| cedsks |
| | 02/04/12 at 08:45 PM | | #1 |
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| I just watched one of your videos, I noticed that you said something to the effect that if you didn't gamble, you would have to go out and get a job, and the fact that you detested anything that required effort for accomplishment... But granted I have used and really appreciated your info and methods on how to win, it really is kind of a daily grind to keep winning, so isn't that kinda like putting effort forth for accomplishment, or a job? I see my gambling as a grind like a second job... |
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| JOHN PATRICK |
| | 02/07/12 at 06:59 PM | | #2 |
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cedsks
Well, I guess it is HOW you view effort ......HOW you perceive that word as to its appliance to what I do every day......
I usually get in from my poker games and/or "local" casino play about 2 or 3 am and watch a movie for ONE hour.....so no effort wasted there .....
I rise at exactly 6:15 so a good solid 3 hours sleep has me raring to go.....and while you may hear some people complain that ...."It's an EFFORT for me to get out of bed in the morning".....personaly...I don't see it as an effort at all.....I wanna get going.....
I have several cups of coffee and answer about 20-30 e mails before I go to 9 am Mass every morning and get back about 10....have some more coffee and a donut and lay out the days sports schedule....spending about 2 hours of prepping.....
Still nothing of effort to speak of and I have been up almost 6 hours .....
Then comes a relaxing 4 mile walk.....some phone calls and the grand kids get home about 2:30........do their homework and come to my house at 3......
There is then 1 hour of practice shooting and dribbling a basketball.....throwing a football and baseball......going to park every other day for batting in the cages .....and my 2 oldest (boys) get to drive golf balls or the oldest one plays a round of golf ........and the youngest a girl, Casey, has dance 2 days a week......
They play soccer......baseball.....flag football one nite a week and on Saturdays .....and notice I have not spent one single ounce of effort so far .....
Their practice is over at 3:45 and they play with their friends while I finish up the sports picks ....which of course is done sitting down....
I watch about 2 hours of the games from 7 pm......grab my supper at 9 pm and then leave to go play poker 4 nites a week (friday and saturday is casino games ).....
and lately I give at least one seminar a week.....
so far, I have not extended any energy ....although when I get to the poker games ......I have to get my own chair from the side of the room and take it to the table I will be playing at .....so I will have to find some way to rid myself of that terrible ordeal of carrying that chair all those 30 feet ......sometimes I fake a sprained ankle and someone see me limping and offers to carry the chair.....
I play poker until about 2 am (or less if I am losing ....) and then head home .....now that I think about it ....I do not have a chauffer so I do have to do my own driving.......(I'll have to work on that one .....)
I get home like I said about 2 am...grab a bite.....check my e mails .....(averages about 60-70- a day.....) and sometimes answer a few before I get my scores and see HOW I did for the days sports games .....
By 2:30AM, I am propped in front of the TV........choosing one of the 50 or so movies I have pre taped for just such these time slots ......
The set goes off no later that 3:30 ( want at least 3 hours sleep).....and another day is gone without the hint of so called EFFORT on my part .....
Can you imagine those poor people rushing to work every day......driving in traffic....or taking the train or walking with crowds thru snow or rain or cold or winds or heat?????.....
Rushing to their jobs after finding a parking place......getting to ones desk or job site and delving into a pile of work ....waiting for a whistle or bell to signal a coffee break ....and then a repeat to signal the break is over !!!!!
Then another whistle or bell to signal you are allowed to get in line for a lunch break.....and you have to hurry so as to not miss the signal that lunch is over .....
then the final bell to release you from the work of a long day to rush back thru that traffic to get home and hear about the things the good wife has outlined for you to do ....sometimes before you get to eat ......
It seems to me that regardless of what the job one has ....there is effort putting into both getting there and getting back home .....not to mention what you HAVE to put into your job for accomplishment .....
My so called "job" rarely has me raising a sweat ...although I will list some negative happenings that cause me to exert a little energy (which I admittedly detest because (as I said on those videos )....Quote: "I detest anything (ANYTHING) that requires effort for accomplishment )..... "
These are some of those dreaded times .....
1) The kids throw a wild pitch while warming up and I have to chase the dang ball....
2) Enrant shot rattles off the rim and the ball rolls into the street .....and since they are not allowed in the street in those cases ...you KNOW who has to run it down......
3) The TV clicker runs out of a battery...and I have to get up to change the channel (either that or go into the kitchen and get a new battery)....so either choice has me extending effort .....
4) Liam (the oldest grandson) has me carrying one of his golf clubs to meet him at the hole while he works on his short chipping game ......
5) Sam....who loves bowling ....has ME, of all people carry his bowling ball into the alley.....
6) Casey (where I am heading right now, since it is Tuesday and she has 2 hours of dance lessons.....) when I pick her up says she is too tired to carry her dance shoes back to the car....and who do you think gets THAT chore ?????? It ain't Ole Saint Nick....
7) and at the poker games .....we have a designated young lady who does the dealing ....something NONE of the players trust the others to deal....something about dealing seconds or what have you....so while she takes a break (and she does this every two hours, without fail).....we have to take turns dealing (deck on the table and we slide the cards off one at a time (something about cheating or what have you ).....
I hate that part .....I cant get to use my in grown talents with that dang deck sitting flat down on the table .....
Anyhow.....you can see that I DO have a series of times when EFFORT is needed ....but now for overall accomplishment ......
In the overall scheme of things ....I waste little or no effort on ANYTHING I do .....it all comes from the brain cells .....
That is why I went into gambling in the first place ....to use my God Given brains .....
In my previous profession....I think I already told you what that was .......I spent too much time on my feet......
I was a brain surgeon............and I quickly left that for the wonderful life I now enjoy........
NO STRESS.....NO AGONY (except an occasional BAD BEAT)......and most of all ...........NO EFFORT EXPOUNDED!!!!!!!!!!
JOHN PATRICK |
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