No bullshit. Let’s get right to it. You are reading and discovering what happened during this incredible experience that I’ve been repeating since the beginning of 2020. But first, here’s insight into what I was doing prior to my discovery. And you can skip to the next paragraph/section if this is of little interest.
I am a money-minded college student paying out of pocket for my courses. My main hustle at the time is phone flipping. Well maybe not a hustle, as phone flipping was my main source of income. I also worked at a gas station called QuikTrip/QT. Other phone flippers released their own courses and my plentiful well of phone flipping was quickly being depleted as others caught on to the lucrativeness. So now my local area was flooded with competition, and I found myself at QT a lot more. What once was a second job, acquired for tax purposes/side income, became where I would spend most of my time. I was happily earning six figures via phone flipping. Now I was opening the kitchen (yes, the gas station prepares food), clocking in at 5 AM for a BUSY shift. Honest work is great but 10.50 an hour isn’t cutting it when what’s destined is generational wealth and financial freedom for the people I love. As a money-minded individual, I urgently needed to create a better situation.
Right around New Year’s 2019 which is around the early stages of Covid, I had been dabbling in sports betting both MMA and Boxing. I saw the odds were representative of the likelihood of whatever outcome BUT not all odds were the same. Say the odds are -1300 in one sport. Well, they have a better probability than the same odds, -1300, in a different sport. Miraculously, I noticed this with soccer, a sport I still know nothing about. Again, this is around Christmas and New Year’s so perhaps there was some mix of religious chivalry/festive mercy being shown by the players; I notice the scores of these soccer games are incredibly low especially games with teams from countries who celebrate Christmas. So, I’m still getting my feet wet in this whole gambling thing and now I’m live betting on soccer teams to not score more than a certain number of goals. The key was to live bet and wait until after the 65-minute mark of a match. I found an app to get stats and scores on each soccer match in real time; I was looking to see the pacing of the scoring for the match. Remember, the games are noticeably low scoring so I’m looking at the scoring times. A typical bet would be something like $500 to win $25 at odds of -2000 and I could bet at any time of the day, all day long, thanks to soccer’s popularity. After a few $500-$600+ days, I left QuikTrip.
Basketball, although not my current favorite, has been the sport I favored most for the longest time. Since I knew little about soccer, I hypothesized I could profit from basketball using a similar strategy. Instead of live betting on soccer teams to not score more than a certain number of goals, I was live betting on basketball teams to not lose or win by a certain number of points. The app I used for live soccer stats also gave me live basketball stats and with that information, I was able to determine whether or not a team would lose or win by 10 or more points from the current score. Similarly, with soccer, I would wait for the point of the game, in the 4th quarter, right before the live betting lines would close; this gave me an advantage, as I would have stats/info from the earlier part of the game. Using these resources, I can pick out outcomes where I stand to win and make money.
Difficulties Endured
What I did with sports betting is by far the most mentally challenging work I’ve ever experienced. What it did was force me to become a better person. I never did something where so much of my own money was on the line. I never did anything where the same metric for success was also the metric for my livelihood. I never did work that created incredible amounts of stress, anxiety, fear, worry, and doubt. Every day felt like going to war. I experienced crushing defeats, yet I had to maintain positive morale. I worked every day, usually working the equivalent of two shifts. Yes, the work wasn’t as physically intensive as other stuff I’ve done, but my mind was never not thinking about work.
Below, you’ll find everything I encountered.
Trouble waiting for the sure bet. Patience, patience, patience. There would be times when I would bet on a game, I can tell is risky, but I would still bet solely of the good feeling I had. As I learned good feelings and trusting your gut is real and important but, in my work, risking money solely based off feeling isn’t wise. I am still a strong believer in sixth senses and the incredible abilities of humans. My self-evaluation found I was making these poor decisions due to fearing scarcity/poverty and greed; beliefs I’ve since worked on and am still working on.
Avoiding certain games. I can see how games are playing out and know the possible outcomes based on experience.
Betting too early. I need to wait up until the lines I bet on close; if I’m not patient, I lose that advantage.
Self-awareness. How am I feeling? Do I feel apathetic, greedy etc.?
Too many games going on at once. I only have one mind, two eyes, and ten fingers on my two hands; I am at my best when I’m not rushing and can truly focus on the least games as possible.
Distractions. During waiting periods, I didn’t trust myself to do other activities like reading, talking to others, playing games, etc. because I needed my mind dead set on the task at hand.
Waking up first thing and betting without meditating. If I just jump into something without meditating on what I need to do and how I need to feel/think, there is a stronger probability for error.
Losing. I hated losing with every fiber in my being because losing was a reflection of me. Meaning, I was the only one to blame because I have the ultimate choice when making decisions. Losing was really the only times I took time away from work. I had to ensure my mind was in a better place upon returning to work.
Accidentally placing bet or accidentally betting too much. I have clumsy fingers and there were a few times where I accidentally bet too much because I’m working from a phone with a touch screen. Since everything I’m doing has time constrains and must be done as soon as possible, I opened myself up to error.
Frederick Douglas once said, “If there is no struggle, there is no progress”. Through all the adversity, I learned and became better.
Sports Betting Made Me Better
Forced me to program myself. I started programming and reprogramming my mind. Anything from my past – negative ways of thinking passed down from my parents, improper. My line of work, sports betting, is the most mentally challenging work I’ve experienced. I was never not thinking; my mind was always at work. Whether it was thinking of possible outcomes or rehearsing the rules I follow or even motivating myself to continue, my head was always full of these heavy thoughts. I believe through reading something caused me to understand that what I was doing was programming myself. I quickly understood a lot of the mental baggage I accumulated needed to be discarded as it was counterproductive. The negative ways of thinking from my past and childhood must be discarded and replaced with reprogramming. I had to program my subconscious to fully believe there is an infinite amount of everything I desire, an abundance for everyone, that it is MY destiny.
Learned mediation and breathing. I’m not ashamed to say I used to think meditating was some difficult practice where monks and yogis sit with their legs crossed humming some shit to get into some magical state of being. My ignorance lead me in believing meditation was above me and that it was something too difficult to consider. People would ask me if I meditated; I didn’t even know what meditation was. Low and behold, I have been and was meditating the whole time. Replaying my mantras, visualizing scenes in a state of supreme focus along with breathing was me meditating without knowing. Since then, I’ve learned other meditation techniques. Meditation is something I’ve worked into my daily routines, starting with the morning meditation over my goals, ending the day with meditation over my goals, and if needed, meditation throughout the workday.
I was aware of the importance of breathing before discovering meditation; I just wasn’t breathing right. I made some connection between how I was breathing and how I felt. How I felt plays into how I think and how I both feel and think determines my work success. I always made sure I had an abundance of oxygen traveling to my brain as my brain is the money maker. Eventually, I learned how to breath correctly which was not what I was doing. First, I was breathing through my mouth because I felt like I could take stronger breaths that way. Now I understand the benefits of breathing through one’s nose; it’s biology. I “breath with my belly”, meaning I feel it in my stomach, and it should be an easy, relaxed feeling — no flexing of the stomach muscles. I became aware on the health benefits of breathing less. Breathing less conserves energy and keeps the body in a state of calm/peace. It slows down time allowing one to live longer; we have plenty of oxygen! I also became aware of how important it is to be conscious of one’s breathing, meaning knowing and feeling each breath in turn, increasing the quality of each breath. Breath holds are another I enhanced my breathing. By holding one’s breath, the lungs create more red blood cells which helps the body distribute even more oxygen. It also activates parts of the brain which keep you both calm and mentally sharp. And again, it slows time which ultimately lengthens one’s life.
Learned to deal with stress, anxiety, negative thoughts. I had a lot of anxiety and fear when waiting on the outcome of bets, especially in the beginning. I was still winning higher than 90% of the time but I still had these negative thoughts. Much has to do with my upbringing and my thought patterns that continued a cycle of thinking resources and money are scarce. Basically, the immigrant mentality my parents got from their parents was passed to me. To cure my negative though processes, I would create or use sayings from other successful people like “there is infinite opportunity” or “Let’s go champ”. Others are “my mind is a magnet, money comes easily and frequently” and “I am following my rules, I am reaching my goal then stopping”. These sayings changed as needed depending on what I felt I needed to work on; I probably used 30-50 sayings during those 3 years. Replaying these over and over in my mind, often times with strong feelings of emotions, was the programming I needed to succeed and become a better person.
Learned how to structure my business. In Year Two I registered as an LLC so I could reduce the taxes I paid; business entities pay less in gambling taxes than individuals. This was my first experience operating an LLC which gave me experience with the lingo, processes like taxes, applying to banks, bookkeeping, etc.
Made me do so many positive things like workout again, read, listen to classical music, etc. I was pulled back into good habits while also picking up new habits. I got back into working out and I started reading again. My workouts were better because everything was backed by strong emotions. Now, when I worked out, I had my mantras playing in my head, I was thinking of my family and my purpose. I visualized what I desired, and this fired me up to lift those weights. Reading was the same way. I used to read a lot as a kid but stopped during high school all the way until college. Again, my perspective on things I used to enjoy changed as I saw how they really were tools I could use to invigorate myself in all areas of my life. Reading was an incredible because it’s programming myself in written form; physical books are my cup of tea. As I read, I’m evaluating the book in regard to my own life and often times emotions flow when I see how the text is parallel to my destiny.
Started planning and creating goals. Before sports betting, I wasn’t doing much concrete planning or goal creating. In retrospect, I don’t even understand how my successes happened without quality goals and proper planning. What planted the seed within me to begin planning? Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill. What lit the fuse inside to put planning into action? My own tremendous desire to accumulate wealth for the people I love.
Bolo Dolo 
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