How to Make Your Own Luck (Update)

Before she decided to become a poker pro, Maria Konnikova didn’t know how many cards are in a deck. But she did have a Ph.D. in psychology, a brilliant coach, and a burning desire to know whether life is driven more by skill or chance. She found some answers in poker — and she’s willing to tell us everything she learned. SOURCES: Maria Konnikova , author of The Biggest Bluff. RESOURCES: “ Gender Differences in Performance Predictions: Evidence from the Cognitive Reflection Test ,” by Patrick Ring, Levent Neyse, Tamas David-Barett, and Ulrich Schmidt ( Frontiers in Psychology, 2016). “ The headwinds/tailwinds Asymmetry: An Availability Bias in Assessments of Barriers and Blessings ,” by Shai Davidai and Thomas Gilovich ( Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 2016). “ The Two Settings of Kind and Wicked Learning Environments ,” by Robin M. Hogarth, Tomás Lejarraga, and Emre Soyer ( Current Directions in Psychological Science, 2015). " The Limits of Self-Control: Self-Control, Illusory Control, and Risky Financial Decision Making ,” by Maria Konnikova ( Columbia University, 2013). “ Generalized expectancies for internal versus external control of reinforcement ” by J.B. Rotter…