Choose Your Hard

I've been consuming a lot of content lately that have shared lots of the shared themes.  Being consistent.  Being authentic.  Not quitting.  Nothing good happens if you don't take some hits and persevere.

The algo must know too much!

It's gotten me to think about the title here.  Choosing your hard.  What does that look like for everyone?  What does it look like in poker?  What does it look like day to day or year to year?

Poker it can manifest in lot of different ways.  How you choose though determines your experience in the game, your success, and if you have the potential to grow.  

It's easy to make the hard blaming bad luck, variance, fish getting there, bad beats, etc.  I used to be there.  Not only in poker too...

I've been trying to change that the last few years.  And it's been a journey.  The biggest piece is switching the mindset from being results oriented to process oriented.  Put the hard work into the process and things start to shift.  Slowly at first.  Then noticeably.  And it starts to gain speed and velocity.

It really is a snowball effect.  At first you don't even notice the shifts.  That is the dangerous time.  The time when it is easy to give up on whatever you're working on.  Then you start to notice.  There isn't really a time or place that it happens.  It just blurs together.

If you track results, you start noticing and get the validation.  In poker, your bankroll stops bleeding.  Even starts growing.  The sample grows enough where it's not all just variance.  The weight on the scale keeps trending down.  You need to get a new fresh wardrobe.  You sleep better.  To haven't touched antacids in months.

Eventually others notice and say something.  "You look great!"

Whatever you're working on or through right now.  See yourself.  Where you started.  Where you are at.  And where you want to get.  You're still on the journey.

It's hard some days.  But....

You got this.