TGL038: How to Make Better Decisions with Annie Duke (Personal Development)

This podcast episode interviews Annie Duke, a professional poker player and author, about her new book, "How to Decide." The conversation centers on improving decision-making skills, emphasizing that life outcomes depend on both luck and decision quality, with only the latter being controllable. Duke introduces the "Decision Multiverse" framework to analyze past decisions and the importance of considering multiple potential outcomes with assigned probabilities, rather than focusing solely on the actual result. She also stresses the need for precise language when discussing probabilities to avoid miscommunication and highlights the value of incorporating both "inside" and "outside" perspectives to improve decision-making accuracy. Listeners gain practical tools and insights to enhance their decision-making process by using a decision matrix and considering the probabilities of various outcomes.