Eliminating regret
When you learn how to savor, you can walk away from things free of regret
Jun 28, 2021•5 min
Poker With Presence
Get out of your head and into the zone
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Episodes
Coming back from the dead
When we experience fear, our brain chemistry changes—and we become vulnerable to believing things to be true that we otherwise never would.
Jun 25, 2021•6 min
The true source of inspiration
It's not about the words—it's about the feeling being experienced when the words come through.
Jun 24, 2021•4 min
Breaking bad habits
Talking about your issues rarely is enough to solve them—and quite often just enables you to continue repeating your mistakes.
Jun 23, 2021•5 min
Mastering the unknown
Sometimes the most profitable spot is the one you haven't even studied before.
Jun 22, 2021•6 min
The glue that binds high performance
You don't become a consistent high performer through a single moment of enlightenment. It only happens once you become the person who chooses presence—moment after moment, day after day.
Jun 21, 2021•5 min
Don't use this mindset in big moments
The worst advice you can implement into your game in big moments is to "act like you've been there before," because you haven't—and trying to pretend you have will create tension in your system and take you out of presence.
Jun 18, 2021•5 min
Lessons from Happy Gilmore
Relaxing into your highest performance happens far more often when you are completely comfortable in your own skin—which means you've got to learn how to get out of the blame and criticism game, and deeper into the appreciation game.
Jun 17, 2021•5 min
Navigating spots where you don't have the answer
When you don't know what to do, the best way to get to the answer is to focus on getting completely present and curious—and from there, you build your emotional resilience and let the answer find you.
Jun 16, 2021•5 min
Freestyle Poker
As you continue to learn how to play with presence, going back to the old way is no longer an option.
Jun 15, 2021•6 min
Using context to understand your opponents
When you lack the ability to understand what context your opponents are living in, you can't make the proper adjustments against them.
Jun 14, 2021•6 min
Running better than a legend
When the nervous system gets stuck in a loop, strange things can happen.
Jun 11, 2021•5 min
When to ask "why?"
Insight follows experience, and to get the full insight, you've got to let the entire cycle of an experience play out.
Jun 10, 2021•4 min
My biggest mistake in poker
Sometimes success can be your own worst enemy—something I had to learn the hard way.
Jun 09, 2021•6 min
The world's worst "success habit"
The key to getting where you want to go isn't about projecting a certain image out into the world and to yourself.
Jun 08, 2021•5 min
Checking results is not your problem
Checking your results during sessions isn't what creates an emotional reaction inside you—the emotion was already there before you ever did it.
Jun 07, 2021•4 min
Let go of your demons
When you stop trying to pretend you're something you're not, a huge weight drops away and you can finally play and perform from a place of creativity and flow.
Jun 04, 2021•5 min
The problem with first impressions
When we lock in to a read without being open to feedback from our environment, it can often lead to big errors in judgement later on.
Jun 03, 2021•4 min
Playing crazy games
When the action starts heating up at the table, you need a reliable way to notice when you start to "spin out," which is the sign that you're about to do something you'll regret later.
Jun 02, 2021•5 min
They can't read your mind
When you feel like someone is "in your head" and always a step ahead of you, they're not—they've just reached a higher level of emotional congruence than you have. Fix this, and you can play your game the way you want.
Jun 01, 2021•5 min
Don't manage your feelings
Nothing is more damaging to your long term success than avoiding the emotions that come with the swings of the game. To play your best in big moments, you've got to learn how to feel it all as it comes.
May 31, 2021•5 min
The terrible movie we all love
We all love the idea of truly reaching our full potential, and we've all caught glimpses of it—but the way to make it happen may not be what you thought.
May 28, 2021•5 min
It's not you, it's me
When we have unresolved issues about our own lives, it can quickly get in the way of creating connection with others, and also get in the way of being able to see and think clearly at the poker table.
May 27, 2021•5 min
Thinking versus Feeling
To reach your highest levels of performance, you need to understand that certain situations require you to stop thinking, and start feeling.
May 26, 2021•4 min
How to beat entitlement
Entitlement isn't something you rise above, it's something you learn how to be with and redirect into higher levels of performance.
May 25, 2021•5 min
The difference between mindset and presence
If you're still getting tilted and making mistakes at the table, the problem isn't your mind and you don't need anyone to tell you what mental framework you should be implementing. You know everything you need to know, and what you actually need is a reliable way to become the person who executes these mindset principles when everything's going wrong—what you need is presence.
May 24, 2021•5 min
Triggered
There isn't always enough time to figure out why you're having the experience you're having—but no matter what's going on there's always an opportunity to create presence, and shift your state back into connection and flow.
May 21, 2021•6 min
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