Game Theory For Everyday Life

A Practical Guide To Making Better Decisions At Work, In Relationships, And With Your Money (No Math Required)By Diego Gomez
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GAME THEORY FOR EVERYDAY LIFE Why do you always lose arguments even when you're right? Why do your threats to your kids never work? Why did you feel like you lost

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GenreBusiness and Economics, Politics and Government
Length3 hrs 35 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJan 16, 2026
LanguageEnglish

Table of contents

11. What Is Game Theory?
22. The Three Ingredients of Every
33. Rationality and Reality
44. Your First Strategic Decision
55. Thinking About What Others Think
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66. The Prisoner's Dilemma
77. Nash Equilibrium: When Nobody Wants to Change
88. Dominant Strategy: When There's a Better Option
99. Zero-Sum and Positive-Sum
1010. The Stag Hunt (The Risk of Trust)
1111. The Focal Point: Coordinating Without Words
1212. Repeated Games
1313. Information, Signals, and Commitments: The Power of What's Credible
1414. The Game of Chicken, or Who Blinks First
1515. Who Defines the Game: First Mover Advantage and Anchoring
1616. Positions and Interests
1717. Escalation and De-escalation: Getting Out of the Anger Game
1818. When You Can't Win, Change the Rules
1919. Game Theory in Relationships
2020. Parents and Children: Incentives and Tantrums
2121. Friendships, Reciprocity, and Strategic Forgiveness
2222. Family, Inheritances, Coalitions, and Christmas
2323. Salary Negotiation and Interviews
2424. Colleagues and Teams: Allies or Competition?
2525. The Free Rider and the Tragedy of the Commons (When Everyone Loses)
2626. Mass Games: Voting, Auctions, and Social Media
2727. Habits, Procrastination, and Your Future Self: Games with Yourself
2828. Most Common Mistakes and How to Avoid Them
2929. Seven Strategic Questions
3030. Infinite Games: When the Goal is to Keep Playing
31Appendix 1. The 10 Most Useful Games
32Appendix 2. Biases That Sabotage Your Decisions
331. Overconfidence
342. Loss Aversion
353. Herd Mentality
364. Confirmation Bias
375. Anchoring Effect
386. Sunk Cost Fallacy
397. Status Quo Bias
408. Availability Bias
419. Endowment Effect
4210. Future Discounting
43About the Author

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