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'Brilliant and entertaining' Daniel Kahneman | 'Quit what you are
doing right now and read this' Richard Thaler | 'Engrossing,
important, and grounded in science' Katy Milkman What if the secret
to success is not just hard work, but knowing when to change track?
In this game-changing guide, decision-making expert Annie Duke
shows why quitting what holds you back is essential for success.
Drawing on new research and fascinating examples, this book offers
practical strategies and explains: Why it's so hard to walk away
How to identify when it's best to persevere or pivot How quitting
on time often feels like quitting too early Packed with insights
from athletes, start-up founders and entertainers, Quit breaks down
the mental model that keeps us from walking away and provides a
toolkit for quitting anything - a career, a marriage, an investment
- at the perfect time.
The ultimate guide to becoming an expert player of no limit
hold’em poker from one of the game’s “premier players”
(Erik Seidel, World Series of Poker winner) Phil Gordon. Poker is
hotter than ever, with tens of millions of fans dealing in, logging
on, and tuning in to global tournaments. And the most popular
version of poker is no limit hold’em, long considered the purest
form of the game, with appearances in the World Series of Poker,
the World Poker Tour, and on Bravo’s Celebrity Poker Showdown.
Now, Phil Gordon, acclaimed professional player and cohost of
Celebrity Poker Showdown, shares his seasoned expertise and
valuable insight in Phil Gordon’s Little Green Book. Featuring a
conversational approach and easy-to-digest explanations and
diagrams, this is the must-have guide for anyone who wants to go
all-in on becoming a better no limit hold’em player.
In Super Bowl XLIX, Seahawks coach Pete Carroll made one of the
most controversial calls in football history: With 26 seconds
remaining, and trailing by four at the Patriots' one-yard line, he
called for a pass instead of a hand off to his star running back.
The pass was intercepted and the Seahawks lost. Critics called it
the dumbest play in history. But was the call really that bad? Or
did Carroll actually make a great move that was ruined by bad luck?
Even the best decision doesn't yield the best outcome every time.
There's always an element of luck that you can't control, and there
is always information that is hidden from view. So the key to
long-term success (and avoiding worrying yourself to death) is to
think in bets: How sure am I? What are the possible ways things
could turn out? What decision has the highest odds of success? Did
I land in the unlucky 10% on the strategy that works 90% of the
time? Or is my success attributable to dumb luck rather than great
decision making? Annie Duke, a former World Series of Poker
champion turned business consultant, draws on examples from
business, sports, politics, and (of course) poker to share tools
anyone can use to embrace uncertainty and make better decisions.
For most people, it's difficult to say "I'm not sure" in a world
that values and, even, rewards the appearance of certainty. But
professional poker players are comfortable with the fact that great
decisions don't always lead to great outcomes and bad decisions
don't always lead to bad outcomes. By shifting your thinking from a
need for certainty to a goal of accurately assessing what you know
and what you don't, you'll be less vulnerable to reactive emotions,
knee-jerk biases, and destructive habits in your decision making.
You'll become more confident, calm, compassionate and successful in
the long run.
Consider this book a trail guide-helping you survive and thrive
financially in this complex and unpredictable world in which we
live. Given how the coronavirus pandemic has rocked the economy,
readers need a framework to make good financial decisions about
their future, as well as support to psychologically handle the
changing landscape. That's what Peter Neuwirth's six foundational
principles of Holistic Financial Wellness can provide.
Specifically, this book will help people understand and deal with
the complexity of the system, the uncertainty of the future, the
hidden agendas and misguided views of many advisors, and the
built-in irrationality we have as humans that makes it so hard to
survive-let alone thrive financially. As you will soon see,
Neuwirth's advice on how to structure your financial world in order
to withstand the inevitable systemic collapses that the global
economy was destined to experience could have saved the average
reader tens (if not hundreds of thousands) of dollars, had they
adopted these suggestions before Covid-19 arrived in this country.
More than that, by using the six foundational principles of
Holistic Financial Wellness, the attentive reader will now be
prepared psychologically to weather the aftermath of this crisis,
and be ready to face the next one. "Peter gives readers needed
guidance for surviving a complex financial future. This book
empowers readers to plan for the predictable, and to be prepared
for the unpredictable-without losing sight of the trail." -Mike
Kaplan, CEO, Rael & Letson "Pete's observations on how to
ensure financial wellness over a lifetime are based on his deep
knowledge of money and probability, complexity and change, and the
quirks of human nature. The book is funny, frank, and realistic
about how to navigate financially in an uncertain world." -Peter
Cahall, Chief Executive Officer, CapAcuity
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