Fear of Failure

A lot of times when people are scared to start something, or do a task, it is often because of the fear of failure. Theyre afraid that they will make mistakes, get rejected, or to be seen as a failure, so they rather not take action. The fear of failure has been keeping me from playing a significant amount of hands. I have so much time, but I only play for about an hour a day, sometimes less. The only time I play for more than 1 hour is if I was stuck a few buy-ins, and i’m trying to grind my money back. I really have to try to fix this because it’s costing me a lot of equity.

I think the fear of failure plays a greater role in poker because it’s a game of chance, and there are things out of your control. One can play perfectly for an entire session and end up losing money. I guess the key is just not to be results-oriented and play your best. Also, knowing that I will be guaranteed to make money by playing good solid poker in the long run makes me feel better after a bad session. Tomorrow, im going to try something different. I’m going to play a 2 hour session during the afternoon, and another 2 hour session in the evening. Whether i’m winning or losing, after my 2hours is up, im going to quit.