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CoachTony_Bets replied to the thread Have You Ever Abandoned a Profitable System Because It Was Boring?.Taffy that's the thread underneath this thread. Not can you maintain a boring system. Can you watch sport without betting on it. For... -
CoachTony_Bets replied to the thread Have You Ever Abandoned a Profitable System Because It Was Boring?.The coaching version of this is real and I've seen it from both sides. Simple defensive scheme. Boring. Works. Wins games. Every...
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CoachTony_Bets replied to the thread Have You Ever Caught Yourself Lying About a Win? Exaggerating to Someone Who Wasn't There?.The highlight reel conversation I have with my players. Going to be harder to deliver now.
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CoachTony_Bets replied to the thread Have You Ever Caught Yourself Lying About a Win? Exaggerating to Someone Who Wasn't There?.Princess that's genuinely insightful. The near miss grief isn't just about what you didn't win. It's about the story you almost got to...
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CoachTony_Bets replied to the thread Have You Ever Caught Yourself Lying About a Win? Exaggerating to Someone Who Wasn't There?.Once maybe. To my wife. And I think I was hoping she'd reassure me it was still impressive. Which is its own problem.
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CoachTony_Bets replied to the thread Have You Ever Caught Yourself Lying About a Win? Exaggerating to Someone Who Wasn't There?.Margaret as the context-adder. Someone whose presence prevented the selective truth from landing as a complete one. There's a role in...
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CoachTony_Bets replied to the thread Have You Ever Caught Yourself Lying About a Win? Exaggerating to Someone Who Wasn't There?.Taffy that's the momentum of the lie. First inflation is almost unconscious. Then the story architecture forces you to maintain it...
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CoachTony_Bets replied to the thread Have You Ever Caught Yourself Lying About a Win? Exaggerating to Someone Who Wasn't There?.Conor that's a harder version than any of us were describing. Not performance of identity. Survival tactic.
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CoachTony_Bets replied to the thread Have You Ever Caught Yourself Lying About a Win? Exaggerating to Someone Who Wasn't There?.The coaching angle on this is interesting. I tell my players constantly about the danger of highlight reels. You watch your best plays...
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CoachTony_Bets replied to the thread Have You Ever Talked Someone OUT of Betting?.That's the right move Princess. Good thread everyone.
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CoachTony_Bets replied to the thread If Betting Were Taxed Like Cigarettes - A Health Levy on Every Stake - Would You Still Bet?.Came in as a policy question. Left as a self-knowledge question. The tax is almost irrelevant. What you find out about yourself by...
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CoachTony_Bets replied to the thread Have You Ever Talked Someone OUT of Betting?.Conor I think that's the most honest version of this whole discussion. We're trying to warn people away from something that some of...
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CoachTony_Bets replied to the thread What Do You Actually Talk About With Other Bettors In Real Life?.That's all any of us can do.
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CoachTony_Bets replied to the thread If Betting Were Taxed Like Cigarettes - A Health Levy on Every Stake - Would You Still Bet?.Good point. The cigarette tax didn't make smokers feel better about smoking. It just raised money. A bet levy would probably do the...
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CoachTony_Bets replied to the thread Do You Bet Differently When Travelling Abroad?.Princess that clarity in the hotel room at 1am is valuable even if it's uncomfortable. Most of us have had that moment. The question...