World Poker Champion On The Science Of Decision Making - Chris Sparks

<p>Chris Sparks is a retired professional poker player, recently ranked in the top 20 online cash game players in the world. He’s also the Founder of Forcing Function where he teaches elite poker frameworks to a select group of twelve investors and executives in meaningful companies, and the author of Experiment Without Limits, a comprehensive workbook for achieving peak performance and leads workshops on decision-making, systems thinking, and performance architecture to organisations and investment teams. In the conversation we talk about what we can learn from the world of poker around high performance and how systems thinking and decision making is crucial for success. Enjoy!</p><p>(00:00) Intro <br>(02:17) Being a professional poker player<br>(06:00) The 'Red Queen' Effect<br>(08:18) The psychological advantage and self-deception<br>(13:04) Online vs real life poker<br>(20:16) Relativistic skills<br>(25:24) Having a mindset of abundance <br>(32:27) Applying lessons from poker to your life<br>(50:15) Understanding other peoples' problems better than our own<br>(54:21) Experiment Without Limits <br>(01:02:14) The power of objectivity <br>(01:18:25) Perfectionistic tendencies<br>(01:25:00) Deciding your priorities <br>(01:28:22) Being a performance coach <br>(01:42:31) Realising everything is a choice <br>(01:47:40) The status quo bias and forcing functions<br>(01:58:27) Chris' Free Performance Assessment </p><p><br>🔗 CONNECT WITH CHRIS  </p><p><a href="https://www.forcingfunction.com/assessment">💻 Website </a><br><a href="http://www.forcingfunctionhour.com">🎙Forcing Function Hour Podcast </a><br><a href="https://twitter.com/sparksremarks?lang=en">🐦 Twitter </a><br><a href="https://www.instagram.com/sparksremarks/">📸 Instagram</a></p><p>🔗 CONNECT WITH ALI</p><p><a href="https://aliabdaal.com/newsletter/?utm_source=youtube&amp;utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_campaign=dd_sunday_snippets">💌  Sign up to my weekly email newsletter</a><br><a href="https://youtube.com/aliabdaal">🎥 YouTube Channel</a><br><a href="ht