[chill888]

Yes,

As I once posted, you know you are playing well if - in the same game - someone calls you a rock, and later someone else call you a maniac. Shifting gears is critical.
It seems every 4th tourney or so, I go 30 or 40 hands without winning, and then win a few hands in near succession.

Play early game in first gear, middle game in 2nd and 3rd gear, and late game in 4th or 5th gear.

And as you say calling is (usually) a losing strategy.

But for me my biggest breakthrough was when I learned how to be aggressive, BUT CRITICALLY fold to reraises when it was clear I was beaten. Even if I blow away a decent chunk of my stack - or as some here may put it - even when I guessed that my hand was getting good pot odds.

I believe too many learned only the aggressive part and convince themselves (far too often) that the pot is now too big to fold - when it is clear they have lost. Combine this with tilting away your small stack after a big loss - and I think you have the two major leaks of FAIRLY good players.

Regards