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1. UK Judge Conference. 6/12/2014
The Magic Colour Pie:
An Introduction to Self Evaluation
and Self Improvement

2. Introduction
UK Judge Conference. 6/12/2014
 About Me
 MTG Judge since 2001
 Level 3 (May 2006 – May 2008; June 2014 – Present)
 Ex-Wotc Employee (Oct 2009 – Dec 2010)
 About the Seminar
 Simple collection of suggestions and ideals on self-
improvement
 About the Title
 We will begin with a simple exercise and apply an over-
simplified philosophy of the MTG colour pie upon ourselves.

3. MTG Colour Pie Exercise
UK Judge Conference. 6/12/2014
 White
 Law, Order, Protective, Peace, Uncreative, Inflexible, Fascist, Absolute, Self
Sacrifice, Cooperation, Defensive
 Blue
 Knowledge, Smart, Cold, Inaction, Control, Passive, Slow, Analytical, Academic,
Subtle
 Black
 Deceit, Manipulative, Individual, Sacrifice of Self/Others, Destruction, Paranoia,
Ambitious, Unashamed, Enslaving, Isolated, Opportunistic, Amoral
 Red
 Short Sighted, Impulsive, Freedom, Emotion, Passionate, Decisive, Fire,
Random, Gambling, Hedonism, Spontaneity, Unpredictable, Unstructured
 Green
 Growth, Community, Instinct, Adaption, Vicious, Naïve, Old-School, Ecosystem,
Spiritual, Life, Size, Family

4. MTG Colour Pie Exercise
UK Judge Conference. 6/12/2014
 The Exercise
 In two minutes, select three dominant traits amongst those
suggested that most defines you. This can be a mixture of
good and bad traits.
 Summarise this as an MTG wedge, shard or guild
 Wedges:Sultai, Jeskai, Mardu, Temur, Azban
 Shards: Bant, Jund, Naya, Grixis, Esper
 Guilds: Golgari, Azorius, Izzet, Selesnya, Rakdos, Simir, Orzhov,
Gruul, Boros, Dimir

5. The Dunning-Kruger Effect
UK Judge Conference. 6/12/2014
 Definition:
 Wikipedia: - The Dunning–Kruger effect is a cognitive bias
wherein unskilled individuals suffer from illusory superiority,
mistakenly rating their ability much higher than is accurate.
 What this means:
 We often think we are better than we really are!

6. The Dunning-Kruger Effect
UK Judge Conference. 6/12/2014
 Effect of the MTG Colour Pie Exercise 1:
 For the skill we are trying to perform for the first time (self
evaluation), we have likely failed to recognize that we are not very
good at it: The three dominant traits we have chosen are most likely
incorrect.
 Effect of the MTG Colour Pie Exercise 2:
 For me (running a meaningful exercise), I will likely fail to recognize
genuine skill: I will not be able to recognize who were actually correct
in their self evaluation!
 Effect of the MTG Colour Pie Exercise 3:
 The Dunning Kruger effect states in some cases, we don’t even
know the extremities of our inadequacy: we don’t know just how bad
we are at this!

7. Conclusion
UK Judge Conference. 6/12/2014
 The MTG Colour Pie was an exercise in showing us
how far from the mark we are when trying to do self
evaluation and self improvement.
 Value of the exercise:
Probably zero or worse!

8. UK Judge Conference. 6/12/2014
The Magic Colour Pie:
An Introduction to Self Evaluation
and Self Improvement

9. Introduction
UK Judge Conference. 6/12/2014
 About Me
 MTG Judge since 2001
 Level 3 (May 2006 – May 2008; June 2014 – Present)
 Ex-Wotc Employee (Oct 2009 – Dec 2010)
 About the Seminar
 Simple collection of suggestions and ideals on self-
improvement
 About the Title
 Let’s try another approach….

10. Recommended Reading
UK Judge Conference. 6/12/2014
‘The Rules of Life’ by Richard Templar

11. 1. Starting out
UK Judge Conference. 6/12/2014
 Avoid Preaching and Propaganda.
 Accept what’s done is done.
 Accept that you won’t understand everything; Don’t strive
for perfection; Learn when to walk away.
 Think for yourself.

12. 2. Planning
UK Judge Conference. 6/12/2014
 Have a Plan.
 Learn to ask Questions.
 Expand your Comfort Zone.

13. 3. Accepted Conformities
UK Judge Conference. 6/12/2014
 Be Flexible in your Thinking.
 Failing is fine, aiming for Second Best isn’t.
 You will often not know which efforts you make are
rewarded.

14. 4. Boundaries
UK Judge Conference. 6/12/2014
 Know what counts and what doesn’t.
 Draw the lines around yourself.

15. 5. Getting there
UK Judge Conference. 6/12/2014
 Be your own Advisor.
 Keep the Faith.
 Have Dignity.
 Only the Good feel Guilty.

16. 6. And Finally…
UK Judge Conference. 6/12/2014
No Hesitation
No SurprisesNo Fear
No Doubt