My story and transitioning out of poker

great read, a lot of personal insight for me at least, thanks for writing this up. definitely would be interested in some sort of ebook. get it poppin shawty.

I'd be interested in a book. I'm not planning on getting into internet marketing, but I'd buy it just for the info and to see what the life of an internet marketer is like.

Job is a lot different than uni Edzwoo. Uni is more like poker, where you work for yourself and you set your own targets in terms of what grades you need, and do everything for yourself only, and noone give sa shit that you lost motivation or perform sub-par. If you join some forward thinking employers you will be part of multiple teams and have projects under way to which you contribute , and can go on secondments etc. You will work with and for other people, and if you have the right mentors and line manager its easy to find motivation - its their job to get the best out of you. You just need to find a company that allows personal development and promotes creativity and has people with passion that will motivate you (Like Google had, although it seems that now that it has inevitably expanded it gets closer to standard corporations as some people left for facebook and commented that the flair was lost etc.) and waking up will not be a problem at all, provided you enjoy the actual work at least a little.

Still I agree that especially in the corporate world a company like that is hard to find , all I personally want is ambitious people passionate about what they are doing whatever it is around me, and I didn't find that in Insurance Finance where I was working, where people did the work and reports and personal development just for the sake of it. That really can be de-motivating and I didn't want to wake up after a couple months working there.

But if you find a company/department/team with the fire in them 9-5 job can turn into lots of fun and satisfaction.

On December 17 2010 09:02 LemOn[5thF] wrote: Job is a lot different than uni Edzwoo. Uni is more like poker, where you work for yourself and you set your own targets in terms of what grades you need, and do everything for yourself only, and noone give sa shit that you lost motivation or perform sub-par. If you join some forward thinking employers you will be part of multiple teams and have projects under way to which you contribute , and can go on secondments etc. You will work with and for other people, and if you have the right mentors and line manager its easy to find motivation - its their job to get the best out of you. You just need to find a company that allows personal development and promotes creativity and has people with passion that will motivate you (Like Google had, although it seems that now that it has inevitably expanded it gets closer to standard corporations as some people left for facebook etc) and waking up will not be a problem at all, provided you enjoy the actual work at least a little. Still I agree that especially in the corporate world a company like that is hard to find , all I personally want is ambitious people passionate about what they are doing whatever it is around me, and I didn't find that in Insurance Finance where I was working, where people did the work and reports and personal development just for the sake of it. That really can be de-motivating and I didn't want to wake up after a couple months working there. But if you find a company/department/team with the fire in them 9-5 job can turn into lots of fun and satisfaction.

Well there are a few more reasons than just that little analogy, but I didn't want to get into it cause I'd just be rambling even more about myself haha.

For the job, I can't really see myself doing it because I'd be working to grow someone else's ideas and business. There nothing wrong with that at all and of course you could be a part of something big, it's just I want to be the guy that started the idea and be at the top. If that makes sense.

Absolutely. If you have the ideas, balls and passion and you want to be a leader ASAP being an Entrepreneur is ideal. You can still do that with the right ambition in the corporate world, but it will take you some 20 years to get a director position where you do your own stuff (still with a boss above you, but with hundreds people that you command and with salary and pension that makes money almost irrelevant). Good luck to you sir, its nice to see you have found your passion in the marketing and on-line sales thing

I am still too much in love with this wretched game to go search for other opportunities, but although it might seem ridiculous right now I'd love to start a high end restaurant with my gf one day and follow Gordon Ramsay's path if poker stops being my motivation xD

this seems really interesting and even though i am having some of my more successful months (in poker), i am also worried about "what after poker".

it is definitely necessary to think of ways to segue out of poker into things that could potentially lead to much greater +ev (at least for certain people)

seems like you are successfully doing that and that deserves props

gl

back to work slave

there exists life after poker?

hope it works out, poker is only going to get worse

whoops wrong topic LOL

Nice, GL man

why don't ya give us a link to your e-business?

good to read you're doing well!

On December 17 2010 12:34 Edjon wrote: good to read you're doing well!

I don't see you post very often, but I can tell you have some experience too

FISH

On December 17 2010 12:13 Night2o1 wrote: why don't ya give us a link to your e-business?

I always find these blogs enlightening. I see a lot of disillusionment among players who simply havent lived life enough to know what they're doing & why they're doing it. I've been told I'm too old to successfully pursue poker, but then I read blogs like this and it makes me feel better. I have goals, I have lived life, and I know what I want. Im not just aimlessly hoping to become an NL200 reg to pay the bills, nor am I naive enough to still yearn to sack groceries or work in an office cube or attend board meetings, whatever it is that you so many of you feel you've missed out on. Im not gonna lie, growing up in the real world has been interesting. I've had a variety of jobs, from low class to high class. I can comfortably sit back and say "ok, i know what I want now because I've done everything". Obviously "everything" is a stretch, but I know I'm not missing anything like you. Time and time again I hear someone write off poker once they plateau at small stakes because they never really cared about the game or high stakes. But fuck that, I know exactly where I want to be. Playing nosebleeds online. Sitting at the bellagio grinding 25/50. Yeah it's one table, but I love it. I like this game. And I can envision the things I would spend my money on, and it's not sports cars and watches or other impulsive shit. So many of you just seem like "meh, dont really know what I'd spend money on. Vacations? Electronics? Then what?" Part of it probably has to do with the fact that I'm in a long term committed relationship. I have someone to share my life with, and anything that poker brings. I dont know why so many of you feel so lost with poker, I know exactly where I am.

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