I don't think anyone could have predicted that I would have gone in less than a year from not knowing how many… — Maria Konnikova Copy Share Image
I've been studying, playing, living, breathing poker for eight to nine hours a day. Every day! When I'm between events and in… — Maria Konnikova Copy Share Image
I thought poker might be a perfect environment to start to learn probabilistic decision-making, and to live what it means to have… — Maria Konnikova Copy Share Image
Erik Seidel ended up introducing me to some of the best players in the world, a few of whom also agreed to… — Maria Konnikova Copy Share Image
Before I found out what poker really was I had this picture in my mind of men smoking cigars and having all… — Maria Konnikova Copy Share Image
Poker isn't the roulette wheel of pure chance, nor is it the chess of mathematical elegance and perfect information. Apart from the… — Maria Konnikova Copy Share Image
I'm capable of just putting my butt in a chair and spending nine hours a day studying poker. I took it as… — Maria Konnikova Copy Share Image
I've figured out how to turn what's different about me and limitations - I'm new to this world, I'm a woman, I… — Maria Konnikova Copy Share Image
I find the game fascinating and poker has unlocked parts of me emotionally. I'm enjoying the process but there are moments when… — Maria Konnikova Copy Share Image
The cognitive skills that underpin resilience, then, seem like they can indeed be learned over time, creating resilience where there was none. — Maria Konnikova Copy Share
If you are lucky enough to never experience any sort of adversity, we won't know how resilient you are. It's only when you're faced… — Maria Konnikova Copy Share
We don't appreciate luck in life when things are going well. No matter how smart I am and how I prepare, there are things… — Maria Konnikova Copy Share
I'm capable of just putting my butt in a chair and spending nine hours a day studying poker. I took it as a full… — Maria Konnikova Copy Share
Creativity requires novelty. Imagination is all about counterfactuals and untested possibilities that don't yet exist. — Maria Konnikova Copy Share
One of the things that women really excel at is reading and reacting to subtle cues. We've always had to do that because men… — Maria Konnikova Copy Share
To a child, 'The Little Prince' is the story of a boy who falls from the sky, meets lots of funny people on his… — Maria Konnikova Copy Share
It's strange, when you think about it, that we spend close to a third of our lives asleep. Why do we do it? While… — Maria Konnikova Copy Share
Fraternities breed leaders. That, at least, is what most any chapter website will tell you, in not so many words - and the message… — Maria Konnikova Copy Share
Las vegas shouldn't exist. The incongruity hits you from the moment you first glimpse it from the airplane. First mountains, then desert, then neat… — Maria Konnikova Copy Share
“a failure to use all senses equals a scene not seen to its full potential, attention that has not been allocated properly, and subconscious… — Maria Konnikova Copy Share
It's not at all a far jump to think that overall perceptions of gender - and what is and is not important in gender… — Maria Konnikova Copy Share
“We are terrible at seeking evidence that challenges our own beliefs, but other people do us this favor, just as we are good at… — Maria Konnikova Copy Share
All too often, when it comes to our own minds, we are surprisingly mindless. We sail on, blithely unaware of how much we are… — Maria Konnikova Copy Share
