I’ll never forget the time when England lost on Penalties to Portugal in the EURO quarter final back in 2004.
Why shall I never forget it?
Because when Portugal scored a penalty, an unhappy England fan behind me threw his table into the air along with several pints of beer which resulted in those sitting in front of him, myself included, being drenched in cheap lager.
It’s safe to say… he wasn’t happy.
He was in an emotional state.
Emotions are what make us human.
They separate us from other animals… that, and the ability to make a conscious decision.
Ironically, emotions also prevent humans from thinking clearly and making good conscious decisions… such as realising that throwing tables and beers around in a bar is not a good idea…. I believe the table thrower was removed from the premises.
What really separates us from the rest of the animal kingdom is the ability to focus on what is happening right in front of our eyes and not allow ourselves to become ‘emotional’.
We have the ability to ‘see’ without reacting…but sadly, very few humans use that ability properly.
In fact, I’m sure that many people fail to realise that they can do it.
You only have to watch people to see how angry and wound up they get over situations and other people’s behaviour although it doesn’t affect them in the slightest.
That England supporter is a perfect example of that.
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England winning or losing that game would not have any bearing on his actual life whatsoever other than him deciding to feel good or bad about the result.
Far too many people get wrapped up in how they feel about a situation.
They don’t understand the correlation between what they think and how they feel and how what they feel can also affect what they think.
Hormones and chemicals also play a big part in how people ‘feel’ regularly, but that is a discussion for another day.
The saying ‘know they self’ is a powerful saying, one which I think everyone should be told to think about more often.
People should really learn about how their bodies and minds work, and understand what really makes them ‘tick’ as individuals. It would certainly make their lives a lot calmer if they did.
This is what makes us human.
‘I think, therefore, I am.’
Enjoying pleasures and being happy makes for a great life, but people allow themselves to easily flip from good to bad too fast and far too often.
Football is a perfect example.
Every weekend millions of adult men and women become totally emotionally tied to a team’s performance for 90 minutes.
Those millions of fans win or achieve nothing personally, yet you would think that they did when you see how they react when ‘their’ team wins.
It gets worse when their team loses.
People have smashed up property, got into fights with others, and drenched me in beer, just because their team was losing or lost.
It’s madness!
The point is… when people become emotional, they don’t think clearly, and when they lose the ability to think rationally, they do silly things… like make daft bets dramatically pushing odds up and down to levels they shouldn’t be.
But this is good for the non-emotional smart trader.
When emotional fans start reacting to the game they are watching and start placing silly bets, the non-emotional trader reacts to what they see happening in the Betfair markets and they place smart bets which then lead to profits.
A non-emotional trader walks away with profits while the emotionally driven football fan loses money on bets they shouldn’t have made.
This is how Andy Peterson makes money… he watches the markets, he observes the fans behaviour, he sees what is happening with the games and he knows that he can walk away with a profit ‘stolen’ from fans who are that little bit emotionally un-stable.
Discover for yourself exactly what it is that Andy Peterson does by clicking the link below:
The Peterson Protocol
Kind regards.
John Harrison.
PS… This is a perfect example of when the majority ZIG, you should ZAG and earn an easy £20,000+ a year in TAX FREE profits ‘stolen’ from emotional fans.
Here’s that link again: