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#21
11-12-2005, 10:43 PM
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Re: why short term goals are bad
This post is an overreaction to the effects of short-term variance. Sure, your monthly results aren't usually going to be in line with your expected monthly results, but most of the time they'll be in the ballpark, and setting a goal at the beginning of a month is a nice way to keep you focused through the month.
As long as it's only a component of how you evaluate yourself and as long as you don't take it too seriously, saying "I'd like to make X FT's or make a Final 3" or whatever is fine, if anything, it gives you a chance to reevaluate at the beginning of every month what is realistic for your skill level, and whether you make the goals or not, gives you a metric through which you can think about your actual performance. Like "I thought at the beginning of the month that I would play enough and I was good enough to make 5 FT's, I actually only made 3, what happened?" Or "I made seven, good for me... but i did get a little lucky". As long as you put it in context, there is nothing wrong with results oriented goals. Especially because there are psychological benefits to setting landmarks in this admittedly very long-run game. 
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#22
11-13-2005, 12:48 AM
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Re: why short term goals are bad
Examples of good goals from November thread:
Psychological Functioning No Hellmuthian outbursts Work on my tilt Enjoy my mtt`s, play less and with more quality Stop playing while intoxicated Becoming better at poker Work on mid stack play Read harrington's book Play more live poker to get ready for Atlantis Play a few more deep stack tournaments to gain experience for big tournaments Stop trying to bluff calling stations Take much better notes in the 109s i play Post more Finish reading two more poker books Use exitonly's spreadsheet for results tracking Read more hand histories Post more in the strategy forums instead of oot Saving money by making smart decisions Never, ever click the blackjack icon on party again Stay far, far, far away from the $45k guaranteed $10 rebuy Only play mtt's. No cash games allowed Avoid cash games Not going bananas and spending all my hard earned stt money in rebuys Create and maintain accounting books for poker income Playing or not playing types of Poker Try out some satellites Play less mtts Play some satellites & supers Play more rebuys Play in two live tournaments Play more tournaments Non-poker related goals Study enough that i am prepared to ace my first semester of law school finals Go see barry greenstein speak at my school Kiss a girl
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#23
11-13-2005, 06:32 AM
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Re: why short term goals are bad
please use line breaks [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img] Two big-ass paragraphs makes my eyes burn.
Edit: of course, great post. I used to do stuff like "make $3,000 this month" and other crap and now I realize how retarded that is.
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