My good friend Evelyn was on the LPGA tour for seven years and her partner still plays but is also having a tough go of it. There are a lot of similarities between the mental aspects of golf and poker and when Evelyn describes her partner’s struggles she might as well have been talking about me. “You lose a few times and shake it off. After a couple more losses, however, you start to expect to lose, which makes it harder to win. Before long, you start thinking you deserve to lose, and then you have no chance.” Fortunately, Evelyn has a prescription. “The way to break this pattern is to attack the notion that you deserve to lose. Make a list of ten things to do every day and make sure you do them. Get up early and go to the gym. Do this for a couple of weeks and in the back of your mind you’ll start to believe you deserve to win again.”
I’ve been to the gym more than I ever thought I would. You know what, Evelyn? I almost think I deserve to win again.
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