Big Think

Howard Lederer on Business Ethics
Poker teaches you that all you have is your reputation, says the Poker Professor.
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Howard Lederer on Utilizing Emotion
The Poker Professor says poker and business are thick with psychology.
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Howard Lederer’s Tips for Negotiating
The Poker Professor on behavior techniques that work.
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Howard Lederer on When to Bluff
The Poker Professor advises a careful approach to overstating your hand.
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Howard Lederer on Evaluating Your Position
The Poker Professor says knowing your place in the market is important to success.
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Howard Lederer on Poker and Hedge Funds
The Poker Professor draws similarities between winning at poker and hedging investments.
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Howard Lederer on Going “Poker Broke”
The Poker Professor talks about betting with no money.
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Sean Scully Looks at Politics in America
The artist refutes jingoism and says optimism is the only path.
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Sean Scully Describes the Essence of Luxury
Sean Scully Describes the Essence of Luxury.
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Sean Scully Unpacks Art and Technology
The artist describes the importance of the human element.
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Sean Scully Explores Opportunities and Themes For the Next Generation of Artists
Sean Scully on the remaking of the art world.
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Sean Scully Explores the Risks of Artistic Life
The artist channeled arrogance and humility to achieve his goals.
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Sean Scully Debates Art in a Crisis
The artist says that while art isn’t crucial, you can’t kick it out of the cultural carpet.
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Sean Scully on the Pissarro Painting He Will Never Own
The artist tells the story of the painting that made him become an artist.
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Sean Scully Reflects on His Audiences
The artist says you have to be sensitive and insensitive at the same time.
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Sean Scully Explores Creativity and a Winning Mindset
The artist talks about how he creates.
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Sean Scully Deconstructs His Various Artistic Processes
The artist describes how he “gets ready” to paint.
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Sean Scully Examines His Evolution as an Artist
The artist describes his route from representation to abstraction.
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Sean Scully Reveals the Power of Abstract Art
The artist wants his work to reveal everything all at once.
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The Personal Artistic Philosophy of Sean Scully
Sean Scully on his philosophical mission statement.
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Alaa Al Aswany on Anti-Semitism
Author Alaa Al Aswany says problems in Egypt arose with Israel, not with the Jews.
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Alaa Al Aswany on America’s Ignorance Problem
Alaa Al Aswany on the culture of myopia.
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Alaa Al Aswany on Promoting Democracy in the Arab World
Alaa Al Aswany sees the potential for democracy across the entire Arab world.
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Alaa Al Aswany on Promoting Tolerance in the Arab World
A negative interpretation of Islam adds to the forces against tolerance Alaa Al Aswany believes.
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Alaa Al Aswany on a Clash of Civilizations
If we just understood that we are all human beings first and foremost, we would not be witnessing many of the struggles we are seeing today.
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Alaa Al Aswany on the Human Element (in Literature and Life)
How a writer captures the human element will determine how long a piece of literature will last.
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Alaa Al Aswany on His Creative Process
All writers have to find their own rhythm, but Alaa Al Aswany finds his between 6 and 10:30 am.
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Alaa Al Aswany on His Book ‘Chicago’
Alaa Al Aswany explains how a University of Illinois Histology department becomes a microcosm for the world.
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Alaa Al Aswany on Literary Translations
Alaa Al Aswany reveals the key to translating literature into other languages.
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Alaa Al Aswany’s Favorite Writers
Young Alaa As Aswany’s “garden full of flowers” had Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Chekhov, Marquez and Hemingway growing in it.
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