OddsBeDamned

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Introduction
Have you ever given much thought to exactly what it is that happens when someone offends you? I mean really broken it down and considered what transpires, one step at a time?
When I think about all the times I’ve felt insulted in the past, the pattern has generally resembled …

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I have a friend who was waiting for a very important phone call yesterday and was having trouble overcoming the anxiety of not knowing when the call would come. We share ideas about overcoming our daily obstacles somewhat frequently, so she asked me if I had any tips to …

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My introduction to present-mindedness was brought about by nothing more than an effort to improve my poker game, but I’ve discovered in the years since that its applications are quite numerous (seemingly limitless, in fact). A quick search for “staying in the moment” yielded some interesting stories about how …

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Introduction
When I first started to apply present-mindedness at the poker tables, it was with the goal of managing the anger I would feel whenever things went poorly. But the more I practiced it, the more I realized that its usefulness extended far beyond anger management; its reach, far beyond …

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After my initiation into the world of present-mindedness, the first thing I attempted to tackle was the frustration that would grow whenever things didn’t go my way at the poker tables. I didn’t set right out to identify the source of the problem; instead, I settled for using my …

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On a personal level, practicing present-mindedness has taught me such things as how to sit patiently in situations where waiting is the only real option, how to not be paralyzed by my own fears, how to choose productive action over destructive anger, and even how to love others for who …

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In part 1 of this series, I described the process by which I was first introduced to the concept of staying in the moment. I’ll now try to further expand on both how and why it should be used.
I’ve come to view staying in the moment, or ‘present-mindedness’, as …

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When I first started playing poker, about the only thing I knew was which hands beat which (also known as the “hand rankings”). I knew so little about the game that when I look back on it now, I can’t even imagine what any of my decisions could’ve possibly …