Ep.169 ~ Poker Champion and Productivity Expert ~ Chris Sparks

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“I went from being a very good solid player to being ranked ‘top 20’ in the world.” Chris Sparks

On this episode, we are joined by one of the world’s former top-20 poker champions and productivity expert Chris Sparks. Chris is a master at analyzing situations and using strategy to pull the odds in his favor. This is how he did so well as a professional poker player and now he uses these methods as an entrepreneur.

Today, Chris and I dive into his story as a poker champion, how he maintains discipline in business and poker, how Chris uses careful analyzation, methodology and strategy to stay on top of his game and how neuroscience plays a role in this. It is an exciting episode and one you won’t want to miss.

“The most skilled players, aren’t the best poker players.” Chris Sparks

03:04: The Beginning of Chris’ Poker Career

05:55: Chris Building Side Businesses from his Poker Career

13:31: Chris On Caching his Intuition

27:31: Chris on Improv Comedy

28:51: Chris and Chris on Brazilian Jiu Jitsu

31:25: Chris on Card Counting

35:15: Chris on Maintaining the Discipline to be the World’s Top Poker Player

38:16: Chris’ Book Recommendations

43:30: Chris on Neuroscience

49:18: What Chris Wants Written on his Tombstone

“Our whole experience of reality is just a product of electrical impulses firing in the brain.” Chris Sparks