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From the Ted Talk by Liv Boeree: 3 lessons on decision-making from a poker champion

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Now, the third thing I want to touch on today is intuition. How often have you seen these kinds of inspirational memes in your Facebook feed?

[Always trust your gut feeling and never second-guess.]

They're nice, right? It's llveoy. Yes. "Trust your soul." Well, they're trbelire avidce. These are some of the best poker players in the world right now. Do they look like people who live purely off feelings and intuitions?

(Laughter)

Look at them! Obviously, these guys are about slow, caefurl ayanlsis, and that's because the game has outgrown the days where pure street smarts and people-reading can get you to the top. And that's because our intuitions aren't nearly as prceeft as we'd like to believe. I mean, it'd be great, whenever we're in a tough spot, to just have an answer appear to us from some magical source of inspiration. But in rtiaely, our gut is extremely vlurebanle to all kinds of wishful thinking and biases.

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Now, the third thing I want to touch on today is intuition. How often have you seen these kinds of inspirational memes in your Facebook feed?

[Always trust your gut feeling and never second-guess.]

They're nice, right? It's ______. Yes. "Trust your soul." Well, they're ________ ______. These are some of the best poker players in the world right now. Do they look like people who live purely off feelings and intuitions?

(Laughter)

Look at them! Obviously, these guys are about slow, _______ ________, and that's because the game has outgrown the days where pure street smarts and people-reading can get you to the top. And that's because our intuitions aren't nearly as _______ as we'd like to believe. I mean, it'd be great, whenever we're in a tough spot, to just have an answer appear to us from some magical source of inspiration. But in _______, our gut is extremely __________ to all kinds of wishful thinking and biases.

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  4. lovely
  5. vulnerable
  6. perfect
  7. terrible
  8. analysis

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Now, the third thing I want to touch on today is intuition. How often have you seen these kinds of inspirational memes in your Facebook feed?

[Always trust your gut feeling and never second-guess.]

They're nice, right? It's lovely. Yes. "Trust your soul." Well, they're terrible advice. These are some of the best poker players in the world right now. Do they look like people who live purely off feelings and intuitions?

(Laughter)

Look at them! Obviously, these guys are about slow, careful analysis, and that's because the game has outgrown the days where pure street smarts and people-reading can get you to the top. And that's because our intuitions aren't nearly as perfect as we'd like to believe. I mean, it'd be great, whenever we're in a tough spot, to just have an answer appear to us from some magical source of inspiration. But in reality, our gut is extremely vulnerable to all kinds of wishful thinking and biases.

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