I want you to read some stuff

Not been playing a huge ammount of poker, I've been working on a few ideas I've had for some time. I recently made the decision to acutally run with some of them and see if they are viable.

PLEASE....if any of you get/have an idea, then please take action on it straight away. If it fails, then u have got it out of your system and can go onto something else.

There is nothing worse than procastination (this basically means "putting things off" for some of the less educated or younger readers :P) Putting off starting or finishing an idea is SO BAD....

I think it leaves your mind cluttered in some way, that you still think of it from time to time, but as you never take action on it, you go round and round in circles.

I did play some of the gala festival, no scores..Decent tourneys and the fields were ok for the games I played. I like the look of some of the new G schedule games and may get down to play those.

I said I wanted you to read some stuff, and I think this is aimed mainly at the younger players (below 30, so sorry MJS :D) JOKING ASIDE, this is relevant for ABSOLUTELY ANYONE......as it's never to late to do something great with your life.

I found a couple of things that deal with issues that maybe some of you think about/face.....

Here is the first one... It's on finding your true passion or life purpose.....

Some people ask, “What if I haven’t found my
true passion?”
It’s dangerous to think in terms of “passion”
and “purpose” because they sound like such
huge overwhelming ideas.
If you think love needs to look like “Romeo
and Juliet”, you’ll overlook a great relationship
that grows slowly.
If you think you haven’t found your passion
yet, you’re probably expecting it to be
overwhelming.
Instead, just notice what excites you and what
scares you on a small moment-to-moment
level.
If you find yourself glued to Photoshop,
playing around for hours,
dive in deeper. Maybe that’s your new calling.
If you keep thinking about putting on a
conference or being a Hollywood screenwriter,
and you find the idea terrifies but intrigues
you, it’s probably a worthy endeavor for you.
You grow (and thrive!) by doing what excites
you and what scares you everyday, not by
trying to find your passion.


The second one is an excellent little poem, I advise you to not just read it...but read it without any background noise......and really take it in and think about it ;)

The Man in the Glass

When you get what you want in your struggle for self
And the world makes you king for a day,
Just go to the mirror and look at yourself
And see what that man has to say.

For it isn’t your father or mother or wife
Whose judgment upon you must pass.
The fellow whose verdict counts most in you life
Is the one staring back from the glass.

You may be like Jack Horner and chisel a plum
And think you’re a wonderful guy.
But the man in the glass says you’re only a bum
If you can’t look him straight in the eye.

He’s the fellow to please-never mind all the rest,
For he’s with you clear to the end.
And you’ve passed your most dangerous, difficult test
If the man in the glass is your friend.

You may fool the whole world down the pathway of years
And get pats on the back as you pass.
But your final reward will be heartache and tears
If you’ve cheated the man in the glass.


So that's it, read those two bits, that's your homework for this week.

It's my birthday on Monday, I'll be 27, Tempus fugit

Cheers and good luck, in life and at the tables.