Poker Psychology

[Djcoax]

This came up in a discussion with a friend of mine recently.
Do you think a certain "kind" of people are more succesfull or have more chance to succeed in poker?

I mean , and I will just give my view on it here : I think that people who are negative , have anger management issues (short fuse) or people who assume the victim role WILL go down in poker and probably also in life.

I know there's a book from Matthew Hilger about 'The Poker Mindset' , and I haven't read it.

But aren't people who are looking to better themselves , people who can withstand stress and people who are optimistic just more capable to do better ?

Perhaps being down to earth and realistic helps too. I see people here that have not played 10k hands proclaiming they want to go pro. Isn't that setting yourself up for failure?

I think that in poker - as in life in general- you should reevaluate constantly and adjust to the situations as they present themselves.

This all seems a nice theory , but on the other hand , some very well known pros seem to fall in the negative person category.

What is you guys' take on all this?