Liv Boeree made the wrong decision in the grand finale of a TV poker game show and lost £100 000. But it didn’t put her off, and she went on to become one of the all-time most successful female players in the world. Not only did she win nearly $4 million, she also developed a decision-making philosophy that we can all use, however high the stakes. Plus, as the host of the Win Win podcast, her focus now is what happens when your choices are only made on the basis of beating the competition.
You can find the Win Win podcast here www.winwinpodcast.com
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Key points are:
- Our gut also needs statistics - if you haven’t got experience to base your intuition on, then you run the risk of making poor decisions.
- Language matters - what does ‘a fair chance’ actually mean? And does it mean different things to different people? Liv unpacks the science.
- Competition can be healthy - but it can also be destructive. Liv explains her current focus on trying to use competition for the greater good in her Win Win podcast.
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Quotes:
"People use their intuition as an excuse to be intellectually lazy."
"Poker is probably the closest to the messiness of life."
"True rationality is a dance of both Intuition and logic and steering your emotions and being the boss of them."
"The best players are the ones who do all the study, internalise all of these mathematical solutions, and also have incredible intuitions."
The Art of Deciding has been charting in the top 10, and featured in The Guardian Podcast Newsletter, Podnews, The List, and the Podbible newsletter, among others
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References
Liv Boree - https://www.livboeree.com/
The Win Win podcast - www.winwinpodcast.com
Bruce Whitfield - http://brucewhitfield.com/
Bruce Whitfield is an award winning journalist, best-selling author and popular speaker who has spent over two decades hosting a nightly business radio show, questioning influential people about the decisions they made.
The insights he gleaned over the years, combined with his relentless curiosity and ability to translate complex concepts into digestible and usable information led him to develop The Art of Deciding podcast. Each episode is a conversation with someone whose decision making process has driven their success, and draws on lessons that we can all use to make better decisions in our own lives.
The Art of Deciding is produced by Podcart - https://www.podcart.co.uk/
Series Producer: Jayne Morgan
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