The Mindset Rules Of A Poker Professional - Chris Sparks - #434

**Chris Williamson** (0:00)
Hello friends, welcome back to the show. My guest today is Chris Sparks. He's the former number four online poker player on the planet, a productivity coach and an investor. Having a high performance mindset is something everyone wants. Being able to achieve without stress or anxiety, maximizing output whilst minimizing suffering. As someone who coaches both himself and some of the world's brightest on getting more out of their game, Chris has learned a lot about balancing growth, goals and internal peace. Expect to learn what it feels like to play an invite-only Bitcoin poker tournament. How Chris evens out his hard-charging nature to become more at ease. Whether the outcomes you get in life are impacted by how neurotic you are. My theory around the anxiety cost of delayed actions. How to balance intuition with cognition and much more. Don't forget if you want to join the conversation with 2,500 other people who all listen to Modern Wisdom, then head to modernwisdom.locals.com. There are exclusive live stream Q&A's on there. There are updates from me and VideoGuideen, plus everybody else that's a part of the community. So you get to see what it is that I've been getting up to in New York with Douglas Murray and Jordan Peterson. modernwisdom.locals.com. In other news, this episode is brought to you by Surfshark VPN. Protect your browsing online and get access to the entire world's Netflix library for less than the price of a cup of coffee per month. You do not need any technical know-how to use this VPN. You download it, you get blazing fast speeds and you can protect your data from prying eyes, websites that are trying to split test you on prices for products that you are already buying, your internet service provider selling your data to advertising companies and phishing websites and hackers trying to steal your passwords and everything else. All of that's protected, the push of a button, and most importantly, it means that you can access Disney Plus on the go or HBO Max and you can change your location to get access to another Netflix library. You are already paying for a Netflix membership, so pay another £1.56, so like $2 a month and 10x the number of movies and series that you get access to. You can have it on your laptop, your phone, your iPad, even on your smart TV. So no matter what you are watching on or how many devices you need it on, you can use Surfshark across all of those and you get a 30-day money back guarantee. So you can buy it and try it for 29 days. If you do not like it, they will give you your money back. Head to surfshark.deals slash modern wisdom for 83% off, three months free and a 30-day money back guarantee. That's surfshark.deals slash modern wisdom. In other, other news, this episode is brought to you by DW Aligners. You can get the perfect straight smile that you have always wanted 70% cheaper than other invisible align methods. And they've just released their night time aligners, which allow you to get straight teeth while you sleep. If you don't want to wear your aligners during the day, then you can do them at night, take them out to go about your daily business and then pop them back in on a nighttime. Not only do you get straight teeth, but Diamond White will also give you a premium whitening kit. So you have straight and white teeth. Plus you take less trips to the dentist. They have a digital system with a AI that's done half a billion scans, a team of registered dentists that check in on you and a treatment coordinator that is just one message away on the app. All of this means that you get the exact same standard of care that you would usually, but at a much lower price. And it's more convenient because you don't have to keep on leaving the house. And within three to six months, you can have the perfect smile that you've always wanted. Head to dwaligners.co.uk/modernwisdom. That's dwaligners.co.uk/modernwisdom. You can have a look at all the different options, daytime aligners, nighttime aligners, you can even have a message of someone and see what they can do for you. dwaligners.co.uk/modernwisdom. But now, please give it up for Chris Sparks.
Christophe, welcome to the show.

**Chris Sparks** (4:17)
Honored to be here, Chris, good to see you.

**Chris Williamson** (4:18)
Good to see you too, man. So the last time that we spoke was in the car park of Cosmic Coffee across the street from where I was staying in Austin. And you were gearing up for a very big poker tournament that was happening quite soon. Tell me, tell everybody what that was and let me know how you got on.