The Poker Skills That Apply to Everything In Life

<p>Today on Seeking Balance, Jared sits down with Melanie Weisner! Melanie is a accomplished tournament player, performance coach, and one of the most thoughtful voices on the mental side of the game. In this episode she sits down with Jared to talk about why the best players never play their B-game, how the skills that make you great at poker transfer far beyond the table, and why your biggest breakthroughs might actually be doing nothing for you.</p><p><br></p><p>Check Out The Poker Performance Field Kit!</p><p>https://jaredalderman.notion.site/poker-performance-field-kit</p><p><br></p><p>Learn More About The Coaching Group:</p><p>https://www.jaredalderman.com</p><p><br></p><p>Join Our Discord Server!</p><p>https://discord.gg/mDZuCxcgzv</p><p><br></p><p>Coaching With Melanie:</p><p>weisnercoaching@gmail.com</p><p><br></p><p>Timestamps:</p><p>00:00 — Intro</p><p>00:55 — Melanie&#39;s poker background and career timeline</p><p>04:17 — How the game has evolved and finding your edge</p><p>06:35 — Why Melanie stepped back from grinding and what replaced it</p><p>08:45 — The difference between good and great players on tilt</p><p>09:57 — Crossing over to trading and finance performance coaching</p><p>13:38 — Trusting live reads and the epistemological side of poker</p><p>18:52 — Why every hand is practice, not performance</p><p>29:15 — The fog of war and judging your own decisions</p><p>33:37 — Why aha moments don&#39;t actually change anything</p><p>40:21 — Anchoring bias and how to use it instead of fight it</p><p>46:08 — Check Out The Poker Performance Field Kit!</p><p>46:51 — Normalizing decisions under pressure</p><p>01:05:49 — Freedom requires discipline</p><p>01:10:18 — Learn More About The Coaching Group!</p><p>01:10:43 — The holistic human experience</p><p>01:12:31 — Is there anything in Buddhism you disagree with?01:16:46 — Interpersonal relationships as the real test of practice</p><p>01:22:22 — Where to find Melanie</p><p><br></p><p>Find Melanie:</p><p>📸Instagram: @melanieweisner</p><p>🐦X: @melanieweisner</p><p><br></p><p>Host: Jared Alderman</p><p>Performance Coach</p><p>🌐Website: https://www.jaredalderman.com/</p><p>📸Instagram: @jared.alderman</p><p>🐦X: @jaredalderman</p><p><br></p><p>#poker #podcast #performance #finance</p>