Harry winning reminded me of a quote:
In a park where a bear appears to attack, you don't have to be Usain Bolt to get away, you just need to be faster than the guy next to you.
Incredible achievement regardless, congratz Sir Harry Kane 👏
Napoleon Bonaparte talked about a rare skill that separates those who dominate from those who remain dominated, and he possessed it. First, u must develop the habit of thinking deeply. Without it, ur ability to think will stagnate, and you'll flee the moment something demands thinking, and this skill cannot be developed beyond a certain age. Once you've practiced enough of not thinking, you won't be able to think. And Those who cannot think cannot decide, and therefore cannot command, and that deficiency is a reliable sign of lifelong subordination and slavery.
But once u develop this ability to a high degree, u will begin suffering from anxiety, depression, and overthinking. That's when u must learn to regulate ur mind through certain activities like meditation, intense sports, solving maths, reading for hours at once, or other spiritual practices. Master both abilities, and u can reach ur peak. You'll be able to tell ur brain when to think, let it unfold layers of understanding, and it will start doing the same, and tell it when to stop and it will stop. Then u can relax and move on. That's when ur ready to dominate wherever u go. Very hard.
Game theory teaches that if you have an edge over other players, you must shut up about it. Don't announce you have the winning hand unless that's the way you win. Ed Thorp would only bet when math was on his side: he invented card counting in blackjack and his hedge fund had 20% returns over 20yrs with only 3 months down. (He invented a formula for option pricing that he never publicized; when others did, they got a Nobel prize).
Buffett thought the same way; when he felt out of touch with the game, he closed his partnership in 1969. These Masters go around teaching how they did it, but they know no one can compete with them. Game selection is as important as skill, and it can't be taught in a one-hour speech. "If 30 mins into a poker game you don't know who the patsy is, you are the patsy"
Young men need to stop feeling like they're behind in life. When Julius Caesar was in his thirties, he was reading about Alexander the Great and began to cry. His friends asked him what was wrong. He said: “Do you not think it is matter for sorrow that while Alexander, at my age, was already king of so many peoples, I have as yet achieved no brilliant success?” Alexander had built an empire from Greece to India and died at 32. Caesar was older and had done nothing worth remembering. In his forties, he conquered Gaul. At 50, he crossed the Rubicon and took Rome. He became the most famous Roman who ever lived. Caesar thought he was behind, but he was only getting started. You are not late.
@jf_ATfan@PolymarketVAL Riot should unban that hardware once (with some kind of evidence given like screenshot of purchase), then if let's say they cheat again, then only perma ban that hardware.
Steve Jobs' hero btw...
"My whole life has been spent trying to teach people that intense concentration for hour after hour can bring out in people resources they didn't know they had."
— Edwin Land