{"id":5142,"date":"2021-05-20T07:21:34","date_gmt":"2021-05-20T14:21:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/markccrowley.com\/?p=5142"},"modified":"2021-08-09T13:43:33","modified_gmt":"2021-08-09T20:43:33","slug":"maria-konnikova-poker-as-a-guide-to-life-luck-decision-making","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging-wmplo.xyz\/mark-c-divi5\/maria-konnikova-poker-as-a-guide-to-life-luck-decision-making\/","title":{"rendered":"Maria Konnikova:\u00a0Poker As A Guide To Life, Luck\u00a0&#038; Decision Making"},"content":{"rendered":"<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.blubrry.com\/?media_url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.blubrry.com%2Fleadfromtheheartpodcast%2Fcontent.blubrry.com%2Fleadfromtheheartpodcast%2FLFTH-Episode_69.mp3&amp;podcast_link=https%3A%2F%2Fstaging-wmplo.xyz%2Fmark-c-divi5%2Fmaria-konnikova-poker-as-a-guide-to-life-luck-decision-making%2F#mode-Light&border-000000&progress-000000\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"165\" frameborder=\"0\" id=\"blubrryplayer-1\" class=\"blubrryplayer\" title=\"Blubrry Podcast Player\"><\/iframe><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/leadfromtheheartpodcast\/content.blubrry.com\/leadfromtheheartpodcast\/LFTH-Episode_69.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/staging-wmplo.xyz\/mark-c-divi5\/?powerpress_pinw=5142-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/leadfromtheheartpodcast\/content.blubrry.com\/leadfromtheheartpodcast\/LFTH-Episode_69.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"LFTH-Episode_69.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/staging-wmplo.xyz\/mark-c-divi5\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Maria_Konnikova-1000.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5143 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/staging-wmplo.xyz\/mark-c-divi5\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Maria_Konnikova-1000-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>All of us are seeking greater self-knowledge, &amp; Maria Konnikova found it through poker \u2013 literally by challenging herself to become a champion of the game despite never having played it before. And she succeeded. <strong>In less than two years, she mastered the fiercely competitive game of Texas Hold\u2019em poker, became an international poker champion &amp; won over $300,000 in tournament earnings.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>And as a skilled writer for the <strong><em>New Yorker Magazine<\/em>,<\/strong> she chronicled her experience in her <strong><em>New York Times<\/em> bestseller, <em>The Biggest Bluff: How I Learned to Pay Attention, Master Myself, and Win.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>But this was no fluke. Konnikova is a Harvard graduate &amp; earned a PhD in psychology at Columbia University. From that starting point she approached Erik Seidel, Poker Hall of Fame inductee &amp; winner of tens of millions of dollars in earnings, &amp; persuaded him to be her mentor.<\/p>\n<p>And under Seidel\u2019s tutelage, she learned to better read, not just her opponents but, far more importantly, herself. She discovered how to identify what tilted her into an emotional state that got in the way of her making good decisions, &amp; how to get to a place where she could accept luck for what it was, &amp; what it wasn&#8217;t.<a href=\"https:\/\/staging-wmplo.xyz\/mark-c-divi5\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/41MvPxnOKwL._SX327_BO1204203200_-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5155 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/staging-wmplo.xyz\/mark-c-divi5\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/41MvPxnOKwL._SX327_BO1204203200_-2-198x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging-wmplo.xyz\/mark-c-divi5\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/41MvPxnOKwL._SX327_BO1204203200_-2-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/staging-wmplo.xyz\/mark-c-divi5\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/41MvPxnOKwL._SX327_BO1204203200_-2.jpg 329w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In lessons we can use ourselves \u2013 in life &amp; in leadership \u2013 poker taught Konnikova greater emotional &amp; physical regulation, tolerance for risk &amp; uncertainty, more intelligent decision-making, a grasp of the intertwined roles of chance &amp; skill, &amp; sheer confidence. 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