Inspired by Ryan Holiday’s 14 Ways to Make Journaling The Best Thing You do in 2018, Lee Davy comes up with six reasons it will also improve your poker game.

The ancient Stoics believed the best time for reflection is either first thing in the morning or last thing at night. Roman Emperor, Marcus Aurelius, chose the morning to reflect and enshrined those thoughts in one of the most oft-cited entrepreneurial masterpieces Meditations. 

Let’s hope pro poker players cram in reflections at the end of the day because it doesn’t seem to be a morning thing.

For the past 20+ weeks, some of the world’s smartest professional poker players have shared their poker routines via the Poker Routines column.