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February 28, 2009 at 10:01 am · Filed under Misc Infos
How do you define your Wellness? How does it show up in your life currently? About 15 years ago, I ask myself these questions many times. When I was in my early thirties, I watched my body, my health, my emotions and my sense of “self” slip away. I did not know what it felt like to wake up with a purpose and the will to move forward. I wanted to get a handle on my life and find a better way of living, one that would enhance the quality of my life as I aged.
After researching, soul searching, educating and defining what was important to me, I’ve come to believe that incorporating wellness habits into your life on a daily basis is the key. I recognize that wellness is unique to each person; it encompasses every aspect of your life and requires work, determination and commitment to bring about change. The change needed to bring balance and harmony to your life. This means wellness is a choice. What an enlightening discovery, I thought. Once I realized that it was a choice, I found a way to tap into my “self “strength and saw a time of change as an opportunity to be a better me.
Wellness is a choice. It requires that you do something everyday to honor your body, mind and spirit. Achieving wellness means taking control and directing your life where you want it to go. It means you are in command of all aspects of your life: physical, career, relationships, finances, spiritual, environment and emotional well-being. As you know, this is easier said than done. I’ve been a wellness coach for several years and find the denial of self-improvement and the lack of effort to achieve wellness, especially for those over the age of 30, dangerous.
The dictionary definition of wellness is: “The state of optimal well-being, not simply the absence of illness, but an improved quality of life resulting from enhanced physical, mental, and spiritual health”.
Many people are not willing to do the work to achieve wellness and go into denial about how well they really are. After a while they find comfort within their denial and use it as a coping strategy to avoid bigger problems. They will continue avoiding small problems until a major crisis develops, and sometimes even then it doesn’t trigger any action. The areas of life someone thinks about in the privacy of his or her heart (or alone in the dark) are exactly the areas that need to be honored–the mind, body and spirit.
Some reasons why adults don’t incorporate wellness activities into their daily lives include lack of time, effort, desire and commitment. I was talking to a client of mine the other day and he told me a co-worker had challenged him to run in a race. My client has been a heavy smoker for years and has not been physically active. I asked him how he planned on running the entire distance. He then told me about what a great runner he was in high school - more than twenty years ago. I explained to him that he had become very comfortable with denial about his health and wellness, and that I needed him to accept the truth about his overall well-being. We then set some goals to get him through a race at a later time, which included kicking the smoking habit as a first step.
It’s not only the physical being that affects wellness; stress is a growing contributor and excuse preventing people from taking control of their own destiny. Investigating where your time is going and then adjusting your priorities to free up time to incorporate activities important to your health and wellness reduces stress. You must re-evaluate your daily priorities and approach them in order of importance for your efforts to be successful. One suggestion might be instead of working 12 hours per day, work 10 and spend the two extra hours honoring your well-being.
According to time-use researchers and exercise experts, we’re making excuses about our time. “People certainly do have time. There are about 40 hours a week of free time in this country,” says John Robinson, a professor of sociology at the University of Maryland and co-author of Time for Life: The Surprising Way Americans Use Their Time. People are watching TV an average of 15 to 20 hours a week, so they have “room to carve out more time to be active.”
The main thing you should do is put yourself at the top of your priority list. Wellness is important, especially after age 30, because getting older brings with it an abundance of new metabolic, physical, physiological, emotional and mental challenges. And while change can be unsettling, this time of change can also be viewed as an opportunity to get the most out of life.
Later life can be a time of rest, fun, relaxation, maybe even retirement, and most of all a time to enjoy life. It should be a time to embark on new adventures whether it’s travel, a hobby or a fun job. Here are some suggestions to start creating a life that honors your wellness:
1. Be honest about how well you really are. Realistically look at the areas of your life: physical, career, relationships, finances, spiritual, environment and emotional well-being. Identify the area(s) that need improvement. Set goals to achieve desired results one step at a time. Buy a journal to track your activity.
2. Assess your readiness for change and willingness to embrace it. Identify and write down the benefits of wellness to your life and your willingness to make the necessary changes. Remember: every move, forward or back, is part of the normal process of change.
3. Identify and eliminate barriers and challenges that could impede your success. There are always barriers to overcome as we move toward our goals. Select one barrier to work on at time. For every negative message you encounter, turn it into a positive one. For example,”I don’t have enough time” can turn into “everything that needs to be done will get done”. Learning to replace the negative messages with positive ones is a matter of establishing new habits. It takes time and practice.
4. Set clearly defined and measurable wellness goals. Create fun and interesting ways to fulfill your goals. For example, to be more physically active at work, you may want to take a two-minute walk every hour around your work environment. Break your goals down into small, incremental steps.
5. Create meaningful wellness priorities. Take a closer look at how you spend your time on an average day. Record your daily activity. Find opportunities for wellness activities you might not have known existed and incorporate them into your daily life.
6. Challenge your wellness changes and strive to achieve even more. Make simple changes first and then take a look at the things that are harder and that will require the most change to achieve your desired results. Tackle them one at a time.
7. Design and refine your goals so you’ll get the most out of them everyday. If you don’t get the results you want in a reasonable amount of time, go back to the “drawing board.” Re-design and refine your goals to fit what works for you. You may even want to get some professional help.
8. Make lasting changes to your lifestyle. Identify and celebrate your accomplishments. Reward yourself! Review your favorite activities. Try new activities to renew your motivation.
The pace of today’s world is so fast that we expect quick solutions to everything. If results are not immediate we’re quick to quit. However, the long-term results that extend our lives are well worth the time, work and effort that we put into taking care of ourselves. Wellness is a way of life. Get yours back!
Diane Randall is a Certified Wellness Coach who works primarily with adults over 30 to help them reclaim their zest and drive for life. Randall began her wellness journey over fifteen years ago when an unexplained health crisis forced her to adopt a better way of living, and has since used her education and experiences to help countless others. Randall speaks and writes about a variety of health and wellness related topics affecting the adult community.
Contact her at diane@LifeAccelerated.com or visit her online at www.LifeAccelerated.com and take the FREE Wellness Assessment.
February 27, 2009 at 1:43 pm · Filed under Information Parlor
Obtaining real estate overseas for the 1st time can often be an overwhelming responsibility. There are numerous reasons why individuals from the United Kingdom are investing in villas in another country and if you are still undecided about whether you should take the plunge & invest, here are some reasons why you should consider it. Find great overseas property investment online today.
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3rdly, more & more individuals are growing disenchanted with Britain and are erecting new lives overseas. It’s not basically older retirees purchasing real estate in Europe and living abroad; presently younger people are also going in ever larger numbers for employment or for private motives.
With foreign countries these day enjoying superior connections and cheaper tickets the option to rent foreign property as a method of generating further revenue is another key aspect for investing.
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Procuring a villas in an unfamiliar country exposes you to amazing cultures and different viewpoint to life. It is exhilarating and educational & definitely opens up a totally new country to love.
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February 27, 2009 at 3:09 am · Filed under Misc Infos
Cattiness is something no one ever wants to be accused of doing. But the reality is, at one time or another you’ve probably engaged in it, and most likely, you’ll do it again. This trait can include any number of unfortunate behaviors from not saying what we really intend to say, to saying things in a harsh tone of voice. It also includes gossiping, cynical remarks, and on a grander scale, outright rudeness. Cattiness can stand in the way of marketing your business since what you say and how you say it is critical in building rapport with potential clients and customers. Think about how you come across to the people you interact with on a daily basis. Check in with your attitude and behavior to make sure you are coming from your best place at all times.
1. Always tell the truth. Your word is one of the strongest tools for building outstanding relationships with your clients and customers. It starts from the first moment that you decide to open your business and it carries forward throughout the years. Telling the truth not only about who you are, but also about your products and services, is essential to building a strong foundation for a successful business. It is through honesty that you build confidence and trust in the hearts and minds of those who do business with you. These are the qualities that help to maintain your current clients and which lead them to make referrals to you. It takes only a moment of dishonesty to destroy your reputation and credibility. Rise above the crowd - tell the truth, always, and you’ll have your customers telling everyone about you!
2. Come from a place of integrity. One of the best ways to rise above catty behavior is to make integrity your central “come from” place when you deal with others. Integrity is about core honesty. When you come from a place of being fully integrated in your thoughts and actions, you are operating from a place of integrity. This gives others a sense of confidence in you - that you are predictable and consistent. After all, people like to do business with those who they know, like, and trust. By coming from a place of integrity you’ll be just that person.
3. Have empathy for others. Individuals who have empathy don’t have a place in their hearts to be mean-spirited towards others. They understand that life holds challenges enough for all and that they have no right to add to another person’s burden. To have empathy for others, we must have it for ourselves. For those who have not learned that important life lesson, they can only give away what they have inside of themselves. For those who have empathy, there is no place for catty behavior to enter the picture. They interact with others only from a place of love and understanding.
4. Let go of the need for power. Catty behavior typically manifests when someone needs to come from a place of power. In order to feel complete, a catty person must make others feel incomplete. Rather than coming from a place of competition with others, try coming from a place of cooperation. Appreciate the gifts and talents that others have to offer. Recognize that there is plenty for all and that there is no winner or loser. Instead, everyone can be a winner. One is powerful because it is a chosen state of mind, not something gained at the expense of others.
5. Let go of the need for control. Some people engage in catty behavior when they possess a strong need for control, a behavior deeply rooted in fear. Closely aligned with the need for power, these folks want to manipulate the thoughts and actions of others for their personal gain. And, this is done by saying and doing things to intimidate or coerce. Letting go of the need for control will actually allow you to enjoy life by decreasing stress levels. The reality is that nothing can be controlled in life except for one’s response to it.
6. Stop gossiping. “Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.” (Unknown) Gossiping is one of the most catty of behaviors. Not only is it destructive to others but it is also a complete waste of one’s own lifetime. You might think you’re not gossiping because you only say great things about others. The truth is that anytime you are discussing someone other than yourself, whether good news or bad, you are engaging in gossip. Why not engage in discussions about great ideas, instead? Life is made of only one thing - time. Be careful how you spend it.
7. Elevate others. One of the ways to rise above catty behavior is to hold others in the highest regard. By adopting a mindset of respecting everyone, you are showing respect for yourself as well. Want more for others than you want for yourself. Come from a place of providing service to others. Strange as it may seem, this attitude will bring more benefits to you than you could possibly imagine.
8. Re-language your life. Those who refuse to engage in catty behavior watch the thoughts they think and the words they utter. Studies have shown that negative words actually emanate a lower energy than positive words. Nasty, negative, or mean-spirited words or thoughts have no place in the heads and hearts of the highly evolved. Engage in cooperative, kind, friendly interactions that build up others and benefit all. Watch the thoughts you think and the words you utter. These things speak volumes about who you are and how others perceive you.
9. Stop competing. Catty behavior often comes shining through when one adopts a mindset of competition. Competitive people think there must always be a winner and a loser. Even a simple conversation can be converted into a competition about who knows more or who is better. Competition, nowadays, is often seen as childish and immature. Highly evolved people choose to come from a place of cooperation. They are confident in their beliefs, yet can understand and empathize with others who might disagree.
10. Own your own stuff. Catty people do not take responsibility for their life outcomes. Much of their unfortunate behavior towards others is the manifestation of anger, internal resentment and low self-esteem. The ill will they feel inside is often unleashed upon unknowing others in the form of negative comments, cynicism, and rudeness. People who rise above catty behavior own their own stuff. They take personal responsibility for their actions and understand that everyone (including themselves) is impacted by what they think, say, and do.
© Copyright 2004 by Alicia Smith
Alicia Smith is a Coach and Trainer whose specialty is helping coaches to Make Money Now. This article is derived from just one of the 90 lessons contained in her e-course, 90-Day Marketing Marathon. To learn more visit www.90DayMarketingMarathon.com
February 27, 2009 at 2:00 am · Filed under Misc Infos
Scrabble, besides being a game that needs skills in strategy, it also calls for good memory to win the game.
Therefore, this word game can be used to help improve one’s memory.
As you know very well, the key to the achieving of high points in this game is by forming words that contain a specified letter, such as “q” or “z”.
To train your memory, try to remember the words contain the letter.
As tips, to make it easier, try to associate the word with something, such as your experience, friend, favorite movie, etc.
For example, to remember the word ‘quiescent’, you can associate it with one of your friend, who is quite by nature.
Another technique, which is my favourite to remember a list, is by combining the words together. For example, to remember some words which begin with ‘z’, try to memorize this sentence:
“The zany zebra in the zoo runs zigzag zealously and meets zookeper, zoologist and zoombie.”
Notice that by combining them, at least you have memorized eight words that contain ‘z’ letter.
You can apply those techniques to remember things in your daily life.
A research showed that memory can also be improved by doing light activities that stimulate thinking power. The examples of such activities include playing scrabble.
Scrabble, as you know, needs a right strategy to win. Besides having to think about your next move, you also have to think to block up your opponent’s move.
Concentrate better so your memory will improve more.
Happy playing this exciting game…
Heris Yunora maintains www.wordgamesnow.com, a website which contains PC and Online word games.
February 27, 2009 at 1:03 am · Filed under Cyber Lifestyle, Product Infos, Shopping Portal
Buying two pieces for young women could be one of the most passionate things boyfriends could perform - as well as the most stressful and dangerous gift to get for a present.
Consider it’s not yours, but your girlfriend’s. Put out of your mind leather, PVC, or French Maid outfit, choose something silky or lacey and are safer.
Don’t try to presume your woman’s body size, favourite type Sadly, ladies don’t work in S, M, large, and extra large sizes similar to chap. Do your study to start with. Hold your horses in anticipation of she set off and then search her underwear drawer.
Search and locate things with the marker in it and make a note of the brands and designs she is keen on. Take into account that embellishments like lace and tassels can be tasteful and sexy if you be familiar with what your girlfriend prefers. I realised that my spouse likes Lingerie underwear. I didn’t imagine that bikini were barely for the seashore.
Lingerie two-pieces instead are virtually any sort of constricted skimpy, or little undergarment that provides less coverage to the midsection than traditional undergarment, panties or knickers. As a matter of fact Lingerie Knickers emulates what you spot on the coastline.
The bikini turned out to be a US$811 million business yearly and it’s possibly the as a rule admired woman bathing suit around the earth as a result of the recipe of the power of women and fashion.
it’s a Greek invention. Beachwear clothes put on by lady for activity intent are rapresented on Greek vases and paintings dating back to the XV C. Before Christ. Check this sexy reversible venice tie bikinis, halter ring swimsuits and reversible venice tankinis from Moontide.
An antique mosaic entitled “Bikini Girls” dating back to the Diocletian age (286-305 AD) in Sicily describe 10 women in mosaics on the floor.
Near Naples there are also some images of the Greek idol Venus dressed in a two piece.
The contemporary Lingerie start off to appeare over again at the beginning of 1900, when a femal swimmer, Annette Kellerman was put in detention on a Boston beach for having very tight swimsuit that turn out to be accepted swimsuit for ladies by a few years later.
The contemporary Lingerie was designed by French engineer Louis Réard just after WW2 and was a shock when it appeared on French seashore in 1947. He called it after Lingerie Atoll in the Pacific, the place of a atomic detonation test on 37073 in 1946. His reason was that the blow up of thrill created by it was supposed to be like a nuclear explosion.
On the subject of acquiring Lingerie as gift remember that most structures will efficiently gift wrap your acquisition for you if you ask for a little charge and it is well worth paying a little on top for. And also I recommend to store the receipt - just in case.
February 26, 2009 at 11:50 am · Filed under Fitness Infos, The Healthy Way
Did you awaken one day and look at yourself critically? Feeling your area around the middle is inflating or making a bee line due south. Is buttoning those pants getting harder and harder? Are you figuring out that the wasted, horizontal TV time, downing snacks and chugging six packs has finally done you in, and you are featuring love handles? Would you like to get a six pack(http://get-a-sixpack.net)? You are not alone in this pickle and there is hope for you.
If you want to get rid of the ab fat to reveal the muscle you should start some abs workouts. Back problems can be relieved and this is good for both men and women. When your stomach muscles are toned up your back is also fortified. Some simple exercises to lose those love handles are sit ups and crunches.
Targeting the lower back simply try lying down on your stomach. Raising your feet and knees off of the flooring and gently kicking your legs as if you were swimming. Fifteen seconds of kicking, thirty seconds of rest and then repeat.
You may wish to cut sodium and sodium heavy foods from your diet. We are inclined to connect sodium and salt rich foods with heart troubles and stroke. Salt can induce water retention which can in turn increase the tummy fat. Don’t add extra salt to foods and avoid processed foods. Drinking water can also help you to lose the spare tire. Water not only helps to keep the body hydrated, it also aids your body to metabolize stored fat into energy and cuts your appetite.
You may debate cutting back your alcohol consumption as well. Im confident that you are just as frustrated as I was to find that alcohol doesnt perform the same function as water being that they are both liquid. Alcoholic drinks contain a lot of what is called empty calories which for men have a tendency to get situated around the gut resulting in excessive fat. No need to eliminate alcohol totally, just keep in mind the quantity you booze and reduce it; same strategy as cutting back the quantity you eat.
February 26, 2009 at 3:50 am · Filed under Misc Infos
Why are some people born natural flirts and others couldn’t charm the backside of a bus if their life depended on it?
The power of flirting goes beyond attracting the opposite sex. Master the art of flirting and you also become a friend magnet and can use your skills to influence business relationships.
“You’ve either got it or you haven’t!” is often what you will hear men saying when they boast about their conquests. Women, on the other hand, are more coy when talking about a man they have met. So as not to appear full of herself, she will often say to her friends “Oooh, I don’t think he likes me, what do you think?” If she is a successful flirt, however, she will be thinking along the same lines of a man, “Yeah, he was putty in my hands!”
Flirting is an art requiring confidence without being OTT. A successful flirt knows how to get the balance just right; too much and there is a real danger you will be labelled as “slimy” (if you’re a man) and “tarty” (if you’re a woman).
If flirting doesn’t come naturally to you, you can learn to flirt by building your confidence, believing in yourself and interacting with other people.
Here are some basic flirting tips which can be practised at work and/or on a social scene.
1. Have Fun!
First and foremost flirting is fun! Whether you are the flirter or the flirtee it makes both parties smile (on the inside as well as the outside!). Don’t take it seriously; be playful, be light-hearted, be infectious!
2. Ooze Confidence
The best flirts have a positive outlook on life and are happy with themselves. To successfully flirt you need to feel good about yourself before you are able to transmit this “feel good” factor to the opposite sex. If you display a positive and optimistic attitude to life you will find yourself connecting with people who are right for you.
3. Make the first move
Don’t wait for someone to approach you. If it’s someone at work you’ve got your eye on, wait for them to go to the kitchen and then make a beeline for the coffee machine. The same applies in a bar, wait for them to go to the bar and then squeeze in next to them. Start with a simple “Hello” and take things from there. What have you got to lose?
4. Pay a compliment and receive a smile
A genuine compliment costs nothing and yet can make someone feel so special. If someone looks great, tell them! If someone has achieved something to be proud of, tell them! Once you start making someone feel good about themselves, they are more likely to want to spend more time with you! And if someone pays you a compliment, be proud of the compliment and say “Thank you”!
5. Eye to Eye Contact
Eye contact is one of our most powerful communicating mechanisms. Most people don’t have a problem making eye contact with someone they don’t find attractive but they become awkward in front of people they are attracted to. If you tend to look away at people you like, practice making eye contact with people on your way to work, a quick glance and then turn away. This is a good way to build up your confidence. Don’t stare, however, this will make people feel uncomfortable!
6. Pitch your voice
Learn to vary the tone, pitch and speed of your voice. A voice rich in tones sounds far more interesting than one dull note!
7. Listen
A good flirt has the ability to get people to open up and talk about themselves. Pay attention when someone is talking to you and ask questions to show you are interested. The best questions are the ones which will lead to someone remembering a positive experience about themselves.
8. Move your body!
There are many positive body language signs: lingering eye contact, smiling widely, touching someone, head tilting to one side, running fingers through hair, undivided attention but if you really want to let go and flirt openly - dance! Dancing is a great form of self-expression allowing you to interact with someone and connect.
9. Smile, Smile, Smile!
Make your smile contagious! The more you smile the more people will want to know you and be around you!
10. Don’t be rude!
Flirting does not involve being sexually explicit! Nor does it involve being offensive if someone rejects your advances. If you have been flirting with someone and are not receiving positive feedback don’t get disheartened or take it personally, move on to the next person! You may want to consider a different approach if you are getting a lot of rejections.
11. Send an email
Emails are a great way to communicate with someone if you’re too shy to approach them face to face. Whether it’s someone you are interested in at work or you want to try internet dating, emails and instant messaging allow you to flirt without blushing or getting tongue-tied.
Be careful not to become intimate online too quickly though; it’s easy to paint a rosy picture of the person behind the monitor but until you have met them you don’t really know them. My message here is get to know someone online before arranging a date, but don’t fall in love before meeting them! The reality could burst the bubble!
Alison Edwards runs www.SnappyDates.com/ a UK based dating site. SnappyDates.com is an active community where people of all ages meet looking for a relationship, friendship and even marriage!
February 25, 2009 at 11:47 am · Filed under Lots Of Traffic Resources
People are joining all sorts of affiliate Internet marketing programs all the time. They quickly paste the affiliate links somewhere on their site or blog and wait for some miracle to happen, it never does. The reason for failure is usually very simple. They just do not have enough traffic arriving at their affiliate Internet marketing site.
No affiliate Internet marketing program on earth can ever hope to meet with success without traffic and loads of it. This article focuses on how virtually anybody can build his or her own colossal traffic using a simple system that will cost you nothing but time and a little dedication.
The affiliate Internet marketing system you are on the verge of discovering, uses only one tool albeit in four different ways. That tool is a promotional article. Yeah, yeah, you’ve heard about it before, but just a second before you lose a big opportunity here to change your life. Be aware of the fact that 99 per cent of webmasters and bloggers do not use articles correctly and that is the reason they fail and quickly give promotional articles a bad name. Vast majorities who are happy with promotional articles are still not using them to full effect and are just scratching the surface.
The truth is that it would be difficult, if not impossible for you to find a more effective affiliate Internet marketing tool that drives such highly targeted high traffic to a site.
The right way to use articles is firstly with the right keywords so that you will be able to win loads of free search engine traffic. The second way to use your promotional articles is to post them at some very specific high traffic article directories with your site address in the resource box. This should get you loads of immediate traffic but it will also create valuable one way links pointing at your site. Thirdly you should regularly get a very different article written, called a link-baiting article. This is usually a controversial article attacking an opinion or leading blogger’s view on a hot subject.
Done skillfully and in good taste, a link baiting article or post is capable of generating a colossal amount of links in only a few hours or days, pointing at your site, thus dramatically improving your ranking with search engines and guaranteeing a surge in traffic.
And finally, your articles should be created to help you build an opt-in email list as quickly as possible. I will discuss each of these four different ways to use articles in greater detail, in the next article.
Christopher Kyalo has many affiliate programs running successfully and he uses only articles to generate enough traffic to his affiliate blogs. Read the other parts of this article at his affiliate Internet marketing blog. You can also get his amazing free special report How To Use A Free Blog, The Adsense Program And Your Favorite Affiliate Schemes To Generate $7,777 A Month. Get it NOW by subscribing to his article promotion newsletter. Send a blank email to articlesrgold-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
February 24, 2009 at 5:10 pm · Filed under House Of Travel, Sports Portal, World Of Recreation
Avoriaz is one of the better resorts for vacation play and repose. Avoriaz is a corner of paradise which provides the family group climbing, windsurfing, biking, events and lots of other things for everyone to delight in. When the first snow starts to settle on the trees and mountain summits, and the waterfalls start to ice over, Avoriaz changes its make up from summer reds to glistening white with bright blue skies. Avoriaz bursts with winter activities ” huski rides, ice climbing and telemarking and is easily accessible with airport ski transfers.
Avoriaz has been named the best ski area in France for many years by skiing magazines and avid snowboarders. It raises a majestic 4000 metres high, it with 70 slopes, the best being 7 kilometres, and there’s 375 kilometres of skiing. There are runs for novices and average skiers, and 54 trails for advanced boarders. Avoriaz’s lift systems can deal with 19000 snowboarders each hour so there isn’t any wasting of fun time standing to get skiing. You can opt for the cable car for a fantastic overall panorama of the ski resort ski area and the whole area. For the hungry holiday maker, there are umpteen cafeterias that provide warming hot chocolate and broths, sandwiches or full meals.
February 24, 2009 at 11:10 am · Filed under Fun On The Net, Games Playing, Universe Of Gambling
When I started playing poker, I didn’t worry a whole lot about reading poker players-I just played the cards I had and hoped that they would work out for the best. As I matured as a player, I made it a point to observe the other players around me and play the man more than the cards.
I was in a home game early on in my poker career and I was watching the guy across from me as he placed his chips. He had two distinct ways of pushing money in-he would either toss them in carelessly or gravely add his chips to the pot. After watching a few hands play out, I came to realize that he was acting the same way every time, and it made sense: when he acted upset he had a great hand, and when he acted cocky he was holding garbage. It was a ridiculous tell, and I was definitely going to be taking advantage of it. I could have used it all night if I hadn’t made one crucial error.
After deciding that the tell was reliable, I used it to re-raise him and buy out a pot that he was trying to bluff. As I raked in my cash, I gleefully announced that I’d read him like a book-I described his tell and how I used it to everone at the table, including the player in question. Just as I finished gloating, I realized that I just gave up my advantage-the player, now aware of his mistake, changed up his play and my tell was useless.
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