Ambition, professionalism, obsession, and a crude drawing

Bond18 · 11-19-2008, 11:49 PM

I am an ambitious person. In many people that’s a quality, but I’ve seen what mines done to the point that I know it’s much closer to a fault. If I had to settle on anything, I’d call it a double edged sword. The problem is that my ambitions
border on obsession. I become so single minded in accomplishing something (and only in a manner which I feel is best) that I neglect and eliminate anything around me that’ll get in my way. It can be as effective as it is self destructive. People
sometimes tell me they wish they had my motivation and discipline, but those come with a price that’s harder to see. ...

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11-22-2008, 09:35 AM

I think a site or other poker entity not wanting to hire you down the road unless you censor your blog would be incredibly short-sighted of them. You appeal to your demographic (which is largely THEIR core demographic of roughly 18-40 year old males--or at least a huge chunk of it, and where all the growth is) precisely because of your style.

The mixture of intelligence, sound strategy, obv false bravado, silliness, behind the scenes storytelling, insight and playful immaturity is a compelling mix and I think the bulk of your audience can easily tell the difference between all of those elements. The young are more sophisticated consumers of media than they are given credit for.

It's like Jon Stewart and The Daily Show: he's hosted the Oscars, presidential candidates and scholars have lined up to be on the show and the pointedness and accuracy of their satirical news coverage frequently surpasses the quality of the traditional network newscasts. But still he's never above a 'taint joke. Everything is fair game so long as you maintain a sense of humor about yourself.

The real lesson I see in this episode is to avoid being defensive and to take sincere criticism/input under consideration graciously and gratefully. That will do more to keep doors open to you down the road than censoring the whimsicality out of your blog. Besides, the bland generality of Tilt's "Tips from the Pros" email series already has that terrain covered without your diluting your writing to hospital jello levels of digestability.

Yours is a unique and honest voice in the poker world. You got to this point because of it. Trust it.

11-19-2008, 11:49 PM	#1 (permalink)
Bond18 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 151	Ambition, professionalism, obsession, and a crude drawing I am an ambitious person. In many people that’s a quality, but I’ve seen what mines done to the point that I know it’s much closer to a fault. If I had to settle on anything, I’d call it a double edged sword. The problem is that my ambitions border on obsession. I become so single minded in accomplishing something (and only in a manner which I feel is best) that I neglect and eliminate anything around me that’ll get in my way. It can be as effective as it is self destructive. People sometimes tell me they wish they had my motivation and discipline, but those come with a price that’s harder to see. ... Read Full Post

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11-22-2008, 09:35 AM	#2 (permalink)
PFX Guest Posts: n/a	I think a site or other poker entity not wanting to hire you down the road unless you censor your blog would be incredibly short-sighted of them. You appeal to your demographic (which is largely THEIR core demographic of roughly 18-40 year old males--or at least a huge chunk of it, and where all the growth is) precisely because of your style. The mixture of intelligence, sound strategy, obv false bravado, silliness, behind the scenes storytelling, insight and playful immaturity is a compelling mix and I think the bulk of your audience can easily tell the difference between all of those elements. The young are more sophisticated consumers of media than they are given credit for. It's like Jon Stewart and The Daily Show: he's hosted the Oscars, presidential candidates and scholars have lined up to be on the show and the pointedness and accuracy of their satirical news coverage frequently surpasses the quality of the traditional network newscasts. But still he's never above a 'taint joke. Everything is fair game so long as you maintain a sense of humor about yourself. The real lesson I see in this episode is to avoid being defensive and to take sincere criticism/input under consideration graciously and gratefully. That will do more to keep doors open to you down the road than censoring the whimsicality out of your blog. Besides, the bland generality of Tilt's "Tips from the Pros" email series already has that terrain covered without your diluting your writing to hospital jello levels of digestability. Yours is a unique and honest voice in the poker world. You got to this point because of it. Trust it.