281: Making Better Decisions by Thinking in Bets with Annie Duke

How to Be Awesome at Your Job

How to be Awesome at Your Job

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🗓️ 2 April 2018

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

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. View transcript, show notes, and links at http://AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep281 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the How to Be Awesome at Your Job Podcast, the show where brilliant
0:05.4	professionals share how to sharpen the universal skills required to
0:08.7	flourish at work. Enjoy more career fun, wins, meaning, and money with your host, Pete Machitis.
0:16.0	Hello, it's great to have you here for episode 281 with Annie Duke.
0:26.4	Annie is a poker champion and a researcher who has learned a wealth of insightful knowledge and wisdom when it comes to
0:35.4	decision-making and how we can do it optimally. So I'm excited. I think you too will
0:41.5	enjoy this one as you learn one how thinking in bets
0:44.9	reframes your decision-making to why to distinguish between the quality of a
0:49.8	decision and the outcome of a decision and And three, some fun rules for better decision-making in groups.
0:56.0	If you'd like to check out the transcript and links to items that we reference,
1:00.0	it's over at awesome at your job. dot com slash F 281.
1:03.8	And here's Annie's story.
1:05.1	Annie Duke is a woman who has leveraged her expertise
1:07.6	in the science of smart decision-making
1:09.4	to excel at pursuits as varied as Championship poker to public speaking.
1:14.0	For two decades, Annie has been to one of the top poker players in the world.
1:17.4	In 2004, she bested a field of 234 players to win her first World Series of Poker bracelet.
1:24.0	That same year she triumphed in the $2 million winner-take all invitation only world series of
1:29.2	poker tournament of champions.
1:31.0	In 2010 she won the prestigious NBC National Heads Up
1:34.0	Poker Championship and before becoming a professional poker player
1:37.5	Annie was awarded the National Science Foundation Fellowship and with the
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