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Daniel Negreanu A Heros Journey S01E13
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Today's hero is Daniel Negreanu: A member of the Poker Hall of Fame, with over $42 million in live tournament cashes, 6 WSOP bracelets, 2 WPT Main Event titles, and the only player to have won the WSOP Player of the Year twice. He's also one of the rare few poker players whose popularity transcends the game, as recognized by the success of his instalment of the popular and respected MasterClass series. • Subscribe to our RSS feed or find us on Apple, Spotify, and other podcast platforms: • https://herosjourney.transistor.fm/su... • Timestamps: • 0:00:58 • How is Daniel handling COVID-19 lockdown? • 0:02:28 • He developed an interest in video games, sports, gambling, and numbers from a young age. • 0:03:18 • How would he have handled lockdown as a kid? • 0:04:06 • Thoughts on the nature of boredom and the benefits of routine. • 0:06:29 • How does his personal routine affect his marriage to Amanda Leatherman? Thoughts on how quarantine has strengthened their relationship. • 0:07:46 • What has he learned about himself during lockdown? • 0:10:49 • What are some of the things going on in the world that affect Daniel on an emotional level? Thoughts on poverty, Andrew Yang, Universal Basic Income, etc. • 0:13:50 • Thoughts on reopening the economy vs staying on lockdown until there’s a vaccine. • 0:15:34 • Growing up in Canada to poor immigrant parents, and how that helped develop a sense of empathy and generosity. • 0:17:48 • Did his parents teach him specific lessons on empathy and generosity, or did he simply learn by example? How the lessons learned in that childhood have translated into his adult life. • 0:21:23 • What are his thoughts on parenting? What lessons does he want to teach his children? • 0:24:17 • What was his most troubling experience as a teenager? Early lessons on gambling and borrowing money. • 0:27:24 • How did he deal with physical safety as a kid? Did he have a lot of physical confrontations? Thoughts on being a relatively physically small man, and how that can contribute to a “Napoleon Complex”. • 0:32:10 • Thoughts on being taken advantage of vs taking advantage of others. Wanting to please people and to be liked. The subjectivity of perceived value. • 0:35:33 • What were his early experiences with gambling, and what attracted him to it? • 0:38:51 • What has his relationship with and attitude toward women and sex been like over the years? • 0:44:23 • Did he ever have any career aspirations outside of poker? His early dreams of being an actor. • 0:46:06 • Who were his early poker mentors? • 0:51:10 • What are his thoughts on Mike Matusow? • 0:53:07 • What advice would he give people who are trying to position themselves in such a way that a person of influence might stake them or otherwise give them a shot? • 0:57:00 • Does that advice apply to pursuits outside of poker? Thoughts on the importance of finding mentors. • 1:00:31 • Thoughts on the misconception of expecting instant success without putting in the work. The importance of failure and tenacity. • 1:02:40 • Has he struggled with any repetitive self-sabotaging habits in his life or career? • 1:05:08 • Thoughts on his wife, Amanda, as an effective coach. Lessons he’s learned from her. • 1:08:47 • Has there ever been a person in his life who was a particularly bad influence? • 1:11:24 • What advice would he give people for identifying and avoiding toxic people and situations in their lives? • 1:14:52 • What are his thoughts on the current state of politics, their intersection with social media and news, and his own openness with sharing his opinions? • 1:18:10 • Further thoughts on the toxicity of social media, and the often lose-lose situation of deciding whether or not to defend yourself and your opinions. • 1:23:00 • His thoughts on the “more rake is better” smear campaign. • 1:24:36 • What is the treasure on his Hero’s Journey?
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