Discovering a leak, but how to fix it?

Hi, as some of you may be aware, I recently played a $1 satellite, got a $33 token and came 9th out of 178 in a $33 buy-in MTT for $133.50. Whilst playing this tournament, I was extremely in tune with every decision I made (except my final hand, in fairness, after a maths exam and over 9 hours of poker) was well thought out. However, I often find myself making terrible decisions in micro games, whether it by cash, SNG or MTT.

Having discovered this leak, I'd like some advice on how to abolish it. I believe that it can serve as another major turning point in my poker journey.

It took a few years for this to become an ingrained habit, but what I do is evaluate my readiness to play before I begin, and then choose my level of play accordingly. This applies for both tournaments and ring games.

Do sweat sessions with other players. Let them watch your game while you playing. They will often see things you don't see.

Arjonius said:

It took a few years for this to become an ingrained habit, but what I do is evaluate my readiness to play before I begin, and then choose my level of play accordingly. This applies for both tournaments and ring games.

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This is awesome advice. I discovered that by jumping onto 4-6 tables of 6-max immediately is costly to me. I need to play a single table to warm up and get settled, then add a second, then the third and fourth if I'm playing well and probably shouldn't ever fire up the 5th and 6th unless its seriously juicy.