Excerpt: Annie Duke, author of Thinking In Bets, says that “wrapping our arms around uncertainty and giving it a big hug will help us become better decision makers”. Fair enough. If we’re going to have to eat our uncertainty broccoli anyway, it may be best to swallow it down before
Any time we do something, we build a likelihood in our mind, consciously or sub-consciously, of whether success will be attained based on our abilities, past experiences, etc. Everyone knows that the dinosaurs have long been extinct. Annie Duke wrote in her book, Thinking in Bets, speaking on coelacanths, a fish:
Whether you’re retiring in 2019 or you have another decade to go, when the time arrives, you want to be ready. Just in time for the holidays, TheStreet delivers you the ultimate guide to retiring rich.
At the Behavioral Scientist, we’re always looking for great behavioral science journalism. To tie a bow on the interesting and important work that came across our desks in 2018, our editorial team compiled a list of our favorites. Enjoy!
I started my adult life pursuing a doctorate in psychology at the University of Pennsylvania. I put that excellent education to work playing professional poker for nearly 20 years. I thought I’d left academics behind but instead discovered I had merely landed in a much richer laboratory for studying human decision making.
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Annie Duke studied at the University of Pennsylvania to be a cognitive psychologist. Then Duke made what she thought was a bad decision — to leave academia and play poker professionally. It turned out her “bad” decision had a terrific outcome. Duke, 51, is now retired from the professional game, having won
As the year draws to a close and we catch up with the best business books of 2017, we’re also looking toward what’s coming up in 2018. We’ve looked through titles that have already been announced for the new year and have highlighted the memoirs, career guides, and analyses we’re most