#761: General Stanley McChrystal and Liv Boeree

This episode is a two-for-one, and that’s because the podcast
recently hit its 10-year anniversary and passed one billion
downloads. To celebrate, I’ve curated some of the best of the
best—some of my favorites—from more than 700 episodes over the
last decade. I could not be more excited.


The episode features segments from episode #86 "General
Stan McChrystal on Eating One Meal Per Day, Special Ops, and
Mental Toughness" and #611 "Liv Boeree, Poker
and Life — Core Strategies, Turning $500 into $1.7M, Cage
Dancing, Game Theory, and Metaphysical Curiosities"


Please enjoy!


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Timestamps:


[00:00] Start


[05:57] Notes about this supercombo format.


[07:01] Enter General Stanley McChrystal.


[07:24] One meal a day.


[08:52] Daily exercise routines and their importance.


[14:04] The book most gifted.


[15:15] A major course correction at West Point.


[19:33] Vetting, selecting, and educating candidates for combat.


[21:41] "No-win" leadership roleplaying.


[25:21] Underrated military leaders.


[27:17] Audiobooks.


[29:13] What books make Stan's reading list?


[30:29] Hopeless dilemmas and managing self-talk in high-pressure
environments.


[37:09] Enter Liv Boeree.


[37:35] Youthful obsessions.


[42:04] How poker entered the picture.


[49:45] The qualities that made Liv excel at poker from the
start.


[55:55] Liv's advice to a newcomer wanting to learn poker.


[1:04:54] What Liv's eight-week poker education curriculum might
look like.


[1:11:31] Failure points that might discourage someone during
this curriculum.


[1:13:35] Red mist, white noise, and fast math.


[1:19:37] Volcano-induced tournament participation and
self-regulation.


[1:28:27] A skeptic's experiences with the unexplainable.


[1:44:19] How does Liv rationally coexist with these experiences?


[1:48:09] How to become a better skeptic.


[1:54:18] Inadequate Equilibria and Moloch.


[1:59:14] Parting thoughts.


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