Maria Konnikova (@mkonnikova) is a regular contributing writer for The New Yorker, a bestselling author, and an international poker champion -- a title she earned while researching her latest book, The Biggest Bluff: How I Learned to Pay Attention, Master Myself, and Win. What We Discuss with Maria Konnikova: How Maria went from being someone who had no interest in poker to raking in big bucks as an international poker champion. How people make decisions and what poker can tell us about reading human motivation. How to spot real physical tells at the poker table (and real life). How we can control and prevent emotional thinking (aka "going on tilt"). Why, in poker as in life, triumph is your foe, and disaster is where you learn. And much more... Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/371 Sign up for Six-Minute Networking -- our free networking and relationship development mini course -- at jordanharbinger.com/course! Like this show? Please leave us a review here -- even one sentence helps! Consider including your Twitter handle so we can thank you personally!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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