Thinking in Bets
"Poker champion turned business consultant Annie Duke teaches you how to get comfortable with uncertainty and make better decisions as a result. 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. B
ISBN: 9780735216372
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Jason Fried
Business & Entrepreneurship"Jason Fried mentioned this book on Twitter."
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Marc Andreessen
Finance & Investing"Compact guide to probabilistic domains like poker, or venture capital."
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Seth Godin
Business & Entrepreneurship"The first chapter alone will change your life."
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Michael Mauboussin
Finance & Investing"An awesome book."
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Mark Manson
Content Creator"Mark Manson recommended this book on his website."
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Mike Maples, Jr.
Finance & Investing"I wish I had learned the discipline of how to decide when I was younger."
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Liv Boeree
Science & Research"@scott_seiver @AnnieDuke Because (in this order): a) the book is really good and I believe it is a net positive for the world if people read it and b) I have heard both sides of the story unlike almost everyone else which, with all due respect Scott, you haven’t."
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Danny Miranda
Media & Journalism"[The author]'s academic plus poker background make this at a fascinating perspective."
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Howard Marks
Finance & Investing"So many of [the author's] thoughts on poker and on decision-making in general agreed with mine."
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