#434 - Chris Sparks - The Mindset Rules Of A Poker Professional

Modern Wisdom

Chris Williamson

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness

4.6 • 5.9K Ratings

🗓️ 12 February 2022

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Chris Sparks is the former #4 online poker player on the planet, a productivity coach and an investor. Having a high performance mindset is something everyone wants. Being able to achieve without stress or anxiety, maximising output whilst minimising suffering. As someone who coaches both himself and some of the world's brightest on getting more out of their game, Chris has learned a lot about balancing growth, goals and internal peace. Expect to learn what it feels like to play in an invite-only Bitcoin Poker Tournament, how Chris evens out his hard-charging nature to become more at ease, whether the outcomes you get in life are impacted by how neurotic you are, my theory around the Anxiety Cost of delayed actions, how to balance intuition with cognition and much more... Sponsors: Join the Modern Wisdom Community to connect with me & other listeners - https://modernwisdom.locals.com/ Get 83% discount & 3 months free from Surfshark VPN at https://surfshark.deals/MODERNWISDOM (use code MODERNWISDOM) Get perfect teeth 70% cheaper than other invisible aligners from DW Aligners at http://dwaligners.co.uk/modernwisdom Extra Stuff: Check out Chris' website - https://www.forcingfunction.com/ Follow Chris on Twitter - https://twitter.com/SparksRemarks Get my free Reading List of 100 books to read before you die → https://chriswillx.com/books/ To support me on Patreon (thank you): https://www.patreon.com/modernwisdom - Get in touch. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello friends, welcome back to the show.
0:02.6	My guest today is Chris Barks, he's the former number 4 online poker player on the planet,
0:07.8	a productivity coach and an investor.
0:10.8	Having a high performance mindset is something everyone wants, being able to achieve without
0:15.5	stress or anxiety, maximising output whilst minimising suffering.
0:20.2	As someone who coaches both himself and some of the world's brightest and getting more
0:24.5	out of their game, Chris has learned a lot about balancing growth, goals and internal
0:29.3	peace.
0:30.3	Expect to learn what it feels like to play an invite only Bitcoin poker tournament, how
0:34.9	Chris evens out his hard charging nature to become more at ease.
0:38.8	Whether the outcomes you get in life are impacted by how neurotic you are, my theory around
0:43.0	the anxiety cost of delayed actions, how to balance intuition with cognition and much more.
0:50.1	Don't forget if you want to join the conversation with 2500 other people who all listen to Modern
0:55.4	Wisdom, then head to modernwistom.locals.com.
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1:04.6	plus everybody else that's a part of the community, so you get to see what it is that I've been
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