If you want to become a winning texas holdem poker player there are three things you absolutely have to have in your poker playing arsenal. Without these three things you can kiss your money good bye. All winning poker players have these three things going for them. What are they?
• Discipline
• Patience
• A Plan
Without discipline, patience and a plan you aren’t going to turn yourself into a winning texas hold em poker player. Without these in your poker playing arsenal, you’ll be relying completely on luck and nobody’s that lucky. Not in the long run, anyway.
But the great thing is, anyone can develop these attributes. It’s not like becoming a professional basketball player, where, despite how hard you work, if you don’t have the innate talent, forget it, you’re not going to be the next Michael Jordan.
According to the millionaire's interviewed for Dr. Thomas Stanley's The Millionair Mind, the number one factor in their success, when ranked by very important and important is being disciplined.
57% said being disciplined was very important and another 38% ranked it as important.
You might be wondering what millionaire's have to do with your poker playing. To achieve your poker playing goals, you must have a plan, and to stick to that plan you must have (or develop) the discipline necessary to do so.
Discipline is a key to success, no matter what you are looking to achieve, from adding losing twenty pounds of fat, to making millions, or climbing Mt. Everest. Or winning the World Series of Poker and walking away with over $12 million in cash like Jamie Gold did in 2006. Without discipline, none of these things are possible. Anything worth achieving takes discipline.
Have you ever heard the phrase, "The harder I work, the luckier I get."? It's absolutely true. Millionaire's are extremely disciplined. They set very high goals for themselves and then go about doing what it takes to reach those goals.
These people are not easily sidetracked. They do what needs to be done, regardless of the obstacles or roadblocks that they may stumble upon during their journey.
If you lack discipline, your chances of achieving success are very, very small. But discipline can be learned, practiced and improved.
Here is some recommended reading that will go a long way toward helping you achieve your goals if you put the knowledge to work in your own life.
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Maximum Achievement by Brian Tracy
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Goals by Brian Tracy
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The 8th Habit by Stephen R. Covey
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The Power of Focus by Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen and Les
Hewitt
You should be able to find these at most book stores.
With discipline, you develop patience. The final piece of the puzzle in your texas hold em arsenal is the plan, which is probably what you’re really excited about. We’ll start in on the plan in future articles, along with juicy texas holdem poker strategy in:
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