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The James Altucher Show

317 - Annie Duke: The Fastest Way to Become an Expert at Anything

The James Altucher Show

James Altucher

Society & Culture, Talk Radio, Writer, Philosophy, Comedy, Chess, How To, Entrepreneurship, Jay, James, The James Altucher Show, Altucher, Author, Jay Yow, Education, Jay The Engineer, Business, James Altucher

4.62.7K Ratings

🗓️ 15 February 2018

⏱️ 105 minutes

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Summary

For two decades Annie Duke ranked as one of the top poker players in the world. Which means she won a lot. But she couldn’t win without losing. I’ll explain. It’s hard to learn when you win, I think. Because if you win, then you think you’re a...

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0:00.0

This isn't your average business podcast and he's not your average host.

0:06.4

This is the James Altiger Show on the Choose Yourself Network.

0:12.4

Today on the James Altiger Show.

0:15.6

With chess, there's this saying that reminds me of your book,

0:19.0

only the good players are lucky.

0:20.8

So, to be able to play one person loses and I can see this all the time,

0:26.0

the person loses says, you were just lucky.

0:29.0

You can't always think you're a genius just because you win

0:31.4

and you can't always blame it on luck or other people when you lose.

0:34.8

And yet that's this natural evolutionary behavior.

0:38.6

That's exactly right.

0:39.8

It's hard to learn when you win, I think.

0:43.8

Experience is certainly necessary for expertise, but it's not sufficient.

0:48.4

So, I can give you 10,000 hours of experience and something

0:51.4

and you won't necessarily become an expert.

0:53.6

In order to become an expert, you actually have to be a really good learner

0:56.4

at whatever it is.

0:57.6

So, here's the biggest 10,000 hour pack that I can think of.

1:02.4

The more that you're willing to embrace uncertainty and just say,

1:05.0

I'm not sure, the faster you're going to learn

1:08.4

and the fewer hours you're going to need in order to actually get to expertise.

1:19.0

I am so happy to have Annie Duke,

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