Miller on poker goals

I came across this while speaking with someone at 2+2. I figured I'd post this, I think it's good to remind yourself on the basic things in poker. It helped me at the time and I just remember how much I've developed as player since that post about it was made to Liquid Poker. So here goes.

My goal is to make money. It is not
... to impress my opponents.
... to survive the hand.
... to make sure my opponents don't bluff.
... to decrease my variance.

My goal is to make money. It is not
... to find out "where I'm at" during the hand.
... to accumulate a big stack or cover the table.
... to play in higher stakes games.
... to finish the session ahead.

My goal is to make money. It is not
... to deceive my opponents.
... to improve my PokerTracker statistics.
... to say at showdown that I started with a better hand.
... to create a table image I like.

My goal is to make money. It is not
... to cause my opponents to make mistakes.
... to win pots.
... to increase the chance of getting paid off
... to improve my ITM percentage.

My goal is to make money. It is not
... to end my downswing.
... to punish players who irritate me.
... to generate less rake than I receive from bonuses.
... to educate my opponents.

(Ed Miller, 2+2 magazine)

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Other than that, I didn't play online at all yesterday, but I did finish second in 10€+R two table tournament. I might write about it in Pathological Case. I'll see whether I will. I also wrote an article on the artistic view on poker, some people enjoyed it, some didn't. This depended a lot on the forum as many nubtards in LP.net felt it was the worst analogy ever while people 2+2 thought it was inspiring and interesting. Whether it's liked, true, or inspiring, here it is:
Life of an Artist

I think that's about it for now. Cheers!