Pleasures Of Small Motions
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I'm circumcised. I do think this psychology stuff has limited practicality though. I believe it comes down to skill and headroom thereof.
ah well, now you are changing
Now you are changing what you said you got from it. PJ may not compete at pool but he certainly competes at posting!
The second section of Pleasure in particular seems focused on people settling for doing something well without striving to be the best even for a given day or event. When we compete in a pool tournament there is one winner and a whole bunch of losers. If you are content being a loser that played well you will never be a winner. The winner will come from a small group of people who not only play well but have a fire in their gut to win.
Hu
Now you are changing what you said you got from it. PJ may not compete at pool but he certainly competes at posting!
The second section of Pleasure in particular seems focused on people settling for doing something well without striving to be the best even for a given day or event. When we compete in a pool tournament there is one winner and a whole bunch of losers. If you are content being a loser that played well you will never be a winner. The winner will come from a small group of people who not only play well but have a fire in their gut to win.
Hu
"How well" doesn't mean "just well".
First I've heard posting is a competition...PJ may not compete at pool but he certainly competes at posting!
pj
chgo
Not sure if anyone mentioned this book...
https://www.amazon.com/Winning-Mind-3rd-Ed/dp/1934324264
Author is a gold metal Olympiad in shooting disciplines. Main point of book is focus on process and not on outcome. It is quite good and fast read.
https://www.amazon.com/Winning-Mind-3rd-Ed/dp/1934324264
Author is a gold metal Olympiad in shooting disciplines. Main point of book is focus on process and not on outcome. It is quite good and fast read.
It was a play on the word "hood". If you hadn't noticed yet, "straightline" tends to talk crooked/convoluted.
As for the OP, I found PoSM to be helpful in several ways and far better than most pool authors who wander off into psychology. Like the ones who claim to be zen masters but tell you to do lots of scummy, unzenish things to screw with your opponent's mind and maybe cheat as much as you can.
That's a main point of Pleasures of Small Motions too (hence the name) - and I think it increases the likelihood of good outcomes. I don't think it means to put less effort into winning - just to focus the effort where it does the most good: on your shot-by-shot performance.
pj
chgo
Thanks for the assist I think. I'm right brained but artificially right handed. (good parenting and crowded classrooms) Straightline is just a reference to pool. Sure there's comedic potential but wutevuh... A straight line might be THE fundamental of pool and everyone should train themselves to recognize one.
(lol)
Don't read much and certainly not PoSM (lol again) In fact and prolly not surprisingly, I dozent reed motch and eschew (hope this is the correct word) the psych genre. Monk, The inner game..., Zen and the art... blah blah, all ignored based on the title. I do the pool I can and other than pushing towards refinement, that's the extent of my interest.
Well, you just disproved that.
lol
pj <- what'd I win?
chgo
The one thing I got out of Pleasures of Small Motions:
Don't look at a match like you would a "final exam". If you do, and you lose, you will be beating yourself up over the failure.
Of course you will work very hard to win, but look at each match as building your experience at competition. Every time you expose yourself to competition, you will get better at it. If you do lose, you gained experience, and with that frame of mine you can go practice your weak areas.
Don't look at a match like you would a "final exam". If you do, and you lose, you will be beating yourself up over the failure.
Of course you will work very hard to win, but look at each match as building your experience at competition. Every time you expose yourself to competition, you will get better at it. If you do lose, you gained experience, and with that frame of mine you can go practice your weak areas.
Nary a thing!
You didn't win a thing since you prove me right every time you post! :thumbup:
Hu
You didn't win a thing since you prove me right every time you post! :thumbup:
Hu