Annie Duke is a bestselling author, corporate speaker, and consultant in the decision-making space. Her books Thinking in Bets: Making Smarter Decisions When You Don't Have All the Facts and Quit: The Power of Knowing When to Walk Away are both national bestsellers. As a former professional poker player, Annie won more than $4 million in tournament poker before retiring from the game in 2012. Prior to becoming a professional player, Annie was awarded a National Science Foundation Fellowship to study Cognitive Psychology at the University of Pennsylvania, completing her PhD in 2023. She is the co-founder of The Alliance for Decision Education, a non-profit whose mission to improve lives by empowering students through decision skills education.
"A big favorite among investors these days." –The New York
Times
"A compact guide to probabilistic domains like poker, or
venture capital... Recommend for people operating in the real
world." –Marc Andreessen
“Outstanding.” –Jason Zweig, The Wall Street Journal
"Duke’s discussion is full of wisdom and also of fun, warmth, humor
and humanity. Her sharp, data-driven analysis comes with a large
lesson, which is that losers should be willing to forgive
themselves: Sometimes the right play just doesn’t work." –Cass
Sunstein, co-author of Nudge
"An elegant fusion of poker-table street-smarts and cognitive
science insights. This book will make you both a shrewder and wiser
player in the game of life." –Philip E. Tetlock, author of
Superforecasting
"Thinking in Bets offers a compelling, and eminently useful, new
way to think about life's decisions. Annie Duke has written an
important, and often hilarious, book that will help you understand
your own shortcomings--and make smarter choices as a result. You
can bet on it." –Maria Konnikova, author of The Confidence
Game and Mastermind
"The insights Duke offers in this book are incredibly helpful when
we contemplate decisions in the face of multiple possible outcomes,
and that renders her book enormously applicable to the world of
investing." –Howard Marks, co-chairman, Oaktree Capital Management
and author of The Most Important Thing
"Through wonderful storytelling and sly wit, Annie Duke has crafted
the ultimate guide to thinking about risk. We can all learn how to
make better decisions by learning from someone who made choices for
a living, with millions on the line." –Charles Duhigg, author of
The Power of Habit and Smarter Faster Better
"Brilliant. Buy ten copies and give one to everyone you work with.
It's that good." –Seth Godin, author of The Icarus Deception
"A mind-bending and indispensable book for entrepreneurs, leaders,
and anyone who faces risk on a regular basis." –Olivia Fox Cabane,
author of The Net and the Butterfly
“A highly-readable balance between memorable, real-world analogies
and hardcore behavioral science studies... The book is packed with
insights.” –John Greathouse, Forbes
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