The boredom trap (Re-cast)
When you think you're bored, it's likely that there's much more going on behind the scenes.
Dec 13, 2021•5 min
Poker With Presence
Get out of your head and into the zone
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Don't always bring a gun
When you choose from presence, you'll often choose the exact same thing as if you're not—but the process is still priceless.
Dec 10, 2021•6 min
The safe and the vulnerable
Going after what you want most means also being willing to face and get present with all possible outcomes—a vulnerable, but powerful position.
Dec 09, 2021•6 min
Fix one thing, fix everything
When you learn how to feel presence and connection in one aspect of life, it very easily translates to everything in your world.
Dec 08, 2021•6 min
Why you chase losses
If you're overly attached to winning, it also means that you haven't trained yourself to be present with the feelings that come with losing—and it will eventually bring you down.
Dec 07, 2021•6 min
Living an uncapped life
To get to levels you've never reached before, you need to keep increasing your capacity to have more of what you want—otherwise you'll always bring yourself down when you reach your limit.
Dec 06, 2021•6 min
Why your daily meditation might be useless
If you have big goals, what you do matters so much less than how you do it.
Dec 03, 2021•6 min
Building the base layer
Presence is universal, and gives you the stability and confidence to grow and learn new things at a much faster rate than you otherwise would.
Dec 02, 2021•5 min
Michael Jordan's rage
Michael Jordan's emotions no the court were often unprovoked, but it was very much real to him—and so was his ability to channel it into incredibly high performance.
Dec 01, 2021•5 min
You are not your thoughts
If you want to stay sane and continue performing at a high level, you need to learn when to believe your thoughts and when to ignore them.
Nov 30, 2021•5 min
Lose now to win later
Sometimes the fastest way to the top is to stay at the bottom for a little longer than most.
Nov 29, 2021•7 min
The anatomy of regret
Regret is an experience that happens when you don't allow yourself to get present with all the emotions that come after something happens. Feel it all, regrets fade away.
Nov 26, 2021•5 min
Slow means fast
The world prioritizes speed, but doesn't understand that the fastest way to reach big goals is to slow down and presence first.
Nov 25, 2021•5 min
Sample of One
Every situation, whether in poker or life, is one of a kind, and the best way to move forward is to first connect with all the feelings and emotions that are present in yourself and others.
Nov 24, 2021•5 min
The tells you can't suppress
Reading and avoiding tells isn't about the body, it's about how well you can feel the intentions of your opponents, and keep them from feeling that in you.
Nov 23, 2021•5 min
Matt Berkey on Ego
In this special episode, high stakes player and founder of Solve For Why, Matt Berkey, drops by to talk about impostor syndrome, how we relate to poker differently as we get older, and why people are always comparing themselves to one another. You can learn more about Solve For Why and all they offer at SolveForWhy.io
Nov 22, 2021•53 min
Coming back from the dead (Re-cast)
When we experience fear, our brain chemistry changes—and we become vulnerable to believing things to be true that we otherwise never would.
Nov 19, 2021•6 min
My biggest mistake in poker (Re-cast)
Sometimes success can be your own worst enemy—something I had to learn the hard way.
Nov 18, 2021•6 min
The hidden jackass
To be the best version of yourself, you need to own up to who you really are—then bring presence and connection to showing up how you want to be seen.
Nov 17, 2021•5 min
Stop lying to yourself
Stop trying to resist what's actually true, and you'll free up your energy to channel into your best performance.
Nov 16, 2021•5 min
Bankroll on the table
Learn to stay focused without always needing to put everything on the line.
Nov 15, 2021•6 min
Everything is feedback
If something someone says or does bothers you, take it as a sign that it's reflective of something you're already thinking or believing.
Nov 12, 2021•4 min
Reprogramming old patterns
The life you've lived and the people you've come across have programmed you to respond to specific things in specific ways. Presence gives you the ability to choose another path if that's what you really want.
Nov 11, 2021•6 min
Growing around the pain
Hard things happen, and the pain never really goes away—it's our job to keep growing bigger around that pain so that we can keep moving on with our lives.
Nov 10, 2021•5 min
When the tide turns
Use your emotional intelligence to move through downswings that come right after an upswing.
Nov 09, 2021•6 min
Navigating the main event
With great possibility comes great energy and emotions—so much to be presenced and so many edges to explore.
Nov 08, 2021•5 min
Busting with honor
Before you go into deep technical analysis after your sessions, be sure to check in with yourself first to see how you feel about it first.
Nov 05, 2021•5 min
Wedding tilt
When we start something we never expect things to snowball out of control—but it does happen, and what you do in that first moment is what really matters.
Nov 04, 2021•6 min
Don't divide your attention
One key skill in poker and life is the ability to increase your capacity to enjoy what's happening in the moment without splitting your attention elsewhere.
Nov 03, 2021•5 min
Overcoming fear of failure
In order to overcome your fear of failure in poker, you have to get completely present with the idea that failure is always on the table—get comfortable with this, and you free yourself up to play your best.
Nov 02, 2021•6 min
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