Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
Chris Sparks on The Correlations Between High Stakes Poker and High Level Performance
Sep 11, 2023
Chris Sparks, professional poker player and host of the Forcing Function Hour Podcast, shares valuable lessons on negotiation, collaboration, leadership, and development of intuition. He discusses reducing uncertainty through information gathering and experimentation. Embracing emotions and personal narratives can contribute to success. The connection between poker and productivity is explored, including the importance of probabilistic thinking and creating conditions for success. The chapter also delves into decision making with limited information and learning from failure.
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Quick takeaways
- Trusting intuition is crucial for better decision-making, but it should be validated through feedback and incremental changes to improve its accuracy.
- Understanding the value of information and actively seeking additional insights or conducting experiments can reduce uncertainty and lead to more informed decision-making.
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Calibrating Intuition and Internalized Experiences
Calibrating intuition is essential, as it is based on internalized experiences and expertise in a particular field. Trusting intuition comes from that accumulated experience and can lead to better decision-making. However, it is crucial to validate intuition through feedback from reality and verify its accuracy. By reviewing the decision-making process and making incremental changes, intuition can be improved and more effectively applied in future situations.
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