Episode 354: How To Decide with Annie Duke

I’m joined by decision-making expert Annie Duke to unpack what you can do to achieve your long-term goals.

Annie Duke is an American former professional poker player and author in behavioral decision science and decision education. She holds a World Series of Poker gold bracelet from 2004 and used to be the leading money winner among women in WSOP history. Annie is also the co-founder of The Alliance for Decision Education, a non-profit whose mission is to improve lives by empowering students through decision skills education.

Join the conversation as dive into her latest book How to Decide: Simple Tools for Making Better Choices. We also discuss ‘resulting’, reflecting on your own biases, information warfare– and the most beautiful play in super bowl history.

Talking Points

  • Her experience of writing a How-To book
  • The fundamentals of ‘resulting’
  • Learning from real-life examples, chunking and mental models
  • Availability bias and process influencing
  • What happens when you hear things for third time

“Get on the right time horizon.”

Annie Duke


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