Enjoyed this, along with all your videos. This concept of Z and its changing nature is something Ive struggled with; How then do we set goals and make plans, or should we not try? Personally I have a definite goal in life, that seems unlikely to change, but the plan of getting there, the route, is flexible and always open to adjusting. Poker is but one way of achieving my goal, but i need to balance this flexibility with the focus required to get anywhere and not spread myself too thinly across other ventures.

thanks chris!

Hey, Chris, thanks for another insightful video! Just a few of my favorite parts and some commentary:

— "There is nothing more important right now." - As far as being present, this is a brilliant thing to remember. There are often times when I am trying to spend some quality time with my little daughter but find that it is difficult to keep my mind in the "now," as it is very prone to thinking about the future. But if I am thinking about how I need to get ready for work in an hour when I should be present with my daughter, I am falling into the trap of believing that my thinking (worrying) about the future is somehow productively helping me presently, when in reality I don't need any help presently because I am fully capable of getting ready for work with minimal effort, and therefore my thinking/worrying is not only redundant, but it is also detrimental, as it precludes me from being in the moment with my daughter with no actual benefit of which to speak. Remember: there is nothing more important right now.

— "If you're trying to learn something to 90.3456% accuracy. . . you are losing yourself." - Chris Pimmer

— "If you are at one with loss, you can accept it and let it go." - For me, this made trusting in the process possible. Imagining that I lost my bankroll and coming to accept it made moving up in limits virtually stress-free because I was able to convince myself that MY money was already gone and that I was simply practicing with someone else's money.

— Something you said around the midway point of the video made me remember a quote that I will always love: "No matter how bad things are, you can always make them worse." - And if you can always make things worse, you must necessarily be able to make them "less worse," and "less worse" is just another way of saying "better." While "better" doesn't mean "all good" or anything of that nature, it does mean something like "better than it otherwise would have been," and I think that that is a victory in and of itself.

— I really like the idea of using the "robot" part of our mind, which is often a detriment, to our advantage. Like if we had a programmable robot on our desk that was just running itself into our pencil holder continually, over and over and over. . . I mean, "great job, little buddy," but I think that we could put it to much more productive use with a bit of extrinsic input.

— "If you aren't afraid of dying, there's nothing you can't achieve." - This ties nicely back into the concept of being at one with loss, accepting it, and letting it go. Wim Hof talks much about his experience with this concept. For him, it was something like 'only becoming fully alive when he accepted the reality of his own inevitable death (in addition to some close encounters with it) and the fact that there was nothing bad about dying.' I used to be a nervous wreck while playing poker in significant pots, but after realizing that losing big pots is part of playing winning poker, on top of disconnecting my emotional attachment to the money I was playing with, I guess that is at least analogical in the poker life to not being "afraid of dying."

Thanks for great video
Since pandemic started and before that I had(and still have) many bad moments. In those moments I really didn't care almost about anything in the world and of course not cared about poker.
Life is going and we have to live and enjoy every moment. When I think deeply in my heart it looks silly to be bothered by small stuff and problems: like did I do this right? could I've done it better?; what color of the shoes I will buy? what gonna eat at breakfast?.... It is okay to think about it but it shouldn't all make you nervous or stressed. ''Those small bugs only can bite you, while you can hurt yourself ''

Apology for being bit negative, stay safe people!

Thanks Chris
I would like to ask you about The Master and all the QUALITIES.
Do you get any of these ideas from a book you might recommend?
I love your video and want to get deeper into the powerful qualities of a master.
Thanks for the video ! Very amazing speech timing to explain it

Really enjoy your stuff Chris. Thanks for making this content. It is often stuff I think about, and always find peace in the Tao Te Ching. It's encouraging to see someone else expand on the ideas and validate my own reverence for it's teachings.

I could not leave more than 1 like on your comment.. but I should :)

Checking him at as I type.
Fire on your house : Not fully my type
Still Water : Also not really for me
Green Mountain State : I Like this one the most so far.
Well I Say : Once he gets more into the song, it is a bit better

Overall, not exactly my music, but not far from it either.
They all seem to have a very similar vibe.
I kinda get what you are saying for the lyrics though and the vibe.

hey chris, was very insightful video

gave me pause to reflect on myself not as a person but as a poker player, and that it is my responsibility to be my best at the table and away from the table. Currently going through a downswing this week, having some really negative thoughts. Though if i step away and reflect, and continue to understand, that sometimes the result is out of my control. It is also up to me to practice in the solve, go over hands, drill in spots and continue to improve. Not looking at absolutes like oh if i had just folded pre flop my opponent wouldnt of had the opportunity to suck out on the river. However thats a results oriented mindset and poker doesnt work like that!

thanks again