From Right Field: The Baseball Player’s Mentality
Overconfidence is a killer. Overconfidence tells me that I can take on that whole biker gang by myself because I just saw a Jet Li movie, or because I stayed at a Holiday Inn Express last night. Overconfidence makes you think that you’re invulnerable, that you can’t be beat. Even when you stink. You know what happens to people like that, doncha? Uh, yeah. They lose. A lot.
Sometimes, winning a game of Magic isn’t about how well the deck is built or even randomness. It’s about attitude. Ted Knutson delved into that…
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