Thinking in Bets Changed My Decision Making
By KaiRenner85
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Separating the Quality of a Decision From Its Outcome
Annie Duke spent years as a professional poker player and used that experience to build a framework for thinking more clearly under uncertainty. The book's central argument changed me: a bad outcome does not mean a bad decision, and a good outcome does not mean a good one. That sounds obvious on paper. It is genuinely difficult to actually believe when something has gone wrong.
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Tracking my decisions by quality of process not outcome
Updated Apr 2026
"A great decision is the product of a good process, not a good outcome.
"Annie Duke
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Before my next big decision write down my confidence percentage explicitly
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