Since the big studio/office clean up, have been studying some of my materials that reference Feng Shui in addition to reading and reaffirming some of the information on sites like Zen Habits.
If you really study the information, not just read, it becomes clear how important it is to have your head straight before taking on important activities that require full attention of both sides of your brain as well as your emotional state and the amount of mental space that is available at that time.
When we sit down to play poker it is best if your full attention is on what you are doing. Most of us know the range of hands we play and what we do in certain positions and how we handle certain players. Much of that can be done by rote but to be truly creative in your play, it is important that other aspect of your current situation are free of distractions.
Say you are playing, you know you will be playing for a certain amount of time, you have the time set aside....no problem....but you are anticipating some event that will happen later, or you really know you have pressing matters that should be attended to instead of playing....these distractions are there even if you have stuffed them back as far as you can. We can only compartmentalize so much before our brain is invaded by these thoughts and feelings of unease.
When you have a losing session and are irritated by some of the actions that have taken place the first thing to do is analyze where the root of the problem is....is it the bad play by others, is it just bad luck....or is it you and not being totally focused on the task at hand.....these are important issues that must be evaluated constantly....
Creative play happens when our mind is free of distractions and our physical, mental, and emotional house is in order....studying strategy will get you so far but to take your game to a higher level....the other parts of your self come into play.
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