#112: Maria Konnikova - Professional Poker Player On Weaponising Self-Belief

08/14/20 • 64 min

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What an episode we have for you. Today on the show, we are joined by Maria Konnikova. Maria graduated from Harvard, holds a PHD in psychology, is a journalist for The New Yorker, an International Poker Champion and if all this isn’t enough for you, she’s also a 3x best-selling author of the confidence game, How to think like Sherlock Holmes and her latest book ‘’The biggest bluff.’’ Today we are discussing Maria’s latest book - The biggest bluff ‘How I learned to pay attention, master myself and win’ which details Maria’s journey from being a complete poker novice to recruiting Eric Seidel as a mentor and becoming an international Poker champion and winning $300,000 dollars in tournament winnings. All of this is not bad from someone that when she started didn’t even know how many cards were in a deck In this episode we discuss so god damn much including the role that luck plays in our life, how to make better decisions using probabilistic thinking, becoming more confident, finding the right mentor and so much more. This is a barn-stormer into strategic thinking, mental models and making better decisions. If you get value from our work please like, subscribe and leave us a 5* iTunes rating as this really helps us grow! Links: Instagram.com/freedompact Youtube.com/Freedompact (Video Interviews) freedompact.co.uk/newsletter (Healthy, Wealthy & Wise) https://www.mariakonnikova.com twitter.com/mkonnikova

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Ever wanted to become better at reading & actually retaining the information you read? In this episode of Freedom Pact, I sit down with Nick from BookThinkers to talk about how we can all optimise our reading and develop it as a habit. Let us know your favourite book of all time! DM us on Instagram with your book recommendation and we will share it! Check out BookThinkers at BookThinkers.com And check out our website at FreedomPact.co.uk Instagram: @BookThinkers & @FreedomPact Healthy, Wealthy & Wise Newsletter: freedompact.co.uk/newsletter Thank you for listening, and enjoy the show!

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#113: Ben Aldridge - How To Build A Strong & Resilient Mindset

Ben Aldridge offers a selection of strange and wonderful challenges designed to take you out of your comfort zone and into the unknown. Ben shows you that learning new skills, mental and physical, will help you to cultivate a stronger, healthier, more resilient mindset to face your everyday challenges. Drawing on the theoretical roots of the Stoics, Buddhism, popular psychology and CBT, Ben has created a unique programme that anyone can follow. Join Ben on his journey from anxious mess to back in control. Thanks to having undertaken these challenges himself, Ben now has an unusual selection of hobbies, a host of interesting new skills, some fantastic dinner party stories and plenty of wonderful experiences... and most importantly he now feels calmer, healthier, happier and more at peace. Split into three types of activity – mental, physical and skilful – the challenges range from climbing a mountain to sleeping on a beach in a bivvy bag in a storm to having a conversation in Japanese. Follow Ben in learning how to pick a lock, how to solve a Rubik’s Cube in under a minute and how to memorize the order of a deck of cards after seeing it only once (the ultimate party trick). Along the way, he’s eaten some repulsive insects, whilst also creating a new morning routine that freed up the time to write this book. Links: Instagram.com/freedompact Youtube.com/Freedompact (Video Interviews) freedompact.co.uk/newsletter (Healthy, Wealthy & Wise) Website: www.benaldridge.com Instagram: @dothingsthatchallengeyou Twitter: @iambenaldridge