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When one reviews the early work in the methodology in the book (Pace Makes the Race) or the Follow Up one is struck by the fact that it progresses as a GROUP effort of discoveries and feedback. I follow Pizzolla's advice often as he says on page 76 of PMtR: "Thoroughbred handicapping is much too sublte and complex to be reduced to simple rules. The chess master does not have ONE set of opening moves that he uses mechanically against each challenger, the champion golfer does not hit the same shot on each hole... the master of any endeavor adapts his approach to fit the circumstances wheich he faces using special tools in special situations. STEP 1: Abandon the search for mechanical rules.....Steering you clear of a mechanical approach will assure that you stay with the METHOD.

Then on p. 158 Again, there are no rules, but there are some things which you can do to move along. To those who must have a mechanical approach, I can only tell you that you are sentencing yourself to mere competence at best. One of my favorite quotes is from the Tao Te Ching: ..."When the great Way is lost, there arise codes of conduct and behavior."

You do what works, each one of us. You make things up as they prove they work FOR YOU.