World Series of Poker champion Annie Duke shares her insights into making better, more informed decisions in an unpredictable world.
You’ll Learn:
- How thinking in bets reframes your decision-making
- Why to distinguish between the quality and outcome of a decision
- Three fun rules for better decision-making groups
About Annie
Annie Duke is a woman who has leveraged her expertise in the science of smart decision making to excel at pursuits as varied as championship poker to public speaking. For two decades, Annie was one of the top poker players in the world. In 2004, she bested a field of 234 players to win her first World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet. The same year, she triumphed in the $2 million winner-take-all, invitation-only WSOP Tournament of Champions. In 2010, she won the prestigious NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship. Prior to becoming a professional poker player, Annie was awarded the National Science Foundation Fellowship. Because of this fellowship, she studied Cognitive Psychology at the University of Pennsylvania.
Items Mentioned in this Show:
- Annie’s Website: AnnieDuke.com
- Annie’s Book: Thinking In Bets: Making Smarter Decisions When You Don’t Have All the Facts
- Book: Animal Farm by George Orwell
- Book: Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
- Book: Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
- Book: Predictably Irrational by Dan Ariely
- Book: Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut
- Book: Superforecasting: The Art and Science of Prediction by Philip Tetlock and Dan Gardner
- Book: The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg
- Book: Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
- Book: What Every Body is Saying by Joe Navarro
- Prior episode: 044: Calming the Voice Inside Your Head with Dan Harris