Poker and The "Real World"

[CubsDominate]

Hey just a random question for you guys:

What lessons that you've learned from poker do you think you can use in the "real world."? and what lessons you've learned in the "real world" help you at the poker table? I think there might be some interesting answers

[iceveins0901]

I think the best lesson you can learn from poker that applies in life is tilt control, keeping a cool head can be hard at times, but it does get easy after seeing the 1000th bad beat of your poker career. Also I think patience is huge, which is a part of tilt control, taking that little extra amount of time instead of rushing what you are doing and becoming frusterated.

[frob23]

I think the best lesson, I have learned from the table, is to not seek revenge but to keep playing your best game. When you take a bad beat you want to "get" the person that gave it to you. But you can't do that. It's going to make you play worse -- either against him because you'll go at him with worse holdings or compared to the rest of the table because you're focused on only one thing. Instead, you need to just keep playing well against everyone and know that the chips will be replaced that you lost to that person... and that is all the revenge you need. They don't need to come from the very stack they went into.

This applies in life as well. When someone does something which really messes up something in your life, you need to focus all that much more on doing the best you can. That is the best way to recover from it. Later, you might find yourself in a situation where you can "get" that person back... but you shouldn't focus on that and risk further harm in an attempt to seek it out.

[123bird]

I think the best lessons I've learned from poker, that I can use in real life, is patience & to stay calm when the pressure is on.

[KayJay333]

I think that one of the best poker lessons I have learned that applies to the real world is bankroll management. You need to have a plan and set limits at the table just like you have to do with your own cash flow in real life. and also that with enough patience and hard work you can go from no money to a bunch of money (I'm in the process of this challenge. I'm trying to turn no money into $1000 with bankroll management. I've been working my play money stack up on FTP to be able to play in the 500,000 play money freerolls every night. I'm at 2 million in play money and $2 in real money from my start of 1000 chips two days ago! I know it's not much money right now, but I'm trying to see if I can actually do it from no deposit.)

[Fictive]

Controlling my emotions. Yeah, definetely that. Especially when I was a little younger, around 18-20, I was extremely hot headed. Poker has definetely helped me there.

[PointerJake]

I use a lot of my poker skills in real life. I work as a sales representative for a paper tube corporation. When I go on my sales calls, I often use tools that I have picked up through poker. One of the main skills I have learned is how to read people. There are all different types of people in our wonderfull world. Learning how to adapt to each person and conversate with them has been very hepful to me. Sometimes I have to use my bluffing abilities in sales, but only when the time is right!! I could go on for a while about the similarities, but most of all you need to be honest and have a little gamble in ya to be a good salesman.

[CubsDominate]

I think everyone had great points, but I think the main lesson I have learned from poker is definitely controlling your tilt. there's always going to be ups and downs in poker and life and you have to learn how to look at the long run and keep a cool head