From Law to #1 Poker Player? - Cate Hall

Cate seemed to be fully entrenched on the default path - she had graduated from Yale and became the Supreme Court advocate on her way to becoming a partner in her law firm. But she didn't want to live the lives of the people around her. She reinvented herself and became the world's number one female poker player. She later started art and perfume companies and led operations at Avlea - a pandemic medicine company. One might think she's superhuman, but Cate claims that agency is learnable.
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⏳Timestamps
00:00 Intro
01:25 Guest introduction
02:43 The scripts that Cate grew up with
07:08 Yale - doors-opening credentials?
10:59 Leaving law for poker
14:32 Video cuts off
16:38 The surprising reaction from her parents
19:13 Developing agency, learning form the others
24:18 Deterministic vs probabilistic economy
27:29 Risk and the diminishing prestige of the traditional paths
31:46 Burnout
37:56 Asking dumb questions
42:35 Defining ambition
44:14 Seeking actual feedback
46:40 Everything is learnable
50:46 Imagining the surface area of luck
58:21 Closing remarks
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[@just_another_ape]

I have no idea why this does not have more views. One of the rare podcast episodes I listened to all the way through :)

[@PaulMillerd]

appreciate it

[@jameshuh3984]

I'm new to Ms. Hall. Looking forward to see more of her videos.

[@danross4953]

15:10 !!!