I like that advice. It sounds obvious but I know in practice I get distracted by stupid stuff. Newbie PUA's tend to obsess about "openers" I notice (I did it too
), rather than the important things like getting in the habit of talking to lots of people, vocal tonality (the biggest personality factor by far imo) and moving the interaction the way you want it to go.
Sometimes I find the trickiest thing is recognizing when you've done something well but got unlucky, and when you've done something badly but got lucky. It can sidetrack you so it's important to get empricial evidence of some kind.
e.g. at poker I've started using pokertracker which records every stat imaginable and I can assess areas to improve in. In PUA I should probably begin recording what gets me the best repsonse rates by recording them. In golf I eventually learned that to figure out the best strategies for playing holes (what club to use etc) I had to go out and actually get statistics. This was huge. It revealed where I was losing sometimes 0.25 a hole by using a sub-optimal strategy.
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Originally Posted by Steve Pavlina  An old friend of mine became a successful poker pro. He hates the lifestyle, but he's making too much money at it to be able to easily quit. A lot of people who get good at poker seem to feel trapped by it. So be careful that this is a path you really want to pursue. |
Mmm yes, I've become aware of this too so I don't allow myself to play more than 2 hours a day. Any more and my life tends to fall apart at a disturbingly fast rate. Given my financial situation winning a five figure sum over the space of a year can free me a lot to travel and things like that so it's a real benefit. As a career definately not. Given my passion and knowledge I see myself owning golf courses and golf training facilities.