Not interested in gambling or poker? Join the club. And if that club were to have elected a president, it could very well have been Maria Konnikova, author of bestsellers like The Confidence Game and Mastermind. But in an effort to discover where skill ends and chance begins, Maria began investigating game theory and found poker to be an excellent tool for seeking that very thing. On this episode, Maria brings us on the journey that resulted in her new book, The Biggest Bluff: How I Learned to Pay Attention, Master Myself, and Win, and shares how she became an international poker champion with over $300,000 in tournament earnings on the way there. Listen, learn, and enjoy! ✍️ Full show notes and worksheets for this episode: https://jordanharbinger.com/371 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… 📖 The Biggest Bluff: How I Learned to Pay Attention, Master Myself, and Win now available here: https://geni.us/IxNROxh Never miss a single incredible insight! Subscribe to The Jordan Harbinger Show here: http://www.youtube.com/THEJORDANHARBINGERSHOW?sub_confirmation=1 Welcome to The Jordan Harbinger Show, a video podcast where each week you get to join a conversation with some of the world’s highest performers and incredible personalities. I’ll ask them the tough questions to tease out their top tips so that you can reach levels of personal growth and mastery that you never imagined possible. Subscribe to the podcast: http://jordanharbinger.com/subscribe Learn more about Jordan: http://jordanharbinger.com/about