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Understanding the concept of the self
The importance of living in the present moment
The illusion of control
Learning from a modern-day polymath
Josh Waitskin is a modern-day polymath. He is an eight-time national chess champion, a two-time world champion in Tai Chi Chuan Push Hands, the first Brazillian Jiu-Jitsu black belt, and author of The Art of Learning.
Drawing from Josh’s experiences in chess and martial arts, this podcast discusses:
- learning by focusing on principles and deeply understanding the fundamentals
- how to increase concentration and overcome distraction.
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Life works in oscillation
Recovery periods are as important as pushing yourself. Those who create periods of inactivity between pushing themselves are the ones that perform the best.
- If you’re at work and running out of mental stamina, take a break and come back renewed.
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Depth always beats breadth
When you are learning new skills, most people go wide before going deep. However, it is better to prioritise depth before breadth. Delve into the details to understand what makes the macro work. Learning too wide is distracting, while focusing on depth helps you develop a feel for quality...
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Embracing pain and failure
Most people want to avoid pain and discomfort, which makes them mediocre. However, you will have pain when you live at your stretch point. It can be physical or mental resistance.
When you aim for mastery, you must learn to embrace the pain and engage fully.
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Learning phases
There are four stages of learning
- Unconscious incompetence - “I don’t know how bad I am”
- Conscious incompetence - “I am very bad at this.” (Most people stop here because they don’t put in the effort to go deeply enough.)
- Conscio...
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Go towards stress, tension and weaknesses
Train to be at peace in chaos. Because we “don’t want to be meditating in a flower garden. We want to be able to meditate and have a meditative state throughout our lives – in a hurricane, in a thunderstorm, when sharks are attacking you – any moment.”
Step...
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The principles of quality
Quality is a process and an outcome. It's the process of learning to do or learn something exceptionally well. But it is the result that we enjoy.
One should first master the fundamentals, which inv...
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“[Quality] It’s such a beautiful, incredible principle. Most people think they can wait around for the big moments to turn it on. But if you don’t cultivate turning it on as a way of life in the little moments – and there are hundreds of more times little moments than big – then there’s no chance...
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Unobstructed self-expression
To be elite, you have to express who you are through your art. You will work best when your relationship to your pursuit remains in harmony with your disposition.
There will be times when you need to try new ideas and take in further information, but it’s e...
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Thematic learning (lateral thinking)
Lateral thinking - the ability to take a lesson from one thing and apply it to something else is the most important discipline anyone can cultivate. The goal in learning is unobstructed self-expression.
The person teaching you is the person who knows you best, and that is y...
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When you learn a technique, you’re learning one thing, when you’re learning a principle that embodies a technique, you might be learning a thousand things.
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