Season 1 · Episode 82
Annie Duke: When To Quit, Monkeys vs Pedestals & The Dark Side of Goals
Creator Lab - interviews with entrepreneurs and startup founders
October 10, 20221h 50m
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Show Notes
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Timestamps:
- (00:00:00) - Intro
- (00:00:37) - Start Of Interview
- (00:01:30) - Annie Duke's Background In Poker
- (00:03:49) - Growing Up
- (00:06:11) - How Games Help Your Life
- (00:09:53) - What Makes A Great Poker Player
- (00:17:52) - Annie Duke's Role At First Round Capital
- (00:22:56) - Knowing When To Quit
- (00:38:39) - Müller-Lyer Illusion
- (00:49:51) - Sponsor: Linkedin Jobs
- (00:50:54) - Sponsor: Justworks
- (00:52:10) - Continuation Of Interview
- (00:58:17) - Challenges With How We Think
- (01:02:23) - Problem With Quitting
- (01:11:00) - Example: Stewart Butterfield, Founder of Slack
- (01:22:22) - Grit vs Quitting
- (01:28:56) - "Quitting On Time Feels Like It's Too Early"
- (01:30:11) - Monkeys vs. Pedestal Framework
- (01:39:42) - The Great Resignation
Links Mentioned:
Annie Duke's New Book, QUIT: https://amzn.to/3RQsTwH
Thinking In Bets: https://amzn.to/3eqOcHf
Thank you to our sponsors:
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