Thinking in Bets + The Value of a Pension
We started the show with Tom from Oakland, CA who is considering a job offer, one that would mean giving up his pension at his current job. Is it worth it? Or should he stay put and reap the rewards of that defined benefit come retirement time?
Next up was Matthew in Los Angeles who started saving a little late in the game. But fear not, it's never too late to start preparing for retirement! And by the way, for someone who started "late," Matthew is in pretty darn good shape.
We finished up hour one with the great email purge of 2018 :)
Daily life requires numerous decisions. Some easy, some difficult. And some that have to be made without knowing a lot of pertinent information. And what we think is the best decision in the moment, doesn’t necessarily yield the best outcome.
No one knows this better than our guest this week, Annie Duke. As a former professional poker player and world champion, Annie made a living based on high pressure decision making and shares the story in her new book, Thinking in Bets: Making Smarter Decisions When You Don't Have All the Facts.
There’s always an element of luck that you can’t control, and there is always information that is hidden from view. So perhaps the key to long-term success (and avoiding worrying yourself to death) is to think in bets:
- How sure am I?
- What are the possible ways things could turn out?
- What decision has the highest odds of success?
- Did I land in the unlucky 10% on the strategy that works 90% of the time?
- Or is my success attributable to dumb luck rather than great decision making?
For most people, it’s difficult to say “I’m not sure” in a world that values and, even, rewards the appearance of certainty.
By shifting your thinking from a need for certainty to a goal of accurately assessing what you know and what you don’t, you’ll be less vulnerable to reactive emotions, knee-jerk biases, and destructive habits in your decision making.
You’ll become more confident, calm, compassionate and successful in the long run.
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