Money Matters Episode 274 - The Biggest Bluff w/ Maria Konnikova
Release Date: 08/19/2020
Money Matters Episode 281 – The Waste-Free World W/ Ron Gonen
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We were joined today by author, Ron Gonen to discuss his book, The Waste-Free World- How the Circular Economy Will Take Less, Make More and Save the Planet
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Money Matters Episode 280 – The Art of Being Indispensable at Work W/ Bruce Tulgan
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We were joined today by author, Bruce Tulgan to discuss his book The Art of Being Indispensable at Work: Win Influence, Beat Overcommitment, and Get the Right Things Done
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Money Matters Episode 279 – The Price You Pay For College w/ Ron Lieber
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We were joined today by author, Ron Lieber to discuss his book The Price You Pay For College: An Entirely New Road Map for the Biggest Financial Decision Your Family Will Ever Make .
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Money Matters Episode 278 – The Business of We w/ Laura Kriska
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We were joined today by author, Laura Kriska to discuss her book The Business of We.
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Money Matters Episode 277 – American Kompromat w/ Craig Unger
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We were joined today by bestselling author, Craig Unger to discuss his newest book American Kompromat. I first interviewed Craig back in 2018 after House of Trump, House of Putin was published. We picked up that conversation again on the eve of Trump's 2nd impeachment. We even discussed Qanon and Jeffrey Epstein.... Give it a Listen!
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Money Matters Episode 276 – Educating Online During COVID-19 Part 2 w/ Jackie Aguilera
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The coronavirus pandemic has forced many schools to abruptly educate from a distance. Today, we spoke with Jackie Aguilera, Project Manager Mayors office for Adult Literacy and former CEO of EastSide University, a longtime nationally recognized leader in mobile learning and digital innovation. In April, we visited with Jackie. This is a follow up to that show to see where Houston is at now that we have seen an uptick in Covid cases. How have educators adapted?
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Money Matters Episode 275 – Does College Really Prepare You for Work w/ Megan O'Connor
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College is one of the biggest investments that families make, and yet many students spend much of their time in college figuring out what they want to do. There’s very little time between high school and college to explore career interests. 30% of undergrads change their major at least once within three years of initial enrollment. 40% of bachelors’ degree holders would study a different major if they had to do it all over again.
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Money Matters Episode 274 - The Biggest Bluff w/ Maria Konnikova
The Houston Midtown Chapter of The Society for Financial Awareness Presents MONEY MATTERS with Christopher Hensley
It's true that Maria Konnikova had never actually played poker before and didn't even know the rules when she approached Erik Seidel, Poker Hall of Fame inductee and winner of tens of millions of dollars in earnings, and convinced him to be her mentor. But she knew her man: a famously thoughtful and broad-minded player, he was intrigued by her pitch that she wasn't interested in making money so much as learning about life.
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Money Matters Episode 273 -Financial Health and Optimism Even in an Economic Downturn W/ Michelle Gielan
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Lasting effects from the worst economic downturn in our lifetime are having a staggering effect on financial health. In fact, a recent survey from Frost Bank shows current financial health as a result of the pandemic is low, with two in five (40%) Americans citing their financial situation as fair or poor.
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Money Matters Episode 272 -The Economics of Wind Energy W/ Daryl Losaw and Samuel Gerbus
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According to the U.S. Department of Energy, the United States reached a wind power generating capacity of 82,000 megawatts in 2016. That year over 8,200 megawatts of wind capacity was installed, with the top states in terms of capacity being Texas, Iowa, Oklahoma, California, and Kansas. The first commercial offshore wind facility was completed as well, in Rhode Island, and 41 states had utility scale wind power available.
info_outlineIt's true that Maria Konnikova had never actually played poker before and didn't even know the rules when she approached Erik Seidel, Poker Hall of Fame inductee and winner of tens of millions of dollars in earnings, and convinced him to be her mentor. But she knew her man: a famously thoughtful and broad-minded player, he was intrigued by her pitch that she wasn't interested in making money so much as learning about life. She had faced a stretch of personal bad luck, and her reflections on the role of chance had led her to a giant of game theory, who pointed her to poker as the ultimate master class in learning to distinguish between what can be controlled and what can't. And she certainly brought something to the table, including a Ph.D. in psychology and an acclaimed and growing body of work on human behavior and how to hack it. So Seidel was in, and soon she was down the rabbit hole with him, into the wild, fiercely competitive, overwhelmingly masculine world of high-stakes Texas Hold'em, their initial end point the following year's World Series of Poker.
Maria Konnikova is a writer and student of human behavior, and ultimately the point was to render her incredible journey into a container for its invaluable lessons. The biggest bluff of all, she learned, is that skill is enough. Bad cards will come our way, but keeping our focus on how we play them and not on the outcome will keep us moving through many a dark patch, until the luck once again breaks our way.
To find out more about Maria Konnikova visit:
https://www.mariakonnikova.com/
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