At one point my practice partners took to calling me 'the baker'. I have to have established some kind of record with the number of donuts that I took in the game of the tournament. I was so tired of hearing the question: "Man, what happened?" that developed a personal policy not to mention the score from outside the racquetball court. Whether you went ahead on the scoreboard or not, I never talk about it. Period. This policy of not recognizing the score grew within me a total lack of interest in it. Many writers such as Jim Rogers offer more in-depth analysis. I like going to parties with personal goals that had nothing to do with what was in the score or how the party turned out. What I began to find was that the less energy I put into keeping score, the more I had to put in the game. What I think made me a better player, because the best I received in the control of this approach have played Saturday and Sunday. (That's a good thing.) […]