The business maxim Keep It Simple Stupid (KISS) is apt for the professional gambler. The difficulty with knowledge and understanding is learning the most complex things and then making them simplistic in process.
It is no easy endeavour.
It is the reason why the transition from would-be professional gambler to those who are seasoned is a long road. You have to learn all the information. This is either through a mentor or most likely by your own resolve. A journey of trial and error. Endless frustration. Difficulties, too many to put into words. Finding answers to questions. The best answers. Polishing the stone until it shines brightly with the knowledge you gleaned.
Then you have to stuff all the knowledge into a small simplistic schema. A unit of knowledge.
If you cannot boil down your information into systems of operations you are going to struggle. You need simplicity to work in a productive and efficient manner. Also, you need to work within a routine with discipline that is engaging and mostly enjoyable. You don’t want to feel you are wrestling with an unruly polar bear. It’s too much of a beast to fight and it will tire you quickly and you will either give up or it will kill you. Ultimately, you will be lost. You lose the ‘game’ you wanted to play to win. Never forget knowledge comes before money.
Most punters don’t reach the point of understanding the wealth of knowledge needed and putting it in the boxes to use with efficiency and productivity. Basically, doing the right things with discipline to make your betting pay. Most people gamble in such a haphazard fashion they couldn’t even explain what they do or how it works. Perhaps it doesn’t seem a problem but the day will come when it is. If you have any hope of progressing to a higher level you need to think about these things now. Nothing is easy. You don’t want it to be easy. Why? Because you want to create the highest barrier to entry. That five-foot wall does stop anyone from entering your secret garden. If you have a moat with a few shark swimming around and a thousand-foot wall then it’s a different story. Make the truly complex simplistic to use. Else, it with trip you up.
That’s the importance of simplicity, rules and guidelines.
I would question any professional gambler who likes to bet on a multitude of sports. If it works for you, then good. Carry on as it’s making you money. However, if you focused on the best niche how much better would you be? There isn’t the time or energy to do everything. And the biggest pointer is that you don’t need to spread yourself too thin.
The best people often have one product to sell.
You can double your profit by doubling your stake. You saved half the work in one second by thinking differently.
It’s interesting how you can make the complex simple. Look at Albert Einstein’s E=mc2. Every day for 10 years he thought about the riddle (1895 – 1905).
We don’t remember the full equation but we do the simplistic form and it serves its purpose well.
There simply isn’t enough time or energy to question and re-question everything you do on a daily basis. You need to have the answer to the question so you just work in an efficient manner. It is tiring and pointless to do it any other way. You may say: ‘I want to work in a more fluid form.’ That’s your decision. But how can you measure or replicate such an approach? You simply cannot.
When working out your systems of operation you need to consider what you want your working life to be. It has to be your decision else it is someone else’s. That means you are being manipulated by someone. I can guarantee that isn’t for your benefit. When gambling, someone will be using that against you and it will cost you time and money.
How many hours do you want to work each week? It will be a compromise but you need it to be your decision. How much money do you have in mind to win this year? What do you need to do to make it happen?
Simplicity is needed in any working routine. All the best people and business work in this manner for a reason.
Stop, think and assess your understanding of horse racing from a knowledge base to making money within a perspective which makes you happy.
There are no right or wrong answers on many fronts but you still need to have an answer to your questions.
Simplicity, rules and guidelines may sound boring and a long way from the final furlong at Cheltenham. But they are more important than the winner of any single race.