title: Thinking in Bets: Making Smarter Decisions When You Don't Have All the Facts
author:  Annie Duke 
description: "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 <i>Superforecasting</i><br /><br />"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 <i>The Confidence Game</i> and <i>Mastermind</i><br /><br />"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 <i>The Most Important Thing</i><br /><br />"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 <i>The Power of Habit </i>and <i>Smarter Faster Better</i><br /><br />"Brilliant. Buy ten copies and give one to everyone you work with. It's that good." --Seth Godin, author of The<i> Icarus Deception</i><br /><br />"A mind-bending and indispensable book for entrepreneurs, leaders, and anyone who faces risk on a regular basis." -Olivia Fox Cabane, author of <i>The Net and the Butterfly<br /><br /></i>A highly-readable balance between memorable, real-world analogies and hardcore behavioral science studies... The book is packed with insights. - John Greathouse,<i> Forbes<br /></i>
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  Names: Duke, Annie, 1965- author.
  
  
  Title: Thinking in bets : making smarter decisions when you don’t have all the
  facts / Annie Duke.
  
  
  Description: New York : Portfolio, 2018. | Include