514: How to Make More Winning Decisions with Alec Torelli

Professional poker player Alec Torelli shares his tips for making wise decisions during high-stakes situations.

— YOU'LL LEARN — 

1) How to keep emotions from overtaking logic. 

2) When to go with your gut. 

3) How to better read people and situations. 

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— ABOUT ALEC— 

Alec Torelli is a professional high stakes poker player turned digital entrepreneur and keynote speaker, who shares how the lessons he learned from poker can be applied to life and business.

Alec is the founder of Conscious Poker, a popular poker training platform, and after spending the last 14 years making decisions for hundreds of thousands of dollars in a single hand, he now gives talks in which he dissects the anatomy of decision making to help others hone the way they make choices.

• Alec’s blog: AlecTorelli.com

• Alec’s Instagram: @alectorelli

• Alec’s Twitter: @AlecTorelli

• Alec’s website: ConsciousPoker.com

• Alec’s YouTube: Conscious Poker

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