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Are You Playing to Play, or Playing to Win?
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“You become a big winner when you lose,” Dan says. “Everyone plays well when they’re winning. But can you control yourself and play well when you’re losing? And not by being too conservative, but trying to still be objective as to what your chances are in the hand. If you can do that, then you’ve conquered the game.”
Maria Konnikova • The Biggest Bluff: How I Learned to Pay Attention, Master Myself, and Win
Assume you will be successful at whatever game you play. Are you playing a game worth winning?
Shaun Wang • The Meta-Creator Ceiling
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I try to think of a time in the last week when I showed down a bluff with pride, confidently flipping over my cards when someone called my final bet even though I knew I held nothing, and I come up short. “Good players are going to realize if the min cash is important to you,” Erik says. “And they’re going to take advantage of that. They’ll really
... See moreMaria Konnikova • The Biggest Bluff: How I Learned to Pay Attention, Master Myself, and Win
When you’re playing Bobby Fischer—and you want to win—don’t play chess. Make sure whatever game you’re playing—be it network delivery of media vs. stand-alone PC, whatever you’re in—that you’re not playing a game someone else has mastered when you have an option to play another game. —Rob Glaser, Founder of RealNetworks, May 20011
David S. Evans • Invisible Engines: How Software Platforms Drive Innovation and Transform Industries
C. THI NGUYEN: So the essential insight that I got from Suits is that in so many games, the target isn’t the point. The point is this rich experience along the way. And I think a lot of the mistakes we make with games is we get into these things and we forget about these larger purposes. The fact that they can be fun. The fact that they can be beau... See more
C. Thi Nguyen • Are We Measuring Our Lives in All the Wrong Ways?
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