Episode · No Stupid Questions · 2023-05-14
Books mentioned on 146. How Do You Avoid Freezing Under Pressure?
Should you visualize success or failure? How do you bounce back from a mistake?
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Theory of Games and Economic Behavior
Theory of Games and Economic Behavior by John von Neumann and Oskar Morgenstern is the foundational mathematical text establishing modern game theory and its application to economic decision-making.
Discussed“and it wasn't my idea so I was actually reading the theory of games and economic behavior by Jon Von Neumann Oscar Morgenstern”
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Choke
Choke by Sian Beilock is a psychological exploration examining why people frequently underperform during critical, high-pressure moments and how the human brain reacts when stakes are at their highest.
Discussed“there's a research study by Siam bilock who's a scientist as well known as any scientist who's studied choking and wrote a book called choke on the science of high pressure performance in the intervention that she did with a group of colleagues”
