<p>Liv Boeree made the <em>wrong</em> decision in the grand finale of a TV poker game show and lost £100 000. But it didn’t put her off, and she went on to become one of the all-time most successful female players in the world. Not only did she win nearly $4 million, she also developed a decision-making philosophy that we can all use, however high the stakes. Plus, as the host of the <em>Win Win</em> podcast, her focus now is what happens when your choices are only made on the basis of beating the competition.</p><p> </p><p>You can find the Win Win podcast here<a href="http://www.winwinpodcast.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> www.winwinpodcast.com</a></p><p>_____________________________________________</p><br><p>Key points are:</p><ul><li>Our gut also needs statistics - if you haven’t got experience to base your intuition on, then you run the risk of making poor decisions.</li><li>Language matters - what does ‘a fair chance’ actually mean? And does it mean different things to different people? Liv unpacks the science.</li><li>Competition can be healthy - but it can also be destructive. Liv explains her current focus on trying to use competition for the greater good in her Win Win podcast.</li></ul><p>___________________________________</p><p><strong>Quotes:</strong></p><p>"People use their intuition as an excuse to be intellectually lazy."</p><p>"Poker is probably the closest to the messiness of life."</p><p>"True rationality is a dance of both Intuition and logic and steering your emotions and being the boss of them."</p><p>"The best players are the ones who do all the study, internalise all of these mathematical solutions, and also have incredible intuitions."</p><br><p>The Art of Deciding has been charting in the top 10, and featured in <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2024/oct/31/how-a-spooky-suburban-manor-became-a-genuine-house-of-horrors" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Guardian Podcast Newsletter</a>, <a href="https://podnews.net/update/its-a-continent" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Podnews</a>, <a href="https://list.co.uk/news/45942/something-for-the-weekend-griff-mo-gilligan-rose-matafeo-and-more" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The List</a>, and the <a href="https://podbiblemag.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Podbible</a> newsletter, among others </p><p><strong>_________________________________________ </strong></p><p><strong>References</strong></p><p>Liv Boree - <a href="https://www.livboeree.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.livboeree.com/</a></p><p>The Win Win podcast - <a href="http://www.winwinpodcast.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> www.winwinpodcast.com</a></p><p>Bruce Whitfield - <a href="http://brucewhitfield.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">http://brucewhitfield.com/</a></p><p>Bruce Whitfield is an award winning journalist, best-selling author and popular speaker who has spent over two decades hosting a nightly business radio show, questioning influential people about the decisions they made. </p><p>The insights he gleaned over the years, combined with his relentless curiosity and ability to translate complex concepts into digestible and usable information led him to develop <em>The Art of Deciding</em> podcast. Each episode is a conversation with someone whose decision making process has driven their success, and draws on lessons that we can all use to make better decisions in our own lives.</p><br><p><em>The Art of Deciding</em> is produced by Podcart -<a href="https://www.podcart.co.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> https://www.podcart.co.uk/</a></p><p>Series Producer: Jayne Morgan</p><br><p><br></p><p><br></p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
