Episode · The Daily Stoic · 2022-10-19
Books mentioned on Annie Duke on Knowing When to Quit
Ryan talks to World Series of Poker champion Annie Duke about her new book Quit: The Power of Knowing When to Walk Away, the power of walking away from things that don’t align with your beliefs, the importance of making decisions in service of a larger goal, and more.
Ryan Holiday recommended Quit by Annie Duke, Thinking in Bets by Annie Duke, and How to Decide by Annie Duke. Annie Duke discussed Discipline Is Destiny by Ryan Holiday and Nudge by Richard H. Thaler and others.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Quit
Quit: The Power of Knowing When to Walk Away by Annie Duke explores the psychology of decision-making and the hidden costs of stubbornly persevering with goals that no longer serve us.
Recommended“Her new book, Quit the Power of Knowing When to Walk Away, just came out.”
Where to get it
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Thinking in Bets
Thinking in Bets by Annie Duke is a popular nonfiction book that explores decision-making, probability, and how to evaluate choices objectively despite uncertain outcomes.
Recommended“I've also loved and raved about her book, Thinking in Bets, which I carry here at The Painted Porch. If you haven't read, you should absolutely check that out.”
Where to get it
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How to Decide
How to Decide by Annie Duke is a practical guide offering simple tools for making better choices when faced with uncertainty.
Recommended“And her other book, How to Decide, it's also quite good. Recommending all of Annie's stuff if you haven't read any of it already.”
Where to get it
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Discipline Is Destiny
Discipline Is Destiny by Ryan Holiday is a compelling book that examines the power of self-control through historical examples and Stoic philosophy.
Discussed“because even when I, when I was reading the advanced copy of Discipline is Destiny, there were, you know, there were some typos I was finding in there and for sure.”
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Nudge
Nudge by Richard H.
Discussed“So Richard Thaler, author of Nudge, Nobel laureate, he's done some really cool work on, on what's called mental accounting.”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“Well, I talk about Joyce Carol Oates in Discipline is Destiny a little bit.”
“Discipline is Destiny, The Power of Self-Control.”