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Making Better Decisions With Annie Duke


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We make decisions every day, but how often do you really think about the process that goes into making those choices? This episode’s guest has built her life on making the right decisions: As a former professional poker player, Annie Duke who won more than $4 million in tournament poker before retiring in 2012. But she also studied cognitive psychology, is a bestselling author and a consultant on decision-making. Her new book, How to Decide, picks up where her last book, Thinking in Bets, left off.

This week, Annie’s here to talk about how to find better outcomes by changing the way we make our decisions.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

  • What the Happiness Test is and how it can change the way you make decisions.
  • How embracing uncertainty can make us more decisive.
  • When to decide fast, when to decide slow and when to decide in advance.
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