Poker Strategy 3 Poker Lessons From A Non-Poker Book URL has been copied successfully! If you’ve been struggling to stay motivated and consistent with your poker study, I have a book that might help. In the book Chop Wood Carry Water by Joshua Medcalf, a young man is being trained in archery by a wise master named Akira. Through the experience, the young archer learns valuable lessons that have implications far beyond the reach of his arrows.Here are 3 of the book’s most powerful lessons and how they will help your poker game.1. Dream BIG. Start small. Be ridiculously faithful.Where would the poker world be today if a man improbably named Moneymaker hadn’t gone on the heater of a lifetime and inspired the dreams of an entire generation of poker players? How many of the online legends of the past 20 years would not be where they are today had they not dared to dream while watching Moneymaker raise bricks of cash in the air? Dreaming is important, it is the lifeline of accomplishment—there to carry us through the inevitable highs and lows of any worthy pursuit. But no matter the size of the dream, the only way to begin its manifestation is through a single step. And then another. And then another. Even, and especially, when all there is to rest on is faith in yourself.2. Everyone wants to be great, until it’s time to do what greatness requires.In the age of poker solvers and high-level free YouTube poker coaching, being a successful poker player is hard work. Just mastering individual elements of the game (blind vs blind, check-raising, bluffing rivers) can take months, or even years, let alone gaining total proficiency in the game.The good news is that in a world where patience and attention are becoming the exception rather than the rule, those willing to put in consistent effort over a significant period of time will quickly develop edges insurmountable by any opponent who isn’t willing to do the same.So yes, dream of greatness, but don’t forget to do what greatness requires.3. The person you want beside you in battle is the guy who has surrendered the outcome, and surrendered to the fact that he might die. When you surrender the outcome, you are freed up to be at your best, to be in the moment, and to trust your training. It is the one who has surrendered the outcome who ironically has the greatest chance of survival.Ultimately, poker is a game of risk and uncertainty. To dream of poker success is to dream of failure. Failure in turning a profit every session, month, or even year. But, like the soldier surrendering to his fate in battle, we poker players must accept the fate we call variance and trust that, on a long enough timeline, the hard work and long hours will have properly trained us for battle.So dream big, let the poker gods guide you on whatever journey was meant for you, and do the necessary work – chopping wood and carrying water no matter the mood or weather. Do that and it will be you with the greatest chance of survival.