The Biggest Bluff: How I Learned to Pay Attention, Master Myself, and Win

by Maria Konnikova

Here was the cruel truth: we humans too often think ourselves in firm control when we are really playing by the rules of chance.

This book isn’t about how to play poker. It’s about how to play the world.

When it comes to learning, Triumph is the real foe; it’s Disaster that’s your teacher.

The more you learn, the harder it gets. The better you get, the worse you are—because the flaws that you wouldn’t even think of looking at before are now visible and need to be addressed. If you want to grow, if you want to progress, you need to always dig deeper.