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There are tell-tale differences between winners and losers
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During my years handicapping sports I have met and come to know many sports bettors. Some are very successful, others are not quite so successful, and certainly by far the most are not at all successful.
Over time, I began to recognize certain characteristics of successful gamblers that set them apart from the others. Some of these differences manifest themselves in very subtle ways, often seemingly unrelated to the act of gambling itself. For example, to a man, real pros I've known do not regard sports betting as some sort of carnival thrill ride. It's a business, and as a business it comes with good days and bad days. It's as though real pros are not quite sports fans in the normal sense of that term. You won't find them cheering or screaming or swearing at television screens. They accept losing days without frustration and they accept winning days without a lot of celebration. They are at once single-minded, but open to suggestion. They are self confident, but somehow humble, never cocky. They do not hesitate to go against popular opinion if they think they are correct in their own opinion, but they never fail to listen to other opinions; - that is, they have an open-minded ability to keep learning.
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During my years handicapping sports I have met and come to know many sports bettors. Some are very successful, others are not quite so successful, and certainly by far the most are not at all successful.
Over time, I began to recognize certain characteristics of successful gamblers that set them apart from the others. Some of these differences manifest themselves in very subtle ways, often seemingly unrelated to the act of gambling itself. For example, to a man, real pros I've known do not regard sports betting as some sort of carnival thrill ride. It's a business, and as a business it comes with good days and bad days. It's as though real pros are not quite sports fans in the normal sense of that term. You won't find them cheering or screaming or swearing at television screens. They accept losing days without frustration and they accept winning days without a lot of celebration. They are at once single-minded, but open to suggestion. They are self confident, but somehow humble, never cocky. They do not hesitate to go against popular opinion if they think they are correct in their own opinion, but they never fail to listen to other opinions; - that is, they have an open-minded ability to keep learning.
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