2618: Beating the House with Kit Chellel

LifeBlood: We talked about the world of professional gambling, who the elite 1% of gamblers are, how they apply data science and technology to beat the house, what their mindset reveals about risk management more broadly, the parallels between professional gambling and Wall Street investing, the history of high-tech gambling tactics, the structural disadvantages facing individual participants in gambling markets, and the impact of artificial intelligence on journalism. with Kit Chellel, a reporter at Bloomberg and Businessweek and author of the newly released book Lucky Devils. You can learn more about Kit at Bloomberg, X, and LinkedIn.Get your copy of Lucky Devils here:https://amzn.to/4wHETWv Want to say “Thanks!” You can buy us a cup of coffee.https://www.buymeacoffee.com/lifebloodGeorge’s newest book is available! Get your copy of The Meaningful Few here: https://amzn.to/4qA26X9 Feeling busy but unfulfilled? The Meaningful Few helps you identify what truly matters, eliminate distractions, and live with intention and clarity. Learn more here: https://www.mymeaningfulfew.com/ Thanks, as always for listening! If you got some value and enjoyed the show, please leave us a review here:​​https://ratethispodcast.com/lifebloodpodcastYou can learn more about us at LifeBlood.Live, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTube and Facebook or you’d like to be a guest on the show, contact us at [email protected]. Stay up to date by getting our monthly updates.Copyright LifeBlood 2026.

LifeBlood: What does it really mean to "reimagine" society?Anyone can criticize a system. Anyone can point out flaws. But building institutions, maintaining communities, and creating lasting change is far harder than tearing something down.This episode explores the difference between criticism and stewardship, why ideas are cheap but implementation is difficult, and why every proposal should be tested against reality,not just intentions.Want to say “Thanks!” You can buy us a cup of coffee.https://www.buymeacoffee.com/lifebloodGeorge’s newest book is available! Get your copy of You’re Money Isn’t the Problem- You Are here: https://amzn.to/4uDYFRz Feeling busy but unfulfilled? The Meaningful Few helps you identify what truly matters, eliminate distractions, and live with intention and clarity. Learn more here: https://www.mymeaningfulfew.com/ Thanks, as always for listening! If you got some value and enjoyed the show, please leave us a review here:​​https://ratethispodcast.com/lifebloodpodcastYou can learn more about us at LifeBlood.Live, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTube and Facebook or you’d like to be a guest on the show, contact us at [email protected]. Stay up to date by getting our monthly updates.Copyright LifeBlood 2026.

LifeBlood: Government exists for a reason, but what happens when it begins acting more like the very organizations it was created to stop?This episode explores the uncomfortable overlap between organized crime and government. From incentives and bureaucracy to constitutional limits and human nature, this isn't an argument against government, it's an argument for accountability.History reminds us that freedom is rarely lost all at once. It erodes one exception, one expansion of power, and one moment of complacency at a time.The question isn't whether government is necessary.The question is: What keeps it serving the people instead of itself?Want to say “Thanks!” You can buy us a cup of coffee.https://www.buymeacoffee.com/lifebloodGeorge’s newest book is available! Get your copy of You’re Money Isn’t the Problem- You Are here: https://amzn.to/4uDYFRz Feeling busy but unfulfilled? The Meaningful Few helps you identify what truly matters, eliminate distractions, and live with intention and clarity. Learn more here: https://www.mymeaningfulfew.com/ Thanks, as always for listening! If you got some value and enjoyed the show, please leave us a review here:​​https://ratethispodcast.com/lifebloodpodcastYou can learn more about us at LifeBlood.Live, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTube and Facebook or you’d like to be a guest on the show, contact us at [email protected]. Stay up to date by getting our monthly updates.Copyright LifeBlood 2026.

LifeBlood: Everything compounds.Not just money. Confidence or anxiety. Trust or resentment. Health or disease. Saving or spending.This episode explores why and how every day you're making deposits into the person you'll become.Your future is simply the compound interest of today's decisions.Want to say “Thanks!” You can buy us a cup of coffee.https://www.buymeacoffee.com/lifebloodGeorge’s newest book is available! Get your copy of You’re Money Isn’t the Problem- You Are here: https://amzn.to/4uDYFRz Feeling busy but unfulfilled? The Meaningful Few helps you identify what truly matters, eliminate distractions, and live with intention and clarity. Learn more here: https://www.mymeaningfulfew.com/ Thanks, as always for listening! If you got some value and enjoyed the show, please leave us a review here:​​https://ratethispodcast.com/lifebloodpodcastYou can learn more about us at LifeBlood.Live, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTube and Facebook or you’d like to be a guest on the show, contact us at [email protected]. Stay up to date by getting our monthly updates.Copyright LifeBlood 2026.

LifeBlood: Every Goal Pays. But who's getting paid?A sports betting commercial inspired today's episode, and revealed a much bigger truth.Most people spend time, attention, energy, and money betting on outcomes they can't control. What if we redirected those same resources toward ourselves?This episode explores why your greatest investment isn't in sports betting, but in setting meaningful goals for your own future. Because every goal pays.Want to say “Thanks!” You can buy us a cup of coffee.https://www.buymeacoffee.com/lifebloodGeorge’s newest book is available! Get your copy of You’re Money Isn’t the Problem- You Are here: https://amzn.to/4uDYFRz Feeling busy but unfulfilled? The Meaningful Few helps you identify what truly matters, eliminate distractions, and live with intention and clarity. Learn more here: https://www.mymeaningfulfew.com/ Thanks, as always for listening! If you got some value and enjoyed the show, please leave us a review here:​​https://ratethispodcast.com/lifebloodpodcastYou can learn more about us at LifeBlood.Live, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTube and Facebook or you’d like to be a guest on the show, contact us at [email protected]. Stay up to date by getting our monthly updates.Copyright LifeBlood 2026.

LifeBlood: Society feels permanent, until history reminds us it isn't.Every generation inherits civilization twice: first as beneficiaries, then as stewards.The electricity, clean water, grocery stores, roads, schools, businesses, and freedoms we enjoy today didn't appear by accident. They exist because generations before us built them, maintained them, and passed them on.This episode explores the fragile nature of civilization, what history teaches about the rise and fall of societies, and why each of us has a responsibility to become both farmers and builders; caretakers of what we've inherited and pioneers creating what's next.Because freedom, prosperity, and civilization aren't permanent. They're maintained by ordinary people choosing responsibility every day.Want to say “Thanks!” You can buy us a cup of coffee.https://www.buymeacoffee.com/lifebloodGeorge’s newest book is available! Get your copy of You’re Money Isn’t the Problem- You Are here: https://amzn.to/4uDYFRz Feeling busy but unfulfilled? The Meaningful Few helps you identify what truly matters, eliminate distractions, and live with intention and clarity. Learn more here: https://www.mymeaningfulfew.com/ Thanks, as always for listening! If you got some value and enjoyed the show, please leave us a review here:​​https://ratethispodcast.com/lifebloodpodcastYou can learn more about us at LifeBlood.Live, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTube and Facebook or you’d like to be a guest on the show, contact us at [email protected]. Stay up to date by getting our monthly updates.Copyright LifeBlood 2026.

LifeBlood: We talked about the concept of conscious caring versus reflexive or obligation-based caring, the physiological and psychological benefits of caring, the importance of balancing self-care with care for others, and the impact of modern information overload on individuals' capacity to care, with Tony Nader, MD, PhD, Medical doctor, global expert on Consciousness, NYT best selling author, Consciousness Is All There Is, Podcast, CEO Transcendental Meditation, President of Maharishi International University.Listen to learn whether the universe cares, or not!You can learn more about Tony at DrTonyNader.com, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn.Get your copy of The Power of Caring here:https://amzn.to/4hfZzQi Want to say “Thanks!” You can buy us a cup of coffee.https://www.buymeacoffee.com/lifebloodGeorge’s newest book is available! Get your copy of The Meaningful Few here: https://amzn.to/4qA26X9 Feeling busy but unfulfilled? The Meaningful Few helps you identify what truly matters, eliminate distractions, and live with intention and clarity. Learn more here: https://www.mymeaningfulfew.com/ Thanks, as always for listening! If you got some value and enjoyed the show, please leave us a review here:​​https://ratethispodcast.com/lifebloodpodcastYou can learn more about us at LifeBlood.Live, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTube and Facebook or you’d like to be a guest on the show, contact us at [email protected]. Stay up to date by getting our monthly updates.Copyright LifeBlood 2026.

LifeBlood: Everybody knows what they don't want. But have you ever stopped to ask what you actually DO want?This episode explores the idea of IMBY; In My Backyard. Using the familiar idea of NIMBY ("Not In My Backyard"), it challenges us to think less about what we're trying to avoid and more about what we're intentionally cultivating.Your body, your mind, your relationships, your finances, your family, and your community are all gardens. Whatever you neglect will eventually fill itself. The question is: What are you planting? What are you protecting? And what kind of life are you growing?If you want a better future, it starts by becoming a better gardener.Want to say “Thanks!” You can buy us a cup of coffee.https://www.buymeacoffee.com/lifebloodGeorge’s newest book is available! Get your copy of You’re Money Isn’t the Problem- You Are here: https://amzn.to/4uDYFRz Feeling busy but unfulfilled? The Meaningful Few helps you identify what truly matters, eliminate distractions, and live with intention and clarity. Learn more here: https://www.mymeaningfulfew.com/ Thanks, as always for listening! If you got some value and enjoyed the show, please leave us a review here:​​https://ratethispodcast.com/lifebloodpodcastYou can learn more about us at LifeBlood.Live, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTube and Facebook or you’d like to be a guest on the show, contact us at [email protected]. Stay up to date by getting our monthly updates.Copyright LifeBlood 2026.

LifeBlood: What does a blindfold, a violin audition, and the justice system have in common?More than you might think.This episode explores the timeless principle behind blind auditions, Lady Justice, and judging people as individuals rather than stereotypes. Fairness isn't about ignoring reality, it's about focusing on what actually matters.The strongest societies are built when we evaluate people based on their character, competence, conduct, and choices, not on circumstances they never chose.Want to say “Thanks!” You can buy us a cup of coffee.https://www.buymeacoffee.com/lifebloodGeorge’s newest book is available! Get your copy of You’re Money Isn’t the Problem- You Are here: https://amzn.to/4uDYFRz Feeling busy but unfulfilled? The Meaningful Few helps you identify what truly matters, eliminate distractions, and live with intention and clarity. Learn more here: https://www.mymeaningfulfew.com/ Thanks, as always for listening! If you got some value and enjoyed the show, please leave us a review here:​​https://ratethispodcast.com/lifebloodpodcastYou can learn more about us at LifeBlood.Live, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTube and Facebook or you’d like to be a guest on the show, contact us at [email protected]. Stay up to date by getting our monthly updates.Copyright LifeBlood 2026.

LifeBlood: If nothing matters...then whatever you care about is all that matters.The question isn't whether life has meaning.The question is: What are you building your life around? Because every day you're investing your time, attention, energy, and money into something.Eventually...that becomes your life.Want to say “Thanks!” You can buy us a cup of coffee.https://www.buymeacoffee.com/lifebloodGeorge’s newest book is available! Get your copy of You’re Money Isn’t the Problem- You Are here: https://amzn.to/4uDYFRz Feeling busy but unfulfilled? The Meaningful Few helps you identify what truly matters, eliminate distractions, and live with intention and clarity. Learn more here: https://www.mymeaningfulfew.com/ Thanks, as always for listening! If you got some value and enjoyed the show, please leave us a review here:​​https://ratethispodcast.com/lifebloodpodcastYou can learn more about us at LifeBlood.Live, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTube and Facebook or you’d like to be a guest on the show, contact us at [email protected]. Stay up to date by getting our monthly updates.Copyright LifeBlood 2026.