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Josh Waitzkin – March 22, 2016

Josh Waitzkin – March 22, 2016

Books – dreaming yourself awake,
Sites – theartoflearningproject.org

  • Cognitive bias onset, if you were in an advantageous position, but lose the advantage without recognizing it.
    • You are emotionally clinging to a past evaluation.
    • Living in a present state awareness helps prevent that.
  • Cultivate a life that is fundamentally proactive for mindfulness.
  • HIIT layered with meditation to cultivate effective mindfulness.
  • “We do not raise to the level of our hopes, we fall to the level of our training.”
  • “there’s something incredible about showing up to a competition knowing that no one has trained as hard or as well as you did.”
  • Intense visualization in addition to intense training.
  • Slack – create and use empty space for the learning process.
  • Scaling is worshipped when it might just be growing an inefficient process or business.
  • Swap boards with other surfers. A new board will help you see new lines. Forcing the beginners mind.
    • Think: where can I swap boards?
  • Parting thought – find beauty in silence and mindfulness, especially in your kids.