Life as Poker. Poker as Life."Never play poker with a man called Doc. Never eat at a place called 'Mom's.' Never sleep with a woman whose troubles are worse than your own." - Nelson Algren, Algren's Law
"You got to know when to hold 'em and know when to fold 'em, know when to walk away and know when to run. You never count your blessings when you're sittin' at the table, there'll be time enough for countin' when the dealin's done." - Kenny Rogers, The Gambler
"The poker player learns that sometimes both science and common sense are wrong; that the bumblebee can fly; that, perhaps, one should never trust an expert; that there are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of by those with an academic bent." - David Mamet, Writing in Restaurants
"Poker reveals to the frank observer something else of import - it will teach him about his own nature. Many bad players do not improve because the cannot bear self-knowledge." - David Mamet, Writing in Restaurants
"Limit poker is a science, but no-limit is an art. In limit, you are shooting at a target. In no-limit, the target comes alive and shoots back at you." - Jack Strauss
"Industry executives and analysts often mistakenly talk about strategy as if it were some kind of chess match. But in chess, you have just two opponents, each with identical resources, and with luck playing a minimal role. The real world is much more like a poker game, with multiple players trying to make the best of whatever hand fortune has dealt them." - David Moschella
"It never hurts for potential opponents to think you’re more than a little stupid and can hardly count all the money in your hip pocket, much less hold on to it." - Amarillo Slim
"Look around the table. If you don't see a sucker, get up, because you're the sucker." - Amarillo Slim
"No matter what our character, no matter what our behavior, no matter if we are ugly, unkind, murderers, saints, guilty sinners, foolish, or wise, we can get lucky." - Mario Puzo
"Last night I stayed up late playing poker with Tarot cards. I got a full house and four people died." - Steven Wright
Jim McManus, Cowboys Full: The Story of Poker
Annie Duke, Professional Poker Player, Interview
From USA Today
Know Yourself, Know Your Rival by Annie Duke
From the Harvard Business Review
Are “Great” Companies Just Lucky? by Michael E. Raynor, Mumtaz Ahmed, and Andrew D. Henderson
From Deloitte
The Persistence Project: Discovering the Causes of Superior Corporate Performance
From The Boston Globe
Luck Inc., The 7 Secrets of Really, Really Lucky Companies by Drake Bennett
From The Economist
The Three Habits of Highly Irritating Management Gurus by Schumpeter
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