I like to play poker, and I used to do it to make a small income on the side. Not to say I was a winning player, as I usually got greedy and gave it back to the house. But, when studying a lot of professional cash game players one idea that came up a lot was “manufacturing wins”. What this meant simply is that if you are a downward spiral, as in losing continuously, a good strategy is to manufacture small wins. This means that instead of going for the big win and risking a loss, you instead take small wins that normally wouldn’t mean that much.
This is a great strategy for life in general! Often times we run into negative streaks for one reason or another. Mostly its our own doing, although we don’t like to admit it, but either way, it can seem like losses are just piling up. You lose the job, girlfriend breaks up with you, car breaks down, or broken into, money just seems to flow to things that you don’t want it to. Its a vicious spiral.
FOCUS ON SMALL WINS
Take it one step at a time. Its very empowering to give yourself a little pat on the back for doing something, no matter how small, to take you in the right direction in life. But in order to mark these small wins you have to acknowledge them...even the small shit that doesn’t seem to matter at all.
You got up early. Great!
You made your bed and brushed your teeth. Even better.
You returned a few emails that you had put off. Now you’re off to the races.
It all builds momentum towards the larger goals and milestones. It puts you in the positive mental attitude that is integral for success at anything.
Way too often people get caught up with what’s happening to them and forget what is happening for them, and this mindset shift yields huge dividends.
Life happens for you not to you.
Inlakesh
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