How Do You Handle Downswings Without Changing Your Game?

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When I go through downswings, I try not to panic or change my strategy too quickly. I focus on playing the same solid decisions. I believe that short-term results don’t define long-term play.
 
This one is the real test of discipline. What helps me in such situation is reviewing hands instead of staring at the results. If the decision was correct, I move on. The moment you start changing a winning strategy because of short-term losses, that's when the problem starts. Ive seen people turn a small downswing into a disaster just because they stopped trusting their process.
 

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