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Check your emotions at the door. Play aggressively to win, and focus exclusively on making the correct decision every time its you turn to act in every hand. But detach your emotions from the outcome of each hand and the overall game.

If you are naturally competitive, this takes practice, because a competitive personality naturally becomes emotionally involved in a game and the outcome. You have to walk into the poker room with the mindset of emotionally detaching from the game, and focus exclusively on your decisions.