Episode · Modern Wisdom · 2020-10-17
Books mentioned on How To Make Better Decisions - Annie Duke - #233
Annie Duke is a professional poker player and an author. The quality of our life depends upon the quality of our decisions.
Chris Williamson recommended The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel and How to Decide by Annie Duke, and discussed Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman and Atomic Habits by James Clear.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Psychology of Money
The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel is a popular finance and self-help book that explores how behavior and emotions drive financial decisions rather than purely mathematical formulas.
Recommended“everybody should get his book the psychology of the money of money get it i uh i said that that was one of the first comments i made about the book”
Where to get it
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Thinking, Fast and Slow
Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman is a celebrated book exploring cognitive biases, loss aversion, and the dual systems that drive human decision-making.
Discussed“so let's think about the system one versus system two thinking or the fast and slow from daniel kahneman the explore versus exploit that james clear talks about in atomic habits”
Where to get it
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Atomic Habits
Atomic Habits by James Clear is a well-known self-improvement guide focused on habit formation, continuous improvement, and practical strategy.
Discussed“the explore versus exploit that james clear talks about in atomic habits when you're doing habit setting”
Where to get it
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How to Decide
How to Decide by Annie Duke is a practical guide that offers simple tools and mental frameworks to help readers make better choices by separating decision quality from outcome quality.
Recommended“how to decide simple tools for making better choices will be linked in the show notes below”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (4) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“what did i say it was um robert kiyosaki with a better a better looking author um the handsome the handsome rich dad poor dad”
“How to decide simple tools for making better choices will be linked in the show notes below”
“actually i would say that uh how to decide i wrote how to decide because of people who wrote to me um and were asking me about thinking in bets”
“i wrote how to decide because of people who wrote to me um and were asking me about thinking in bets and through those conversations with them i realized that um people who read thinking in bats were kind of like they were craving something more practical”