Poker helped me to improve some aspects of my life

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Hey poker pals!
I would like to start saying that poker helped me a lot to improve my life.
Thanks to poker I started reading , actually I did not like to read since I was a child . I used to read because I had to.
I started doing meditation.
I started to control my emotions, specially my tilt.
My health has improved considerably.
I am not considering a poker player winner yet but since I have realised that my life is improving day after day I know that I am a winner.
Now tell me how poker helped you .:cool:
 
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Helped me with patience. It's like fishing, you can't force the fish to bite the hook. Just sit back and take advantage when you get a bite.
 
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I do not think, but it depends on the point of view of each person, it may be in the patience of waiting to have a winning hand, but at the same time it can also take away a lot of time in a tournament by postponing other things
 
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It helped me to realize that patience is the key to success.
With persistence and focus we can achieve anything.
I want, I can, I can.

I walk a little without patience.
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It helped me to try to see things from someone else's point of view. From analyzing hands and figure out why someone may have played the way they did. Then I started applying that mindset to other parts of my life.
 
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manolo salazar said:
Hey poker pals!
I would like to start saying that poker helped me a lot to improve my life.
Thanks to poker I started reading , actually I did not like to read since I was a child . I used to read because I had to.
I started doing meditation.
I started to control my emotions, specially my tilt.
My health has improved considerably.
I am not considering a poker player winner yet but since I have realised that my life is improving day after day I know that I am a winner.
Now tell me how poker helped you .:cool:
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excellent, another proof that everything depends on the person himself, on his efforts and no failure here will break you if you do everything right and you like it
 
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Poker gave me a little bit of patience, that, probably, is the key to success.
 
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I'm glad your life has improved friend. Personally, it has also helped me in many aspects of my life. Ami has helped me to find a reason for things, that is, to find information about why things happen. By this I mean that I have had to read, watch videos, find information to improve my game and this I am also applying to my daily life. It also helped me a lot to control my emotions, to be calm and that patience is an important factor in every aspect of life and poker itself.
 
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Poker helps me learn to contain emotions, which is very important in life:)
 
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I confirm poker helped me to control my emotions. before I was always angry and I had trouble keeping control. now even when I'm in a bad mood. I don't let anything show through and I manage to keep good relationships with my entourage. even better even when someone is looking for me and trying to upset me. I stay of marble and avoid creating conflicts.
 
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Poker helped me to better control my emotions and analyze complex situations. It also helps me to react quicker and better to unexpected events. It is good mind game.
 
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Glad to hear that to be honest, personally I couldn't get benefit like you did, I'm still not controlling my emotions and tilt which makes me lose a lot, I hope you give me some advices about that, and how you're capable of controlling it.
 
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Poker has really helped me learn to focus. I had trouble with that before. It's also really helped with level of confidence. To sit at a table for hours and hours and get up a winner makes you feel like there is something you excell at and that's a great feeling.
 
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AgentXtreme said:
Glad to hear that to be honest, personally I couldn't get benefit like you did, I'm still not controlling my emotions and tilt which makes me lose a lot, I hope you give me some advices about that, and how you're capable of controlling it.
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Sure bro! It will be a pleasure can share some tips with you . The true this change took me about 3 years but if you are disciplined enough you will get them in a shorter time.
 
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Hello.
Undoubtedly, poker has brought a lot of positive things into my life. Through this game, I have become more patient, consistent and disciplined.
 
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