by Lee Davy on February 12, 2012
Mentors come in all shapes and sizes and they influence in your life in many different ways. Some mentors are involved in your life, each and every day, and others are just there for support when you need them. In my last blog post
How to Find a Mentor: Observing and Grabbing Opportunity I spoke about my first meeting with a professional online poker player called Martin “Dr Giggy” Fournier Giguere. If you read the blog post you will know that he was willing to give away 179k of his poker hand histories – which is essentially the secrets to his game – and only two people received those hand histories. One person was selected at random and the other person was me. So how did I manage to persuade Dr Giggy to give me 179k hands containing his most precious secrets?
The first trick when finding a mentor is to be looking for one in the first place. In my blog post called The Bucket List I spoke about the power of turning on your internal satellite navigation system, and when you do, how the world just seems to hand you the opportunities you need to succeed in life. So it is your satellite navigation system that finds your mentors, but once you have found one how do you get them to listen to you? There is a lot of advice out there but my biggest piece of advice concerns that first meeting… [click to continue…]
by Lee Davy on February 11, 2012
(Photo: Martin “DrGiggy” Fournier Giguere)When you step out into the unknown, it is always a nice feeling to have somebody by your side. If you can accomplish that feat then you will put yourself in a much better position to succeed. If you are able to find somebody who has already ventured into the unknown, and knows the way like the back of there hand – now that is something completely different – what you have done there is struck gold!
The word mentor may be unfamiliar to some people, but without doubt we have all undergone some form of mentoring during our lifetime. Your early mentors will be your parents, followed by your schoolteachers and later the people paid handsomely to look after your welfare at work. In between those three you will have an array of friends and relatives who will also step into your world and mentor you in one way or another. A mentor is simply a wise and trusted soul who will teach you how to improve your life one way or another. [click to continue…]
by Lee Davy on February 10, 2012
I have been traveling the world working on the live poker tournament scene for over a year now, and in that time I have only had one travel mishap. But I run very lucky in life, so I do not expect anything less! Yesterday, as I planned for my trip to Venice I felt like I was going to be in a spot of bother. I couldn’t seem to find any trains going East from my local town of Bridgend and the only train out of Cardiff got me into Gatwick airport with only one hour to spare before take off. My father kindly offered to drive me to Cardiff and so last night as I wrote out my intentions for the following day I planned a safe and timely trip to Gatwick, and that is exactly what happened. Despite all of the snow and the incredibly tight timing I got here on time.
Gate opens at 13.20
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by Lee Davy on February 9, 2012
Today is my son’s 11
th birthday. The little baby whose bum I used to sprinkle with talcum powder is slowly turning into a little man. Take his birthday treat for example. He was given the opportunity to pretty much do anything, within reason, and I ended up playing chaperone for four eleven-year-old children, as we enjoyed a night of bowling followed by an evening meal at his favourite restaurant
Prezzo.
The bowling was great fun and you can barely hear yourself think through the bass of the music, the treble of the nearby slot machines and the smashing of the bowling balls. The level of noise makes bowling a perfect place for children, because they can be as loud as they like and nobody can hear them above the din. After around one hour playing bowls I suffered the ignominy of finishing last out of the five of us.
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by Lee Davy on February 8, 2012
I believe that finding a series of mentors is a crucial part of your success story. Time is not infinite and so you need to continue to find more efficient ways to operate your life. You should always be on the look out for ways to save time, and what better way to save time, than following somebody who has already trodden the path that your size nine boot is just about to step on. [click to continue…]
by Lee Davy on February 7, 2012
I always get excited when I meet new people, and working on the poker circuit means that you get to meet your fair share. During this year’s World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) in Cannes, France I met a guy called John Boncek. John was working with Pokernews as their cameraman and he joined me and several other friends as we dined in a very poor French Tapas restaurant during our first night in town.
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by Lee Davy on February 6, 2012
by Lee Davy on February 5, 2012
The lump in my throat was unbearable as I was devoid of saliva, and yet I kept trying to swallow to ease the discomfort. People were jumping on me and patting me on the back, and in the end I just decided to give in to the pressure, and the tears just flowed down my face. I was fourteen years of age and we had just beaten the mighty Bettws 2 v 1 in their back yard and nobody thought it was possible – nobody except me.
The day I captained the Wyndham Boys Club to that victory against the best young team in South Wales – the mighty Bettws – is a vivid memory for me, and it is one that encapsulates my never say die attitude. In the previous league meeting against Bettws they had rattled double figures past us – just like they did to every other team that dared place a stud on their turf. But in the changing rooms before that game had started, I knew we were going to win. I remember riling everybody up into a frenzy and screaming at them that we could beat them. I think by the time I had finished my little speech the players and the manager also believed the unbelievable would happen.
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by Lee Davy on February 4, 2012
One of the emotions that shines through in all Daydreamers, but is of short supply with Sleepwalkers is gratitude. When I think back through my lifetime I remember paying a hell of a lot of lip service to gratitude. When I was a child, I would complain about a lack of material substance and my parents would tell me how grateful I should be with what I had. I remembered the word, and I used it a lot, but I never really connected to the emotion.
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by Lee Davy on February 3, 2012
When you create belief in yourself, you start to understand that life experiences are there for the taking. As your belief grows so will your accomplishments and accomplishments are made because of the germination of ideas. As your belief grows so does your collection of ideas. This is because when you believe that an idea can form into a beautiful thing of tangibility it sticks. The ideas of people who have no belief are strewn all over the pavement and Daydreamers tread all over them each and every day.
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