E96 - Confident Decision-Making with Bestselling Author & Former Professional Poker Player Annie Duke

Annie Duke is an author, corporate speaker, and consultant in the decision-making space. Annie is the author of the newly released How to Decide: Simple Tools for Making Better Choices and Thinking in Bets, a national bestseller. As a former professional poker player, Annie won more than $4 million in tournament poker before retiring from the game in 2012. Prior to becoming a professional player, Annie was awarded a National Science Foundation Fellowship to study Cognitive Psychology at the University of Pennsylvania. In this episode, Tyler and Annie’s discussion focused on confidently making smarter decisions to improve your life. They went in-depth on the acceptance of occasionally succumbing to cognitive bias, the importance of getting other people to discipline your decision-making, the concepts of resulting and hindsight bias, and the six step process to better decision-making. Other topics included equanimity, understanding different versions of yourself, Annie’s process of writing her new book, Seth Godin’s advice to Annie, Daniel Kahneman’s inside and outside views, why your gut doesn’t constitute as a decision tool, a dozen decision-making books, Annie’s advice for reading long books and much more! The following books were mentioned in the show:   How to Decide, by Annie Duke Thinking in Bets, by Annie Duke Behave, by Robert Sapolsky The Success Equation, by Michael Mauboussin Super Forecasting, by Phil Tetlock The Biggest Bluff, by Maria Konnikova Perfectly Confident, by Don A. Moore Thinking Fast and Slow, by Daniel Kahneman The Psychology of Money, by Morgan Housel Super Thinking, by Gabriel Weinberg Indistractable, by Nir Eyal Connect with Annie: Website: https://www.annieduke.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AnnieDuke Twitter: https://twitter.com/AnnieDuke LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/annie-duke/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClDhEz5b55RH1ZfEZd7Y3hA Apply for coaching with Tyler! The world's top performers in any field have a coach to help them achieve drastically greater results and in less time. The most successful real estate investors are no different. To apply for a results coaching session with Tyler, visit coachwithtyler.com. This episode of Elevate is brought to you by CF Capital LLC, a national real estate investment firm that focuses on acquiring and operating multifamily assets that provide stable cash flow, capital appreciation, and a margin of safety. CF Capital leverages its expertise in acquisitions and management to provide investors with superior risk-adjusted returns while placing a premium on preserving capital. Learn more at cfcapllc.com.