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Chris Sparks
Founder | Forcing Function
Chris Sparks teaches performance frameworks to a select group of twelve investors and executives in meaningful companies. Chris’s clients perform at their peak, achieve superior returns on time and capital, and design lives of freedom and purpose.
Chris is the author of Experiment Without Limits, a comprehensive workbook for achieving world-class performance.
Chris leads workshops on decision-making, systems thinking, and peak performance to organizations and investment teams. He also hosts Forcing Function Hour, a podcast revealing principles, systems, and strategies for a competitive edge in business.
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Interviews
Chris Sparks joins Justin Peters to share how to recognize a good bet, take action with incomplete information, and focus on the process versus being results-oriented.
Chris Sparks joins Daniel Scriver on Outlier Academy to share the key principles he teaches to executives and published in his peak performance workbook Experiment Without Limits.
Chris Sparks joins Ali Abdaal on Deep Dive to share insights from high-stakes poker, game theory, decision-making, and designing elite performance systems.
Chris Sparks joins Thanh Pham to dive into strategies used by a pro-poker player to level up your game, perform at the highest level, and make better decisions.
Chris Sparks joins Brad Wilson to discuss the hard-won poker lessons Chris regularly applies to his daily life and lessons he’s learned in the world of startups that can apply to poker.
Chris Sparks joins Chris Williamson to discuss what it feels like to play in an invite-only Bitcoin Poker Tournament and how Chris evens out his hard-charging nature to become more at ease.
Chris Sparks joins Eric Jorgensen to discuss training for the highest-stakes tournament he has ever played and what he is doing to ensure a win.
Chris Sparks joins Sean DeLaney to have a fascinating and wide-ranging conversation covering strategy, mindsets, pursuing mastery, and high performance.
Chris Sparks joins Paul LeCrone to discuss decision making, intuition, strategy, adaptation, eastern philosophy, determinism, consciousness, and AI.
Chris Sparks joins Spencer Greenberg to discuss feedback systems for productivity, pattern recognition, perspectives on risk, and optimization for opportunity recognition.
Chris Sparks joins Jeff Malec to do a deep dive on game strategy, deciphering AI capabilities and catching bots, and Peak Performance Architecture.
Andrew Barry and Chris Sparks dive deep into the skills that helped Chris rise to the top of the poker world, how to pay attention and stay present, and how to tighten the feedback loop.
Chris Sparks joins Anthony Pompliano to discuss game theory, decision-making frameworks, controlling emotions during stressful situations, and poker as it relates to investing.
Chris Sparks joins Austin Brawner and Anthony Foxwell for a deep dive on how to figure out what you actually want, the importance of leveraging your unique assets, and the power of reflection.
Forcing Function Hour
On Forcing Function Hour, Chris Sparks interviews top performers to reveal routines, systems, and mindsets for achieving world-class performance in business.
Kristin Allen and Chris Sparks dig into the mindset, training, and performance techniques necessary to reach the elite levels of a sport.
Dan Dworkis and Chris Sparks share techniques for creating a high-performance culture and improving your decision-making in high-pressure situations.
Milan Ackerman and Chris Sparks share best practices for creators to build a unique brand, how to engage fans over the internet, and what it takes to make it as a musician.
Khe Hy joins Chris Sparks to discuss why true wealth is measured in time, not money, and to share systems and practices for living a balanced and aligned life.
Maven co-founder Gagan Biyani joins Chris Sparks to share how startup founders can accelerate their path to product-market fit through Minimum Viable Testing.
Ali Abdaal joins Chris Sparks to discuss how learning in public is the best way to accelerate growth, achieve your full potential, and live a happier life.
Garrett Adelstein and Chris Sparks share key meta-skills necessary for success at the highest stakes, both in poker and in life.
David Perell and Chris Sparks discuss how to reveal your unique ability and build a personal brand to attract inbound opportunities and compounding advantages.
Tiago Forte joins Chris Sparks to share how to deliver transformational online learning experiences and conduct a successful course launch.
Nat Eliason joins Chris Sparks to share strategies for accelerating skill acquisition and making creative output feel more effortless.
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