Keep a cool head
Decide as well after a setback as before it, and judge decisions, not results.
Why it matters
After a loss people tend to take bigger risks to get even, and after a win they play loosely with what feels like spare money. Both are about feeling, not the position in front of them. A good decision can lose and a bad one can win; only the decision is yours to improve.
The question to ask
Would I make this choice if the last result had gone the other way?
At work
After a lost deal, review what you knew and decided at the time, not just the outcome, before changing the whole approach.
In study
After one bad test, keep the next week's plan instead of cramming in a panic; then look at which answers went wrong, and why.
Lessons
Shown and practised in poker: After a bad loss.
Practise it in a game, about five minutes against bots: the Gain or loss? lab.
Use it in a work case, a short story of linked decisions: The group project, Your first job, Hiring a designer.
New to chess? The examples here use it. Play your first moves (five minutes), then learn chess from the beginning, one short lesson at a time.
New to poker? Play your first hands, with a coach at every decision. Practice points only.
Practise and review
Questions from every lesson above, in mixed order. You do not need to finish a lesson first.
- Your level
- Not started
- In the games
- Not started
- Due for review
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