ATTITUDE " CRAMPS IMPROVEMENT "

A couple of nights ago we held my Beez Buzz Poker game at our local poker room Sin-City Seagulls ( sincitypoker.com.au ). My friends arrived and we were all keen to hit the felt and play some awesome poker. Out of every game I like to take a lesson that I can improve my next game with, but also my every today life experiences.

One thing I noticed in this game that I have noticed many times in other games is attitude. Our attitude maps our whole makeup for the situation at hand. Many players will become negative after losing a pot. This is noticed in comments they make, facial expressions, voice tone, even how they treat others. Not only does this affect their future seat at the table, it also affects the players around them. I too have been guilty of this at times and have ended up out of the game early, due to my own stinking attitude. One player in our Beez Buzz game did just that. Not only was he out of the game early he changed the whole feel of the table. Angry at himself for even being in the pot he took it out on others. Instead of breathing it off, learning from it and chipping back up to enjoy the rest of his game. This is what I have been spending a lot of time on and I'm finding that to play poker there comes lost pots. No one can will them all. You need to enjoy the wins, learn from the lost pots and move on to the next hand fresh not carrying the attitude from the last pot lost.

In every today life we also become fronted with situations that also change our attitude which results in probably not the best outcomes, due to our eyes and ears closed to the possibility that we may learn from this.

I remember at work recently a complaint was put in regarding my voice coming across too intimidating while calling the bingo. Now my manager approached me and of course when she started with the negative I automatically went into defense mode ( only hearing the negative ). I was not rude in anyway, but I'm sure my body language expressed my feelings at the time. I took it so personally not really thinking about what the manager was even saying at the time. This on my part was far from professional and will not help me step up into the position I'm striving for within my job.

Both on the table and in life the lesson here is take the loss or issue with pride. Accept the outcome and learn from it. These are moments where we need to pull the positives out to improve our game and our daily life experiences.

I did go away thinking about what my manager had said eventually. I also noticed my bingo shifts ceased. I gave it a lot of thought and decided if and when I do get another bingo shift I will try a different approach for the players and see if the result is positive. Now it was only one player that complained ( probably cause she had a barny with hubby ) but at the end of the day my job is to promote customer service. My job is to please the customers not have them feeling intimidated due to my voice while calling bingo.

My moment came due to a sick staff member. Here is my chance I thought, my chance to show the customers and staff I am suitable for this shift and do have room for improvement. I smiled, lightened up my voice and softened the tone while calling bingo. The results and feel in the room were fantastic and management thrilled. I am now working bingo tomorrow.

I could have walked away and not taken notice of my managers comments, not learnt from it, and missed out on shifts I do really enjoy. Because I took the time to improve myself, I achieved something and now still moving in the direction I have set goals to achieve in.

So whether you are on the table slapped with a pot loss or struck by an issue in everyday life. Take a breath, think and pull the positive to learn, improve and grow.

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BEE