545 - How To Think Like Sherlock Holmes: Bestselling Author & Professional Poker Player Maria Konnikova Reveals The Must-Know Mental Strategies For A Sharper Mind

The James Altucher Show

James Altucher

Business, Education

4.6 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 14 February 2020

⏱️ 109 minutes

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Maria Konnikova is the New York Times bestselling author of several books, including "The Confidence Game: Why We Fall For It Every Time." And "Mastermind: How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes." Today's she's on the podcast to talk about mastering your mind. Basically, Sherlock Holmes, even though he's a fictional detective, is a mastermind. And there's a lot to learn from him: how to read people, how to know if you're being deceived, how to gain confidence, and more. Also, let us know which tip or quote is your favorite! @jalutcher and @mkonnikova - James I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltucher.com/podcast. Thanks so much for listening! If you like this episode, please subscribe to "The James Altucher Show" and rate and review wherever you get your podcasts: Apple Podcasts Stitcher iHeart Radio Spotify Follow me on Social Media: YouTube Twitter Facebook Linkedin Instagram ------------What do YOU think of the show? Head to JamesAltucherShow.com/listeners and fill out a short survey that will help us better tailor the podcast to our audience!Are you interested in getting direct answers from James about your question on a podcast? Go to JamesAltucherShow.com/AskAltucher and send in your questions to be answered on the air!------------Visit Notepd.com to read our idea lists & sign up to create your own!My new book, Skip the Line, is out! Make sure you get a copy wherever books are sold!Join the You Should Run for President 2.0 Facebook Group, where we discuss why you should run for President.I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltuchershow.com------------Thank you so much for listening! If you like this episode, please rate, review, and subscribe to "The James Altucher Show" wherever you get your podcasts: Apple PodcastsiHeart RadioSpotifyFollow me on social media:YouTubeTwitterFacebookLinkedIn 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	This isn't your average business podcast and he's not your average host.
0:06.4	This is the James Altiger Show.
0:10.0	Today on the James Altiger Show.
0:15.2	I think that the number one thing that I would say is sit down alone with yourself and
0:23.5	think, you know, what's important to me?
0:26.3	What do I want to accomplish?
0:28.6	What kind of person do I want to be?
0:30.5	You know, what kind of career do I want?
0:32.4	What do I want to be in my daily life?
0:36.1	So it's kind of a pre-selection process, right?
0:38.7	So you make those types of choices once you figure out, you know, how do I want to go
0:44.4	through life?
0:45.4	That's also how you choose what moments to really engage your Sherlocking brain.
0:50.2	You know, what matters to me?
0:52.0	If you figure out, okay, you know, these are the types of situations that are high stakes
0:57.7	for me.
0:58.7	Your priority is just totally shift in the way you approach situations shift.
1:02.8	You know, and it's interesting because you discussed this a little bit later on and I thought
1:08.4	this was fascinating.
1:09.9	You say, human learning is largely driven by something known as the reward prediction error.
1:15.3	And that's a fancy way of saying you learned something better when you have passion for
1:21.4	it, when learning more triggers dopamine.
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