Thinking in Bets

Thinking in Bets

by Annie Duke

11 mentors recommend this 276 pages

"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

🎯 Who Recommends This Book 11

Jason Fried

Jason Fried

Business & Entrepreneurship

"Jason Fried mentioned this book on Twitter."

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"@philreynolds @AnnieDuke I have read Thinking in Bets. Really enjoyed that part especially. Looking for a book with dozens of examples like that, given various contexts."

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Max Levchin

Max Levchin

Business & Entrepreneurship

"I read this book all the way through because I found the premise so intriguing. [The author] is a well-known poker player and won a World Series of Poker gold bracelet."

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"This book definitely falls in the category I loosely refer to as, “self-help,” which I typically skim more than dive into, but I read this book all the way through because I found the premise so intriguing."

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Marc Andreessen

Marc Andreessen

Finance & Investing

"Compact guide to probabilistic domains like poker, or venture capital."

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Seth Godin

Seth Godin

Business & Entrepreneurship

"The first chapter alone will change your life."

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Mark Manson

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

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

Danny Miranda

Media & Journalism

"[The author]'s academic plus poker background make this at a fascinating perspective."

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Howard Marks

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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