Modern Wisdom

#434 - Chris Sparks - The Mindset Rules Of A Poker Professional

Feb 12, 2022

Chris Sparks, a former top online poker player turned productivity coach, shares insights on achieving peak performance without stress. He recounts his experience in an invite-only Bitcoin poker tournament and discusses the balance between intuition and analytical thinking in decision-making. Sparks dives into the importance of aligning personal goals with core values and maintaining a focused 'North Star' for better life choices. He also emphasizes embracing emotions and crafting structured routines for enhanced productivity, offering invaluable lessons for anyone seeking growth.

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Balancing growth, goals, and internal peace is key to achieving a high-performance mindset.

Detaching self-worth from external results and finding fulfillment in the pursuit itself.

Front-loading tasks and finding joy in daily routines can minimize opportunity anxiety and enhance productivity.

Deep dives

Embracing a High Performance Mindset

Chris Bark, a former top online poker player turned productivity coach and investor, shares insights on achieving a high-performance mindset. He emphasizes the importance of balancing growth, goals, and internal peace. Chris discusses the experience of playing in an exclusive bitcoin poker tournament and how he prepared both mentally and physically for the opportunity. Despite facing setbacks and the need to manage outcomes, he highlights the importance of detaching self-worth from external results and finding fulfillment in the pursuit itself.

The Dangers of Committing

01:20

Acceleration Comes From Slowing Down

01:23

The Money Bubble

01:20

Have No Regrets

01:20

Intro

2min

Reviving Competitive Spirit: A Poker Tournament Journey

3min

Navigating Poker and Life: A Journey of Resilience

27min

Finding Your North Star

10min

Balancing Intuition and Rationality

12min

Crafting a Productive Morning Routine

2min

Embracing Emotions for Better Decision-Making

16min

The Fragility of Model-Driven Mindsets in Poker

3min

Chris Sparks is the former #4 online poker player on the planet, a productivity coach and an investor.

Having a high performance mindset is something everyone wants. Being able to achieve without stress or anxiety, maximising output whilst minimising suffering. As someone who coaches both himself and some of the world's brightest on getting more out of their game, Chris has learned a lot about balancing growth, goals and internal peace.

Expect to learn what it feels like to play in an invite-only Bitcoin Poker Tournament, how Chris evens out his hard-charging nature to become more at ease, whether the outcomes you get in life are impacted by how neurotic you are, my theory around the Anxiety Cost of delayed actions, how to balance intuition with cognition and much more...

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