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From the Ted Talk by Liv Boeree: 3 lessons on decision-making from a poker champion
Unscramble the Blue Letters
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Now the first of these things is about luck. Now, like _____, life is also a game of skill and luck, and when it comes to the _______ things we care about — health, wealth and relationships — these outcomes don't only depend on the quality of our decision-making, but also the roll of life's dice. For example, we can be perfectly health-conscious and still get unlucky with something like ______. Or we can smoke 20 a day and live to a ripe old age, and this kind of _________ can make it hard for us to know how good our strategies are, sometimes, especially when we're experiencing a lot of _______.
Solution
- ambiguity
- poker
- cancer
- biggest
- success
Original Text
Now the first of these things is about luck. Now, like poker, life is also a game of skill and luck, and when it comes to the biggest things we care about — health, wealth and relationships — these outcomes don't only depend on the quality of our decision-making, but also the roll of life's dice. For example, we can be perfectly health-conscious and still get unlucky with something like cancer. Or we can smoke 20 a day and live to a ripe old age, and this kind of ambiguity can make it hard for us to know how good our strategies are, sometimes, especially when we're experiencing a lot of success.
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