[jon462]

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Goal making is such an usual event. The problem sometimes comes from the failure we make in setting them. For example, we should seriously consider setting goals for things that are within our control. FWIW, this is how I think about goals:

1) Play 1600 SNGs in September
2) Always play every hand to the best of my ability
3) Make as few mistakes as possible (pzwn!)
4) Finish Reading King Yao's book.

Scuba

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the answer, of course, is that very little is actually out of your control. Just because you cant 100% predict the outcome doesnt mean the outcome is beyond your control. Better to set goals and fall short than not set goals (if you shoot for the sun and land on the moon you still did all right [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img])

my goal for sept is to get in 500 20s, 500 30s, 500 50s. I plan to do this for the next 3 months to get closer to having a "true ROI" at each level so I can more properly guage where i should be playing (I have scorched each level and for certain periods of time and gotten slaughtered also, but dont have enough data to judge which is variance and which is closer to reality).