What Do You Want People to Understand When They Finish a Book?

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Sally Kohn: What do you want people to feel or understand when they finish one of your books?Kohn: The overarching theme across all three is that the world is uncertain. That we're all subject to luck over which we have no control and that there's always, whenever you start something, not going to be all the facts. She says she has a bias towards saying, "Stick to it and you'll succeed"

Annie Duke is a former poker player and author. She holds a World Series of Poker (WSOP) gold bracelet from 2004 and at one point won more money in WSOP history than any other female. She is still in the top four as of September 2021, despite being retired from poker, last cashing at a tournament 2010.

She is the author of three phenomenal books Thinking In Bets, How To Decide, and Quit.

In this conversation, we spoke about how Annie got into poker, how to decide whether to quit a job or relationship, and what she learned from Erik Seidel.

(0:00) Intro

(3:13) Getting Into Poker

(19:59) Visual Memory

(22:00) Annie’s Poker Mentor

(27:21) Breaking Down Decision Making

(30:43 Dr. Olstyn Martinez

(39:39) Maintaining Identity

(44:11) Deciding In Advance

(48:56) Quitting A Relationship Or Job

(53:30) What Does Annie Want People To Take Away?

(59:20) Challenge

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