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Originally Posted by Beaf
Very sceptical to this... Not very much knowledge on this part on the poker world though, but to me its not understandable why you dont use those superb pokerskills to earn money on the game instead.. And I also think you are able to learn whatever he learns you yourself if you sit down for an houre motivated to analyze your game.
Do it yourself:
You probably donŽt expect this, but i agree with the part that everybody could learn it on their own. Thats what others and myself have done.
What students really invest in is TIME.
Think about if your math teacher would have never taught you calculation. I assume youŽre smart and at some point you would have figured it out on your own by counting fingers, apples and such. Now despite you being smarter, other people will probably evolve faster if they learn it right away.
Why did people pay me more than $500 /hr for coaching ? Because what they learn in one hour saves them a couple of monhts of trial and error.
Motives:
TED talk MOTIVATION MUST WATCH
Tldr:
We all have different motives for doing what weŽre doing. If you think money is the only motive that drives people, youŽll have a hard time explaining wikipedia, open source software and such.
HereŽs my side of the story. Since this question has come up, iŽll answer it once and forever:
I rarely play poker anymore, but have just set down and
made exactly 10161 Euro in the last hour (2k over EV
). Sometimes there is this little boy in myself who still wants to know that he can beat the game whenever he wants. So yes, i can turn on the money printer any time.
Ok, you probably donŽt wanna hear my life story, but the short version is that i want to learn a new skill and explore other areas. All of my poker buddies thought (and still think) that iŽm a bit insane.
This new skill is building a first class business. A business that serves others so well that theyŽre happily gonna pay a fraction of what its worth.
So while its "not about the money" , i do wanna improve further in the business game and creating unprofitable businesses doesnŽt help anybody.
Thats my story.
Different people have different motives.
Last edited by ThinkItThrough; 07-16-2011 at 09:56 PM.