What is included with this book?
About the Author | p. ix |
Acknowledgements | p. xi |
Preface-Bring Discipline and Professionalism to Your Betting | p. xiii |
Introduction-Why Do People Lose at Betting, and What Can Be Done About it? | p. xv |
Why is it that so few people are able to win at sports betting over time? | p. xvi |
Are there any commonalities in the 10% that do win? | p. xix |
Can someone improve their betting performance to become a long-term winner? | p. xx |
Becoming more successful and profitable | p. xx |
Core contributors to this book | p. xxi |
Think Differently | p. 1 |
Thinking differently | p. 3 |
Mindset-the foundation of success | p. 4 |
Key components of the winning betting mindset | p. 5 |
Training your brain, changing your mind | p. 17 |
Bet for Profits, not Excitement | p. 21 |
What is your motivation for betting on sport? | p. 23 |
What is your betting type? | p. 25 |
Uncovering your core betting motivations | p. 28 |
Creating inner drive for long-term success | p. 28 |
Prepare to Win | p. 31 |
Know the game | p. 33 |
Betting success factors-stacking the odds in your favour | p. 38 |
Developing a betting plan | p. 39 |
Creating your betting strategy | p. 41 |
Specialise to get an edge | p. 43 |
Warming up - PREParation | p. 47 |
Keep Score | p. 53 |
The benefits of record keeping and evaluation | p. 55 |
Keeping a written record of your bets | p. 57 |
Evaluating your betting | p. 66 |
Make Rational Decisions | p. 71 |
Why national decision-making matters | p. 73 |
How you make a decision? | p. 73 |
What stops us from being rational and what can we do about it? | p. 75 |
Mental shortcuts - biases | p. 84 |
Summary: 10 ways to help you to make more rational decisions | p. 87 |
Don't Chase Losses | p. 89 |
Why do people chase losses? | p. 92 |
Are you making matters worse? | p. 94 |
How to stop chasing losses | p. 96 |
Control the Frequency and Size of Your Bets | p. 103 |
Controlling the frequency of your betting | p. 105 |
The costs of over betting | p. 110 |
Control the size of your bets: size matters | p. 111 |
Manage Your Emotions | p. 117 |
How emotions affect your betting results | p. 119 |
Understanding how emotions are created | p. 120 |
Creating performance-enhancing emotions | p. 125 |
Dealing with performance-limiting emotions positively | p. 129 |
Manage the Ups and the Downs | p. 137 |
Sports betting is a rollercoaster | p. 139 |
Losing streaks and the downside of sports betting | p. 139 |
The winning run and when times are great | p. 148 |
Focus on Continual Improvement | p. 155 |
The path to betting success | p. 157 |
Kaizen | p. 160 |
Development, learning and performance improvement | p. 161 |
Keep raising the bar, and learn and earn more | p. 168 |
Extra Time-Going Pro: Sports Betting Full Time | p. 171 |
Important considerations | p. 173 |
Making the move | p. 176 |
Living the life-full-time betting practicalities | p. 179 |
Appendix - The OODA Model | p. 185 |
Bibliography | p. 187 |
Index | p. 189 |
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