
1. How to Make Your Own Luck
The Freakonomics Radio Book Club
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The Biggest Bluff by Maria Kanakova
Maria kanakova was a total novice, but she persuaded the poker legend eric sidell to coach her. She had long wondered how much of our life outcomes one should attribute to chance, and how much to one's own volition and skill in decision making. In the game of poker, she found the perfect medium to answer this question. After the break, mariakanacova finds her guts, and, not coincidentally, she starts win.
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