Annie Duke is a professional poker player and an author.
The quality of our life depends upon the quality of our decisions. As a poker player who has competed at the biggest tournaments in the world, Annie understands the value of making good decisions under pressure.
Expect to learn how to become a great decision maker, why trusting your gut is dangerous, ... Show More
Yesterday
Expelled, Arrested & Somehow Winning At Life - James Smith - #1170
James Smith is a podcaster, author, personal trainer, and co-founder of the world's greatest clean energy drink, Neutonic. Expect to learn why solving your problems never leaves you with fewer of them, why more money buys less happiness than you’d expect, how James got arrested a ... Show More
1h 20m
Oct 29
35 Emotions Explained By Evolutionary Psychology - Rob Kurzban - #1169
Rob Kurzban is a psychologist and an author. Expect to learn why we should view emotions through the lens of evolution, the hidden reason why humans aren’t filled with existential anxiety at all times, what happens to your brain when you don’t express gratitude often, the secret ... Show More
2h 28m
Oct 26
Crypto Scams, Dopamine Websites, Tasteful Slop & Vape Shop Energy - Rabbit Hole #6 - #1168
In this episode, we explore: The strange crypto honey traps that people are falling for. The rise of South Korea's fake shopping dopamine websites How to develop good taste in a world of slop. and much more… Guests Jack Butcher is an entrepreneur, designer, and digital artist. Sh ... Show More
2h 8m
May 2024
This will make you a better decision-maker | Annie Duke (author of “Thinking in Bets” and “Quit,” former pro poker player)
<p><strong>Annie Duke</strong> is a former professional poker player, a decision-making expert, and a special partner at First Round Capital. She is the author of <em>Thinking in Bets</em> (a national bestseller) and <em>Quit: The Power of Knowing When to Walk Away</em> and the c ... Show More
1h 21m
Jul 2019
#60 - Annie Duke, decision strategist: Poker as a model system for life—how to improve decision making, use frameworks for learning, and apply 'backcasting' to boost your odds for future success
<p>In this episode, former World Series of Poker champion and author, Annie Duke, explains how poker is a pertinent model system for decision making in the real world, a system which blends imperfect information with some unknown percentage of both luck and skill. We go through t ... Show More
2h 35m
Aug 2022
How to Make Better Decisions
<p>Can you get better at decision-making with practice? Many founders, investors, and builders must make many critical decisions, big and small, every day, and improving the quality of your decision-making process can become a big competitive advantage. </p><p>In this episode fro ... Show More
45m 11s
Apr 2025
TIP715: Thinking in Bets by Annie Duke
In this episode, Clay explores the book Thinking in Bets by Annie Duke, a guide to making better decisions under uncertainty. Drawing from her career as a professional poker player, Annie shares how to separate decision quality from outcomes and avoid the trap of “resulting.” Cla ... Show More
56m 10s
Apr 2024
TIP623: The Art Of Decision Making w/ Annie Duke
Kyle Grieve chats with Annie Duke about her own story of quitting and how it helped sparked the idea for one of her books, the importance of base rates in helping us make better decisions, how to improve our investing processes when we have long feedback loops, the importance of ... Show More
1h 10m
Dec 2023
The Insight: Conversations – Special Episode with Annie Duke and Howard Marks
Special guest Annie Duke (former professional poker player, best-selling author) joins Howard Marks to discuss ideas from her book Thinking in Bets and Howard’s memo You Bet! They explore luck, decision quality, uncertainty, and more in this special episode of The Insight: Conver ... Show More
51m 35s