Do you have some similar story?, please share it, i would like to read it.
This may not be a typical sports or casino topic, but I think self-improvement deserves some attention.
Another question: What do you think would be a fun and effective self-improvement challenge we could all try?
For example, how about a challenge to do 50 push-ups a day for a month? Would you bet on yourself to complete it?
I have few friends on related runs with me, back then in the high school, I and my group of friends usually stipulates on betting on who amongst us will have the best result at the end of the academy terms, we actually engages on such bets to encourage ourselves because be realistic, we were so unserious with our studies and we thought of making too results and be intellectual enough to be make our parents proud even when we are still living our rough lives.
It is like... Let us stick to be dedicated to our studies even when we get to act like we ain't serious about it, that is to take those seeing us unserious unaware and I shock that despites the rough live we lives we are still dedicated to our studies.
That basically brought us to be studious and serious with our education through the concepts of making a group bet to who will take the winning.
So positively encouraging as that.