The Warrior and the Monk
Posted by Chris Pimmer
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Chris,
Another great video. I am really enjoying the way you present the information in your videos, and I look forward to watching the other content that you have made. What are your thoughts on visualizing the way you want something to go before you enter into that activity? For example, a quarterback visualizing themselves completing passes and winning a game. Perhaps a poker player seeing themselves playing down to a final table before the tournament starts. I feel like this can prepare you for the moment so that you are less overwhelmed. Not sure if you have made a video on this but would like to hear your thoughts.
Thanks again Chris
Hey, so on the visualizing,
it can be useful, because you are simulating some of the procedures and actions you need to execute. However, cards fall differently than we wish sometimes and we need to be ready to take in what happens in the moment of now.
So when visualizing, it is also useful to go more into a state of mind that is calm even under pressure, but overall, this is something you will want to do throughout your life. Be present, find your center, return to calm.
When in a pressure situation,
You don’t rise to the level of your expectations, you fall to the level of your training – Archilochus (680 BC – 645 BC)
The training involves the technical skill but also your ability to return to your center, to be calm and to let go of a past event, so that you can engage in the present with what is thrown at you.
Some things come down to how your emotions influence your ability to execute and thus you will want to learn how to act right in the midst of a storm.
In some games it is a little easier to anticipate certain situations, because the teams have predetermined running lanes. Imagine a Table Tennis Player anticipating a match and playing it through. Impossible, the game is too fast.
So what is it that you are then visualizing, you just going to the top?
You staying calm?
In some life situations, you can visualize how you will react to someones different responses that you already anticipate so that you are perhaps not caught off guard and are able to react in the way that you wish, instead of being rattled and then let your emotions take over.
But when the complexity (and speed) goes up immensely, it becomes harder and harder to anticipate all the things that can happen.
Also when you visualize specific outcomes, you might start to become attached to that outcome and when the cards are slightly different or the hand requires a specific action or thought, you might hold on to your going to the top, when this is a moment where keen presence is required to take in all the facts as they are and then act accordingly.
What you need is presence and the ability to calm down and stay focused on the now so that you can react to whatever the moment brings in real time.
Chris,
Thank you for your response and for the great advice. I will definitely use this moving forward.
Thanks again Chris.
There was his hand I played earlier this year .,.
I got it in set over set on a J6x board on the flop, I had the jacks and buddy had 6s, but there was a flush draw on the board, and I took my time calling buddys all in, I eventually called, and villain went runner runner hearts to get the flush and win the pot
But after the dealer looked at me and was like “yeah jacks are a tough fold there”
And I just remember that one comment had me rattled and a little tilted it’s like I had the best hand on the flop I’m never folding. Just the one comment from the dealer rattled my cage or something lol
Hah damn, yeah... people are so results oriented and this was an even more extreme case, where there was no decision for you even.
Also thanks Chris great video!
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