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Stop Going Against Your Gut
You know what’s right, but you don’t trust it. There’s a part of you that senses you should fold the river after a bad card hits, but ...
Trading Industry Research
I'm partnering with several well-respected trading entities to launch an industry-wide survey. The goal is to clarify how traders view psychology...
The Dangerous Comfort of Hoping and Wishing
I have an important question to ask you. This is a question that’s best answered from your gut, not your head. Take a deep breath, put log...
Gratitude Can Be Practical
For years I’ve heard people talk about how gratitude has helped them in life. By perhaps starting the day thinking about the things they’re gra...
Finding Your Competitive Fingerprint
The number of ways you can be successful in trading and poker is staggering. Walk down the driving range at any PGA Tour stop, or your local...
Intensity Takes a Toll
Every day you put your money at risk. Your goals and aspirations are on the line. Preparation needs to be sharp. Adaptation and continual im...
Seeing the Forest for the Trees
Clients often describe struggling with Tilt, fear, overconfidence, second-guessing, overthinking, greed, self-criticism, or a lack of confidence li...
Golf is Not 90% Mental
The old adage that golf is 90% mental is wrong. Thinking this way is like still playing with hickory shafts or a balata ball. The game evolves. So ...
New Book: Everyday Golf Psychology
I’m excited to announce that my latest book, Everyday Golf Psychology, will be available April 21st! Three years in the making and I couldn’...
Risky Business
Risk is everywhere. From leisure activities, like renting a paddleboard, skydiving, or taking your kids to a trampoline park, to driving a car, ope...
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Hating to Lose
I introduced a recurring segment in the blog back in September called “Your Pitfall - I Spitball”, where I dissect and hypothesize...
Breaking Bad Habits
Some parts of your mental game work require a change in habits. The most basic being the need to break how you even engage with the mental game. In...
Urge to Make it Happen Now
A couple months ago I asked readers of my blog to submit questions/situations for me to review – providing us with a different style of content from...
Effective Journaling
I recently asked for feedback on topics you’d like to see covered in blogs. Effective journaling was one of the suggestions and I decided to tackle...
Ask Better Questions
Years ago a mentor gave me advice I never forgot: “If you want better answers, ask better questions.” While this is generally good advice in any...