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Aug 2024
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#28 - Liv Boeree & Igor Kurganov - The S...

Liv Boeree
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What are the key ingredients of successful long-term relationships? How can couples better navigate conflict? What about jealousy?

In this very personal Win-Win episode, professional poker couple Liv and Igor discuss what they've learned from the ten years of dating each other. Prepare yourself for plenty of strategy, anecdotes and smack talk!

Chapters 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:29 - Secret Ingredient? 00:04:26 - Dumbbell Theory 00:07:59 - The Power of Banter & Radical Honesty 00:11:22 - Dealing with Emotional Volatility 00:15:27 - Role of Forgiveness & Competitive Dynamics 00:18:23 - Igor Spirals about LLMs 00:19:41 - Quick Hacks for Reducing Arguments 00:21:23 - Dealing with Unbalanced Power Dynamics 00:25:57 - Handling Jealousy 00:30:57 - Soulmates and Stopping Algorithms 00:33:20 - Interviewer Switcheroo 00:33:40 - Stubbornness & the need to change your partner 00:37:38 - Effect of Money 00:41:18 - Balancing Time Together and Apart 00:42:24 - New Ten Year Prediction 00:48:29 - Outro

Links ♾️ The Passion Trap - https://www.amazon.com/Passion-Trap-R... ♾️ Igor's Twitter - https://twitter.com/igorkurganov?lang=en ♾️ Igor discusses AI with Magatte Wade - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9k2Y...

Credits ♾️ Hosted by Liv Boeree and Igor Kurganov ♾️ Edit and Audio Mix by Liv Boeree and Ryan Kessler The Win-Win Podcast: Poker champion Liv Boeree takes to the interview chair to tease apart the complexities of one of the most fundamental parts of human nature: competition. Liv is joined by top philosophers, gamers, artists, technologists, CEOs, scientists, athletes and more to understand how competition manifests in their world, and how to change seemingly win-lose games into Win-Wins.

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