(I have originally posted this answer on his blog on BPC:
http://www.bestpokercoaching.com/top...n-bpc/page/20/ , but will repost it in this thread )
Hi Rylan,
as your coach i want to thank you for being a hard working and honest guy. I wish you all the best in the future and hope we will stay connected through BPC or a lot of other business in the “higher league”. You just finished baby league, so keep improving, get to the next level and never forget what you have learnt!
Let me give him some praise and let others know why was Rylan successful relatively fast:
1) HE LISTENED AND JUST DID WHAT HE LEARNT:
Rylan was the “easiest” student that i had in my life. Even guys like Hansthegreat and Imchampion who made 100k in 9 months were “harder” and cost me a lot more time. I made more money on deals with Hans and Champ bc they were bigger contracts, but i think my overall hourly was best with Rylan. It is not fair to compare, because i used hundreds of hours of knowledge from Champ and Hans (and others) , so Rylan could take advantage of our super refined and perfected system, a big video library and a super professional system that Hans and Champ simply did not have. So it’s not about who is better, would have been faster etc… i don’t care. I just say it was EASY for me as a coach with him.
Either way, many people will have that advantage now. They will even watch some vids from Rylan and myself. They will still take a longer time to finish. Why? Rylan simply listend and just ****** DID what he was taught. I know it sounds so simple, but i tell all of you listening that this is by FAR the HARDEST part of all. Rovar, our CFP manager – who completed the 100k program himself – will confirm this.
The only time he did NOT listen is when i warned him about something. That has to do with his biggest losing day. Well, sometimes you have to confirm that the fire will burn you… Just don’t do it too often.
Short Advice: Do what your coach says even if you disagree. There is a reason you are poor and your CFP coach isn’t. If your ego can’t take that, then you have a long road of pain ahead. Rylan just listened.
2) Never Late, always did homework
I don’t remember him ever being late to a session or canceling. Not once. He took vacation for xmas and some snowboarding (which is fine). I don’t think he worked super crazy hours, but he did more than needed. Some other guys have crybaby excuses for every **** that happens in the life of their 3rd cousin and all reasons why they can’t do this and that.
I did not give him much “homework” , but when i asked, it was done and it was done well. Just last week i gave some homework to other people and results were embarrassing. Lazy work, ****ty stuff. I wanted to vomit. Those other guys still make money and we will crush together, but there is a reason why they will not finish as fast as Rylan did.
Short Advice: If you wanna finish super-fast, you have to show up NO MATTER WHAT. If you break your arm, you should show up anyways. No excuses. The more excuses you have, the longer it will take. 99,9% of excuses are bull****.
3) Always well prepared for coaching
He had 1hour coaching with me each week (2x 30min). Well, he got lots of extra, but average should be below 1,5h for sure especially if we calculate the time he was on vacation or i was gone. Everybody gets a lot of other coaching (forum, group coaching, access to special libraries), but the 1-1 is the most valuable.
You would think that most people would prepare like crazy because it’s only little time. Well, Rylan is one of the few who was ALWAYS prepared and well prepared. Others don’t do it. They are crazy, because they don’t realize how much time they waste (and i am not talking about losers,,, i am talking about people who already make decent money!!!).
Short Advice: Use the time with your coach to the max. Be well prepared 24hours before the session starts.
4) No emotional drama and bull**** in his life
(afaik, if he had, he was super professional in hiding it lol) I think I give students most mercy for this part. Maybe i should, maybe i shouldn’t. But i see it has a huge effect on a player if their wife, girlfriend, boyfriend, mom or dad or whoever they spend much time with does not give 100000% support.
I have no opinion whether you should be married, dating or not. Imachamp was single, Hans was in a relationship, Rovar married. What they have in common is that their surrounding didn’t exist (lol!) or that they had 100000% support from their partner.
I have a student (good one!) who has a lot of emotional drama and bull**** in his life. We cleaned up a lot, but he still has. He unfortunately took a lot longer than needed.
The people you spend time with have a huge influence.
With Rylan i did not talk to much personal stuff, but although he changed his place of living a few times during the program (which i do NOT recommend), it never seemed like he had any drama with the people that surrounded him / he has contact with.
Short Advice: Clean out the bad people in your life. Bad does not mean “bad people”. It can even mean people that you “like”. In the long run you will pay the price because they will drag you down. This is also imo the hardest step to implement, but i have to mention it.
- Gordon