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Decision-making, flourishing and when to walk away with Dr. Annie Duke.
00:00 Decision-Making, Poker, and the Case for Quitting
05:22 Defining a “Good Decision”
09:14 Luck vs. Choice
14:21 Decision-Making for Flourishing:
18:33 Quitting Well
28:03 Quitting, Happiness & the Forecasting Problem
29:38 Why We Misread Our Values—and Resist Changing Course
30:52 The ‘Future Unhappy’ Exercise
32:42 Get Outside Perspectives (Independently)
34:11 Real-World Examples
35:15 Why Focus on What Could Go Wrong
37:01 Flourishing Takeaway: Tech-Free Savoring Walks
43:26 Flow, Sports & Real Connection
46:10 Wrap-Up
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Meet Dr. Annie Duke
Annie Duke is an author, speaker, and consultant in the decision-making space. She loves to dive deep into decision-making under uncertainty. Her latest obsession is on the topic of quitting. In particular, she is on a mission to rehabilitate the term “quitting” and get people to be proud of walking away from things.
Annie is the author of two bestsellers, Quit: The Power of Knowing When to Walk Away (2022), and Thinking in Bets (2018). As a former professional poker player, she has won more than $4 million in tournament poker. During her career, Annie won a World Series of Poker bracelet and is the only woman to have won the World Series of Poker Tournament of Champions and the NBC National Poker Heads-Up Championship.
Annie retired from poker in 2012. Prior to becoming a professional poker player, she was awarded a National Science Foundation Fellowship to study Cognitive Psychology at the University of Pennsylvania, where she earned her master’s degree. In 2023, Annie completed her Ph.D. in Cognitive Psychology.
Annie is the co-founder of The Alliance for Decision Education, a non-profit whose mission is to improve lives by empowering students through decision skills education.
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