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1. How to Make Your Own Luck

The Freakonomics Radio Book Club

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What Would Have Been the Risk Had You Chosen an Academic Career?

Konakova studied under walter michel at Harvard University. He was best known for his studies on the marshmellow test of self control. She says she would not have been able to do what she did if she had chosen a different career. The academic job market is an incredibly biased place, as is any job market. Poker taught her how to be preciseso it's not actually a million times.

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