their knowledge/understanding when that someone does state confidence in their knowledge. It's possible to be confident and correct. Not everyone who is confident in their statements are overestimating themselves. Projection is a powerful thing; we often see in others the negatives we see in ourselves but choose not to/can't see without cognitive dissonance making us feel worse about ourselves. It takes work to align who we are with who think we are.
In any event to answer your OP:
Don't try to be the alter ego or someone else. Learn from them, understand how they achieved their success or goals...see what you can apply that isn't 100% just because of who they are. Don't be them, find what works for them that strikes a chord with you that might work for you. If you can't find the desire or motivation to "grind" poker as you say... ask yourself if you really want to play poker.
