XTJin
50 points
(1) You really really should talk to the best players if not in the world, then in your country. Get to know them well and understand their stories, feelings, background; and more importantly, have a feel of their intelligence level and their grit. Do not forget to ask how much time and effort they spent on this and how much "sacrifice" (if any of them put it this way) they have gone through. Know what makes them thrilled and what makes them sad.
(2) You really really should keep contact with your batch of friends, and especially the ones with the best job/career outcomes. Get to know them well and know everything same as above.
For any competitive game, deciding to put 12 hours each day at very young age is a HUGE commitment. It is totally different from spending 2 hours each day as a good recreational player (maybe progressing) and potentially grind a bit but wouldn't mind losing a little as well.
Before you decide anything - make sure you fully understand BOTH the WORLD and YOURSELF as much as possible. You at least deserve couple of dozens of hours to figure that out.
Also like any investment in money and time, put a stop-loss condition, make a BACKUP plan and execute it brutally. Before the stop-loss sign you try extremely hard to achieve the goal. If you don't achieve it by the sign, pull all activities out immediately and go to backup. The world today is way too brutal for any mistakes especially in career decisions starting from when you are very young. If you have not seen the brutal facts yet, feel free to ask around. It is much much more difficult today than 10 years ago or even 5 years ago to simply excel at 1 thing (anything) and gain sufficient wealth for an above average life (in most countries globally per my observation). And it will become harder. You have to excel at THE thing (if you know what I mean; a lot of jobs won't bring you financial security any more). And THE thing keeps changing faster.
Sept. 22, 2017 | 5:47 a.m.
Before everything I really like the way of you explaining (very clear and crisp) and also the audio quality is awesome.
Sept. 22, 2017 | 5:23 a.m.
8 tabling zoom is really difficult and amazing... but really love the ethics and self-reflection shown here. GL!!!
Sept. 22, 2017 | 5 a.m.
B vs B play really fascinating and helpful. Lots of spots feeling the need to bet/defend on a much wider range but always hard to profit eventually.
Sept. 20, 2017 | 5:52 a.m.
Really love the theory videos!!
July 19, 2017 | 12:30 p.m.
Great insight on using PIO to decide adjustment execution.
July 19, 2017 | 5:48 a.m.
$10 a month is indeed unbelievable value vs. cost.
July 12, 2017 | 3:30 p.m.
Definitely useful and thanks!
July 12, 2017 | 3:26 p.m.
Btw Brad, what kind of meditation process or tools do you use every day? I think that meditation could be really helpful not only for Skeleton but also poker as well :D
June 21, 2017 | 1:21 a.m.
Apart from the great videos which I personally benefited a lot, I cannot help but Googled Brad and got to know a lot of great things about his passion and perseverance in pursuing for the Skeleton sport.
Wish you the best of luck Brad in your pursuit for the upcoming big events! Your experience already inspired me a great deal and I cannot wait for more good news.
June 21, 2017 | 1:16 a.m.
Hi Iain! How are things going? Really love your videos and GL bro.
May 31, 2017 | 7:33 a.m.
Hi Stelios! Looking forward to see more videos from you :)
And thanks for bringing the current ones. They are great.
May 10, 2017 | 4:45 a.m.
Definitely one of the best NL50z videos I've seen on this site... Extremely clear explanation and wonderful pace. Good luck to your challenge!!!
May 2, 2017 | 1:21 p.m.
Hope he will be back... He's great.
May 1, 2017 | 1:51 a.m.
This video is really great. Thanks a lot!
Dec. 24, 2016 | 1:55 a.m.
This is the first time I watch Nick's video and it is definitely really really good and crystal clear. Greatly appreciate.
Dec. 9, 2016 | 3 p.m.
Hi Stelios
Great video and thanks so much for developing the amazing content.
Just 1 question, it seems to me that you rarely bluffs at the time when you record this session (and yes, in this video you did flop a lot of nice hands so prob. no need :)). Is this still the right strategy you believe that in high stakes we need to play solid since everyone becomes tighter on every decision?
Thanks a lot,
Jack
Sept. 20, 2016 | 1:40 p.m.
Oh my god, gotta immediately gonna study Portuguese...
Great!!! And then I will go to figure out what this is...
Sept. 28, 2017 | 3:17 a.m.