How to Cram 2 Months of Learning into 1 Day | Josh Waitzkin | The Tim Ferriss Show

[@timferriss]

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[@donliu1634]

Some takeaways: 1. Deliberate practice is important. Practice long and hard for scenarios that will occur. 2. End with a bang. This is the part that really gets drilled into your brain. 3. If possible, use biometrics. Let your body guide your decisions. 4. Be proactive and not reactive. 5. Sit on a most important question before you sleep and let your sub conscious find you the answers. 6. Step away with gas left in the tank. Circulate between complete relaxation, and complete high intensity focus, and not in the middle. 7. Have a trigger. Find something that can bring you to the zone at a moment's notice.

[@MichaelBerezny]

don liu thank you for this 👊🏼

[@davidgrigsby8963]

Man... great note-taking. Thank u for this. I'm juggling so much, I didn't know how I was gonna go back and do this, too (but, I KNEW... somehow I would HAVE TO!). 'So, helpful!

[@eeeee49976]

hi, how to end with a bang ?

[@daverozelle5229]

Great notes - but I would call out that your number 5 can be misread/interpreted. At about 26:31 it discussed (and later reiterated) that you should take the MIQ and '...let it go.' (or something like that) and allow your mind to be free. I believe it is the short focus and then allowing your conscience to detach that really allows answers to come in. Kind of like when you know an answer but because you so intensely focused on remembering it that it escapes you until you are distracted and then, BAM! it jumps into your mind.

[@damionm121]

BLACK WHY let’s say you’re at the gym and you’re exhausted, but you have 4 sets to go. Do you relax because you’re tired or do you give it every thing you’ve got? End with a bang!

[@salemschannel]

2:18 - Introduction 8:30 - Josh Talks about Skiing 9:54 - What types of bio-markers do you track in coaching clients 11:34 - What is an individual's Resonance Frequency? 12:14 - What is Trigger Work? 13:41 - What types of tools do you use for tracking HRV? 18:00 - What mechanisms can people use to better structure their days? 24:25 - Regarding MIQ(Most Important Question) is it specific or can it be broad? 30:56 - How do you teach people to block time for more focused work?

[@DarthMessias]

...but what about chess?

[@salemschannel]

@@derekday ?

[@salemschannel]

@@DarthMessias I don't think they talk about chess in depth or at all in this one.

[@pckovuru06]

Last thing you do & how strong/good or bad you finish a session gets brunt into you over night, So always finish on good/strong note Hear Rate Variability is a powerful way to get into deep concentration, train for HRV - HRV breathing to your resonance frequency. - Ideal way is to work w/ HRV specialist, find your frequency & do breath work 20 min twice a day - Dr. Lagos is a specialist Trigger Work - Get into peak performance and trigger with a song or smell etc Use technology to develop the ability to feel - Use biofeedback - Train your intuition, somatic introspection, to feel your level & adjust as necessary How to structure performer’s day, day architecture? - Proactive Day vs Reactive Day, put thinking time when your peak creative & energy is most intense - Find your peak time - Rate 1-10 how your creative & energy levels are at different parts of the day & examine - End the day strong - Focus on what matters most - Build musculature to focus on what matters most Peak Performance Structure - End your day thinking about the most important question in what you do/Strong - Wake up in the morning first thing you do is brainstorm on it, pre-input - During middle of day Pose yourself the question & release the mind and then come back to the Question - Train ability to focus on Most Important Question (MIQ) Healthy Feedback to MIQ - Track MIQ throughout week: what did you think MIQ is now and then come back to MIQ after you’ve done work some time later,The gap is often where you devote the work When unsure are there other types of MIQ that people can ask? - Broader question when you don’t know MIQ is: - What’s my intuitive thought about the topic at hand? Ex. What’s my intuition of my thinking - Tactical Question: Example Study video of foil session & leave the whole question in my mind and then ask what’s the biggest lesson to take out of it or drill into - Areas of being stuck is where to focus for MIQ This process leads to waking up with solutions, crystalized thinking in creative process. Art of Letting Go: - Finish something with a bit left, a sense of direction, so you can come back to it next day, relax & get Good sleep, don’t think about it in bed. - Relaxation is key to peak performance Options for people who can’t turn off - Learn to say No to free up - it’s about intensity of work & not how long you do it Meditate 30 mins during day & evening will make you see the signal thru noise Ability to determine what matters most is affected by ability to identify your zone of genius, also Going from 0 to 100 is dependent of Zone of Genius (ZOG) How do you determine where your Zone of Genius (ZOG) is? - So many frames to understand who we are. Ex. visual, kinesthetic, what are patterns behind your successes & errors - Look at it Personally, Professionally, Technically, Psychologically. Breaking down boundaries Between personal & professional life. - ask yourself “what are the things that have driven our greatest insights?” And “What are the Things that have Locked us up most in life. Understand the seeds of those questions. Goal is unobstructed self expression - Understand what self expression is & who we are as a learner. - Embrace every element of our funk & build around it - Express core of your being thru the work you’re doing

[@Deb.L.]

18:30 - 'what I have been doing my whole life is... ending my day thinking about the most important question in what I do, and waking up first thing in the morning, pre input, brainstorming on it, this is an incredibly powerful tool... what you are doing that way is you are systematically opening the channel between the conscious and the unconscious mind'

[@3lmi__319]

your absolutely right, it's also good to be in your thoughts as you can find a chain in thoughts that come successively, so you can find the origin of your limiting beleifs if you reflect long enough

[@jaimanlive]

Quick Notes: I need to watch this in 75. I love how this content is so rich that I have spent at least an hour on 18 min. The two pages of notes are packed with terms like H.R.V. Training, Trigger Work, Stop Gap Mesures,Somatic Ability,Raising of the basis line resonance and people like Dr. Legos? Not sure of some of the exact term, but that's what Google is for. The second half is equally rich. Crafting the day, week and months is power. It's even better on when looked at in the Micro, Mezo and Macro as you mentioned how Josh likes to think. The idea of ending my day strong then on the most important question is powerful. With that question In the morning, pre input and brain storming on it over time making it systematicalical. His example: Opening Ever Note and Riffing on it. The term "making smaller cycles is great stuff. The ability to pose a question and come back to it is like Doing Polmoderos when studying backed by spaced repartition. I will implement all the concepts and the use of MIQ Gap Analysis!! Very good talk... ** To anyone reading this, these are my notes of this talk, they are not grammatically correct or spell checked but, I hope this helped you as much as it did me?

[@jigneshpadia]

Please forgive me for my ignorance. What is HRV stand for?

[@Aesthetic_Euclides]

I feel like this conversation is such a gem. Will definitely watch it multiple times

[@anthonypassafiumeiii8153]

His answers or questions are all over the place.

[@samuelallen8945]

Josh is one of my favorite thinkers on earth - THANK YOU, Tim!

[@seanpmcg99]

1. Always approach with a beginners mindset. 2. Deliberate practice is important. Practice long and hard for scenarios that will occur. 3. End with a bang. This is the part that really gets drilled into your brain. 4. If possible, use biometrics. Let your body guide your decisions. 5. Be proactive and not reactive. 6. Sit on a most important question before you sleep and let your sub conscious find you the answers. 7. Step away with gas left in the tank. Circulate between complete relaxation, and complete high intensity focus, and not in the middle. 8. Have a trigger. Find something that can bring you to the zone at a moment's notice.

[@gambarusso]

"Simmering at 6". That resonated deeply with me. Thank you!

[@christianarceneaux1750]

Wowwwwww it’s crazy how in tune he is with himself to know his frequency- mainly attained from deep meditation and awareness - but in motion and in activity to essentially have the same consecutiveness and intuitiveness in the different activities

[@TheFiPhysicist]

Wow, I aspire to speak like this man. So calm, confident and connected. Amazing interview.

[@Curiousnessify]

aspire to be a better version of yourself not a clone of somebody else

[@billyfudd818]

@@Curiousnessify; Seems to me Rory just wants the gifts of the gab the dudes share

[@grltrader]

I heard the podcast version... It went by so fast that I felt like I was gasping for air. Short and sweet with a great take away. Learning is doing.. period. Thanks Tim and Josh.

[@stankarpenko]

This is so jam-packed with insights I had to re-watch 6 times ;) Tim, thank you for preparing so well and asking amazing questions! This is your gift to the world!

[@rasmus7400]

Take notes instead lol ;)

[@baymaxred4632]

can you make a list for us? what we need to do

[@jonnamechange6854]

@@baymaxred4632 You can look up ketosis yourself

[@lenkabo5350]

@@rasmus7400I am watching for the 3rd time, taking notes every single time. The thing is, you get more connections and realizations with each replay. There is a lot of gold in Josh’s mind.

[@rasmus7400]

@@lenkabo5350 I see 🤔

[@Deb.L.]

18:26 - 'the entanglement of genius and eccentricity, or brilliance and madness, is so complex and so critical... there are so many dysfunctional habits I have seen that drive creation, and there are so many people who do things by the book that are mediocre'

[@JasonAKMitchell86]

This is one I might get transcribed and take with me and highlight like a mad man. This is pure gold!!!

[@EvaGreenFanPennyDreadful]

Enjoy, my man: podcastnotes.org/2019/06/27/waitzkin

[@FiddiTwo]

i could listen to Josh for hours ... would kill to get a session or two with him ... more Josh in longer form please Tim :) And holy crap ... he's writing !

[@JoshSnyman]

Love this and if I took away anything, it was the importance of intuitively assessing yourself and analysing that feedback without distraction (from phones, people, etc). Also, the releasing and relaxing part, "The Art of Letting Go."

[@googleaccount1495]

Amazing. This is what the product of self actualisation process looks like. Don't be fooled that these are simple tips you can implement on the snap of a finger. They are a glimpses of thought processes as a result of years of conscious practice, when you put the work into it and face what is called life.

[@rashedulkabir6227]

give an example.

[@nathane.9286]

@@rashedulkabir6227 try yoga

[@CodemanAmerica]

And likely an outrageous intellect compared to the average person :)

[@pckovuru06]

Show Notes: Last thing you do & how strong/good or bad you finish a session gets brunt into you over night, So always finish on good/strong note Hear Rate Variability is a powerful way to get into deep concentration, train for HRV - HRV breathing to your resonance frequency. - Ideal way is to work w/ HRV specialist, find your frequency & do breath work 20 min twice a day - Dr. Lagos is a specialist Trigger Work - Get into peak performance and trigger with a song or smell etc Use technology to develop the ability to feel - Use biofeedback - Train your intuition, somatic introspection, to feel your level & adjust as necessary How to structure performer’s day, day architecture? - Proactive Day vs Reactive Day, put thinking time when your peak creative & energy is most intense - Find your peak time - Rate 1-10 how your creative & energy levels are at different parts of the day & examine - End the day strong - Focus on what matters most - Build musculature to focus on what matters most Peak Performance Structure - End your day thinking about the most important question in what you do/Strong - Wake up in the morning first thing you do is brainstorm on it, pre-input - During middle of day Pose yourself the question & release the mind and then come back to the Question - Train ability to focus on Most Important Question (MIQ) Healthy Feedback to MIQ - Track MIQ throughout week: what did you think MIQ is now and then come back to MIQ after you’ve done work some time later,The gap is often where you devote the work When unsure are there other types of MIQ that people can ask? - Broader question when you don’t know MIQ is: - What’s my intuitive thought about the topic at hand? Ex. What’s my intuition of my thinking - Tactical Question: Example Study video of foil session & leave the whole question in my mind and then ask what’s the biggest lesson to take out of it or drill into - Areas of being stuck is where to focus for MIQ This process leads to waking up with solutions, crystalized thinking in creative process. Art of Letting Go: - Finish something with a bit left, a sense of direction, so you can come back to it next day, relax & get Good sleep, don’t think about it in bed. - Relaxation is key to peak performance Options for people who can’t turn off - Learn to say No to free up - it’s about intensity of work & not how long you do it Meditate 30 mins during day & evening will make you see the signal thru noise Ability to determine what matters most is affected by ability to identify your zone of genius, also Going from 0 to 100 is dependent of Zone of Genius (ZOG) How do you determine where your Zone of Genius (ZOG) is? - So many frames to understand who we are. Ex. visual, kinesthetic, what are patterns behind your successes & errors - Look at it Personally, Professionally, Technically, Psychologically. Breaking down boundaries Between personal & professional life. - ask yourself “what are the things that have driven our greatest insights?” And “What are the Things that have Locked us up most in life. Understand the seeds of those questions. Goal is unobstructed self expression - Understand what self expression is & who we are as a learner. - Embrace every element of our funk & build around it - Express core of your being thru the work you’re doing

[@gambarusso]

For months meditation has been knocking on my door, can't ignore it any more. Thank you!

[@anejaG55]

eliaking do it. I also started 5-6 months ago. Sam harris waking up app is good starting point.

[@gambarusso]

​@@anejaG55 Awesome, I'll give it a try. I really liked his guided meditation, but only did it a few times. Thanks brother!

[@TwoHandsCooking]

If you feel like you’re expressing the core of your being through what you’re doing, it is beautiful and fulfilling to you. Doing something the way someone is telling you to do something is not the same as doing something the way you want to and in the way which you see as expressive of your core being.

[@SimulationSeries]

Love these crucial dialogues, thanks so much Tim, Josh, and Sohn Conference!

[@GustavoSilva-ny8jc]

13:08 The Trigger part and this part are amazing cause if you read his book you know EXACTLY what he's talking about

[@IamJustinM]

Holy smokes, Christmas in July.

[@innovation3176]

Everyone in here is Real, love y’all and keep up the good work.

[@edgardosantana]

This was such a rich conversation!!! Also, really excited to see that he's writing again!! I'm buying 100% for sure. All the best!

[@twixjunkie]

This dude is my hero.

[@smilebot484]

Ferriss has become a brilliant interviewer. He got out of the way but skillfully jumped in at opportune moments. I think Josh is amazing and an inspiration. Can't wait to read his book.

[@teemad]

Tim, I first listened to this on the podcast and didn't really get into it, because it felt oddly disjointed and some of audio cues just didn't resonate for some reason. But I didn't know there was a video version. Now that I am watching it the experience is noticeably different! Been a fan of you for some time now (listen to the podcast every week) and very very impressed with Josh. Thanks for sharing and thanks for all that you do.

[@GustavoSilva-ny8jc]

22:26 Amazing how he still uses concepts from the book!!!!

[@GustavoSilva-ny8jc]

35:18 You nailed it precisely, there's this weird social craziness where to feel good about ones own decision they try to push it on others, like everyone is the same, knows, feels and wants the same things.

[@GustavoSilva-ny8jc]

First time seeing and hearing (adult) Josh and was exactly how i expected, i was surprised and not surprised, if you read this guys works, you will realize they talk exactly how they write and you will recognize many ideas here, but it's good to see they bunched together and updated in simpler and more direct form. If you want to see all the concepts mentioned here in a more in depth and anecdotal way, with stories of how they developed and refined those techniques over the years, i highly recommend you to read their books and articles. You're life will never be the same.

[@Rabeyaru]

Thank you for this wonderful talk.

[@ExtremelyTastyBread]

"The idea is to train your intuition, your somatic introspection, to feel when your quality of presence, your quality of energy, is slipping form like a 10 to a 9." now I know why I've yet to become a "top mental performer": it's all about the somatic introspection

[@sinvermerlas5331]

Such a treasure. Thank you so much for sharing this Tim and Josh!

[@aditiaggarwal9966]

Really insightful And yet after watching it, I'm learning 2 months of stuff in 2 months

[@Shah_creates]

best comment here

[@JeanPatrickSmith]

my major take away: macho duck, 1979

[@Thebitcoinconsultant]

Good conversation thank you Tim and Josh. Would love to hear more on specifically how Josh approached mastery of chess as well as his other accomplishments in Jiu Jitsu i.e. systems and routines.

[@chrischardon6621]

There are two good resources for Josh/chess. One is the film Searching for Bobby Fischer, which is about his childhood and dedication to chess. The other is Josh's own book The Art of Learning, which talks about quite a bit of it as well.

[@scottk1525]

Step 1: be a child prodigy Step 2: have a singular passion Step 3: have rich parents that can hire the Yoda of coaches Step 4: Dedicate your entire life to this single pursuit Step 5: Spend the rest of your life pretending that your "mastery" was due to your unique approach to learning Step 6: Profit

[@Thebitcoinconsultant]

@@scottk1525 so bitter

[@scottk1525]

@@Thebitcoinconsultant It's an empty conversation from two pretentious d-bags. I'm just calling it out.

[@Ian.lifts.]

Every book he writes or podcast he does ignites fire within.

[@medelinejs1173]

The genius!

[@SmokeEater509]

Just watched "Searching for Bobby Fischer" last night. Fantastic movie.

[@GustavoSilva-ny8jc]

17:25 And i heard that is the same with measuring food, you get an intuitive sense for the grams over (but even then eyeballing your calories is trick according to Greg Nuckols)

[@CoachAna]

I know this comment is random but I was sitting at my desk watching this taking notes and my daughter walks in the room (she's a kid) yaw drops and points to the screen---MOMMY IS THAT MEGAMIND (the kid's comedy cartoon movie) IN real life?? (pointing at Tim) I looked at her and said mmm kinda lol I mean I would call him a MEGAMIND hahah it made my day that she said that and now I can't unsee it just wanted to share... anyway thank you and great content!

[@Xonatron]

12:14 - trigger work... fascinating tool.

[@BlackGirlGreenThumb]

It’s going to take me 2 months just to understand this video 😩

[@blissfulbeats3690]

it'll be worth it, you gonna find this video again at some point and be amazed at how much you already integrated in your life and how much you understand

[@arturoreyesreyes6096]

It's just bullshit. Don't even worry about it. He said basically nothing.

[@borisleoro8943]

Lol

[@woocashky]

26:30 -> I hear what he's saying but the entire talk is the exact opposite of that important premise (though, I understand that wasn't their intention either...) - I know that because the biggest milestone of productivity I've ever had was letting go of trying to use ALL the productivity "hacks" out there - not in the sense of being passive and lazy, but, rather, allowing shit to grow organically on their own accord... Here's the biggest takeaway I got from the interview: (18:10) "everything I do (in coaching capacity) is INDIVIDUALISED" - exactly! so, in this line of thought, I take one thing that jives with me from a quality resource; I'll test and try to integrate it in my life; feedback? -> move to the next one when I feel like it. (yes, meditation helps to recognise and orient the feeling much faster) I also have a feeling that Josh's way of thinking is so "out there" that it's almost like asking Daniel Tammet to teach you Icelandic. i.e. "(18:47) don't do everything by the book and become mediocre" > rat-a-tat-tat-tat-tat proceeds to explain 1000 things and how he does them by the book (including relaxing and drinking wine...) Brilliantly useless interview.

[@ms.hjohnson6820]

Lucas Hawro What u were able to take away seems to b very different from what others were. We all receive what we’re open to n what’s meant for us I suppose ✨

[@woocashky]

H Jay -> and how were my findings different from everyone elses'? I skimmed through the comments and I see people either send praises but without specifics or get annoyed with "jargon and self help mumbo jumbo". And I didn't really take anything from that interview - I said it's useless. Because you don't need Waitzkin and 40 min video to essentially tell you that you need to "find your own way" to excel in life. Or do you...?

[@ms.hjohnson6820]

Lucas Hawro all good :)

[@l.w.paradis2108]

Josh is a truly brilliant and generous person. I hope he is mindful of the risks he has decided to embrace.

[@silverchairsg]

Josh's posture is incredibly, incredibly good. Compare it to Tim. Josh's mastery of Tai Chi shows.

[@carrow1057]

OMG the last 5 minutes of this was truly riveting!!!!!!!!!@!

[@denisschaffer1223]

I feel inspired! Successful conversation. Many thanks.

[@ryanjones9103]

End your day strong, that's interesting The universe is not a chaos, so is everything around and in you, that's why you keep thinking and searching the correlation, or the core things if you will. The video mainly talks about how to get things done more efficiently, and there are some universally fundamental principles that can be followed in searching for efficiency. Concentration is the key here, so keep in mind that you must always love what you do, remember, don't cheat on yourself.

[@jordanjardine2458]

Awesome talk. Josh really knows how to leave us wanting more! I can't wait for his next book.

[@xNajda]

Wow what an amazing episode. So much actionable advice and room for extra introspection; I'm sure if I followed even half of what was said I'd be at least 2x further than I am now.

[@elsonc8308]

Thanks a lot for sharing this Tim!

[@volaksin5842]

I feel like the title of this video should be "How a Genius Crams 2 Months of Learning into 1 Day." For us muggles, it would be more like, "How to Cram 2 Months of Learning into 2 months."

[@matthewdonovan1534]

Hahahahaha

[@anejaG55]

He’s a human being as you are. Don’t limit yourself man. Unobstructed self expression that’s the goal. Cheers.

[@DAMfoxygrampa]

"How to be completely unable to learn what should be 2 months worth of material"

[@menlo7256]

How to Cram 2 months Into 4 months even

[@damianmurray99]

Very random discussion but props for having a gym with Marcelo Garcia!

[@nathaniel4334]

Great discussion. Thank you.

[@novoyager]

pure gem wow

[@chriscash782]

That's very interesting regarding HRV, resonant frequency and what he said about using A song or scent to push faster into the peak performance state. I was meditating a while ago, for an extended period and couldn't gain and significant physical sensations which is sometimes my goal but one time I thought about the vocal solo for Bohemian Rhapsody and I sung it very clearly in my head and it immediately triggered intense, full body, endorphin like sensation throughout my body. It worked the following day although not as intense. It was very strange.

[@NPRoberto]

An Interview With Josh Waitzkin: Navel-gazing Taken to the Next Level

[@NYCTalkingcom]

I trained BJJ with Josh before he went to Marcelo over at Marcos Santos. This guy is a scientist in everything he does. Watching him work is truly beautiful.

[@MattCarrasco]

Impressive, Thank you for sharing. 🙏🏾

[@prestoX]

That's dense conversion ! his book should be quite interesting then,anyone has read it ?

[@DrewRoberts]

Josh Waitzkin is awesome. How do I pre-order this new book?

[@ClearOutSamskaras]

3:37 "Burning in..." Remember that you too did this and how you could apply it now...

[@luvvx3]

josh waitzkin talks about day architecture a lot but how about week and month architecture? I would love to hear about itttttt 🙏✨

[@redheat66]

if you learn this! only 1% understand you ca take over the world! 70 years in 10 years? when you 70 you are more like 700 YEARS OLD!

[@xiongbenjamin]

I admire Josh's pursuit to excellence and all the great things he's doing. But trying to comprehend his book and his talks is hard. Being great at something doesn't translate to being a good teacher. Teaching is another skill itself.

[@rayaudelo1024]

A really informative video.

[@thedudewhoabides69]

This is a great interview, as usual when it comes from you. Thanks a lot and keep writing and doing your thing!

[@pathikd]

Great questions from Tim, though felt like Josh gave out more generalized or broader answer rather than being a bit more specific.

[@wengerboy]

I love Josh listened to all of his interviews but its always general and abstract nothing specific, its so frustrating.

[@pathikd]

Spiritthoughts I agree.. i mean come on he didn’t even want to give away his HRV instruments name!!

[@the0cool0guy]

When someone is less specific, I begin to trust them. Because they know one truth doesn't apply equally to all under all situations. Because the idea is different from expressions of it.

[@HesterLiong]

there is good and bad for generalized.. it really breaks down the first principle of the subject rather than just giving examples..

[@the0cool0guy]

@@HesterLiong I do agree though that it takes another kind of personal generosity to give specifics and details. I should read his book.

[@codyr2318]

Very good.

[@kittymachine3798]

I would love to know where the heck Josh and his family moved to... It sounds like heaven on Earth.

[@ErgyATL]

I've read his book, it was great. I've listened to his previous interviews with Tim, and it was good but I felt like I was too far beyond to understand everything. Now this one... I'm older and hopefully wiser and all I hear is a bunch of nothing and jargon. No value. Do you guys agree or not?

[@anejaG55]

Ergy there were 2-3 really good points in there. The last question was really good about the unobstructed self expression. Also the letting go thing is important in today 24hr connected world. That’s what meditation is for.

[@JakeRichardsong]

Seems hard to follow, very unstructured and rambling, maybe with several points.

[@xmchughs]

Lots of good information here. Maybe try slowing down the video?

[@ErgyATL]

xmchughs Haha maybe... It just sounds like rambling. I don't really hear anything actionable. What did you get from it?

[@borisleoro8943]

It has good info but it's a lot of rambling. It's super basic

[@AlexZeBeast]

Tim Ferriss is so absorbed in what Josh is saying about surfing, haha. I love it. Absolutely amazing. Thank you for this Tim!

[@wally19]

just go and get the audiobook, its great.

[@bains273]

So this guy can make magnus carlsen think hard about his next move n wrestle with khabib at the same time .cool

[@mikecantreed]

Doubtful. He quit before grandmaster and hasn't touched chess pieces in decades

[@goodygood9467]

I didn't learn a single valuable thing for this conversation unfortunately. Josh kept talking about whatever and his thought process is all over the place

[@markespinosa5311]

All of a sudden Josh finds himself surrounded by 20 ninjas. Without hesitation, he begins reciting Eminem’s Lose yourself to the beat of his fists pummeling masked faces. The dust settles, the ninjas lay lifeless. Josh, silhouetted by the moon glow says, “the opportunity comes once in a life time yo.”

[@liopergonsd58]

I will loose my year at the university if I fail a test that is due in 5 days, I hope this advice helps me

[@s999w]

Good luck, you got this

[@liopergonsd58]

@@s999w thank you man

[@GurtGobain]

Get off KZbin

[@michakoecki9603]

Get off you tube bro ...

[@francisblondin6862]

Get completely (or as much as you possibly can) off youtube, e-mail, cell phone (don't even carry it with you) and other irrelevant distractions. Go to bed early and wake up at the same time every day. You can cram for some portion of the night before the exam but otherwise sleep as much as you need to be fully rested. Don't drink any coffee after 1pm to avoid disrupting your sleep. Keep about an hour for yourself to wind down before bed. Work out and meditate for 10 to 30 minutes in the morning, then start studying as quickly as possible. When studying alternate between periods of 100% intense focus and relatively short breaks. DON'T check your emails or your phone or the Internet during your breaks. Just a quick 10 seconds glance at your phone is often enough to seriously damage your ability to focus. Use the Pareto principle to identify what you should focus on and either ignore or go quickly over the rest. Use either Quizlet or Anki to make up a bunch of short questions that you will practice answering (a way more efficient form of studying than simply rereading your notes). Use mnemonics for difficult to remember words. If you have any problem remembering how some concepts are linked to one another, make up a crazy and absurd story to "explain" why X is caused by Y and why Y can also lead to Z. Break up difficult problems into smaller, easier to digest chunks of information. And relax. Do your best but be ok with whatever may or may not happen.

[@ianborukho]

What if learning is actually much simpler and more intuitive than this?

[@ragmehra]

It is, but he's a pro, so he's talking about the stuff you need to use to compete at the highest level. So basically, he starts with one thing, learns as much as he can from just that one thing, and then adds something else, incorporating everything he learned in the first lesson through triggering the second lesson . . . and so on. Eventually you trigger whatever it is you're working on right now, and everything you've ever known and needed before comes to hand, or as he likes to call it , you end up in the peak state.

[@ianborukho]

@@ragmehra totally get it and acknowledge his results. I guess I mostly wonder if their are diminishing returns for some of these tricks especially in disciplines where the best of the best didn't use all these techniques but instead were just into it and did the thing. It seems even more strange to use techniques for high level athletics for business/corporate settings. I feel like simply understanding a subject matter and generally practicing recall and clarity should bring you most of the way.

[@ragmehra]

@@ianborukho Yeah, his results were found through his own experience in learning the game, he uses his own explanations and rationalizations to explain what he does. We can take inspiration from how he approaches learning, but at the end of the day we have to figure these things out for ourselves, in our own ways.

[@davidgrigsby8963]

@@ragmehra, great synopsis. I've done my own (more rudimentary experimenting [as these two do]) for yrs.. But, I'd love to do so at their highest level/training for optimal 'Peak States'. How's ur personal process been re: this/these concepts?

[@cyrusjulian187]

So basically he’s sorta doing NLP Neuro Linguistic Programming by using triggers?

[@sterlingseah]

Yep two of the best, can’t wait to watch it

[@carrow1057]

I need a diagnostic from Josh!!!!!!!!!!

[@j0hannes5]

When Tim mentioned foiling in the introduction, I didn't think it would be something cool :D

[@RJYounglingTricking]

Hurty18 i associated the folding of tin foil hats lulz

[@anhudy]

Josh Waitzkin talks in 2x. Holy shit!

[@fifty5712]

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[@ProHermitDenver]

So this is the guy that i learn from him in th ChessMaster software.

[@whosChrisHughes]

how do we learn more about the HRV Breathing practice?

[@ClearOutSamskaras]

12:10 The Trigger

[@SaifUlIslam-db1nu]

Speaker diverges a-lot, doesn't settle on any one idea; talks more about his accomplishments than the actual title of the video, leaves ideas vague, without clarifying, and without the promise of future clarification. The speaker talks about HRV, without defining what HRV is, what it might mean, and what it personally means to him, brings into play activities that the average person cannot even do ( surfing, foiling, black-belt ), only being able to accomplish coming of those because he has financial backing ( assuming ), because he doesn't even clarify if he does is because he can afford it, what he personally does nowadays, what his source of income is. Doesn't consider the audience to be from different walks of life, doesn't generalize, or provide analogies for others groups of people. Brings into play a multitude of ideas ( 5 minutes of just his accomplishments ), meditation, then his sense of urgency, then HRV, his 2000-something tournament, and other similar stuff. As a speaker, I listened carefully in hopes that these might relate to the title of the video later on; they didn't for me. I watched it till 16:16, cannot watch it any longer. Take from me a grain of salt, perhaps there is something golden up ahead, I'm not sure. My general expectations from any speaker should be that they should provide intrigue to the audience within 10 minutes of their speech - not everyone has an half an hour spare in the hopes that the speaker might finally say something interesting to them. My tl;dr: Not worth listening to.

[@cameronmiller6240]

Saif Ul Islam did you get anything out of the video?

[@DamaniJones]

I’m 22 minutes in and what you’re saying is the absolute truth so far.

[@derekwatson3279]

thank you. well said

[@SaifUlIslam-db1nu]

@@cameronmiller6240 Nothing really valuable, to be honest. Disappointed because I hoping to learn something. :/

[@SaifUlIslam-db1nu]

@sbtopjosh Classic trolling. 😁😁😁

[@davywilliams8048]

That's a Lift E-foil that he's riding. It's such a new concept that probably half the audience has no idea how he's flying over the water and what the undercarriage of the board looks like.

[@finchdoobies]

Yo everyone knows what foil is bruh

[@Antonomie]

Sloooowww doooowwwwnnn

[@GustavoSilva-ny8jc]

15:15 I'M THE SAME WAY!!!!!

[@electric-surfboard]

Nice job!

[@filmmakinglifestyle]

How has this guy never been on Rogan!?

[@mrsbraintrainer3375]

Obsessed

[@ernststravoblofeld]

It's interestingly to see what rich people think surfing is.

[@ernststravoblofeld]

@@mysticnoir9084 I see a very weird idea that rich people have of what surfing is. I also heard enough buzzwords to to run a major corporation for a week.

[@pshaw951]

@@mysticnoir9084 its interesting because it is wealthy people with plenty of time on their hands, who can pay or be gifted with the best teachers. Others simply have to work harder to accomplish anything close to these type of people who have essentially done a lot of hard work already but get to tell the world about it. People frame their circumstances with limitations imo. Waitzkin and Ferriss simply think a lot and put in the work and that makes people who want someone to tell them how to be better in life with exact details, complain about not getting enough info or it being useless etc. I find so much nuance listening to Waitzkin and I agree about some of the fluff the comments criticize the video about but dont lose yourself in the muck. Infer meaning, read more diverse things, experiment more idk... if you want more from this talk then you should be inspired to learn more not whine about what they're saying and just sit on your ass.

[@GustavoSilva-ny8jc]

28:07 Musashi style

[@Nomadbushman]

I want there to be more focus put on mental skill acquisition.

[@anejaG55]

Unobstructed self expression. That’s the goal!

[@GustavoSilva-ny8jc]

20:40 The perks of having good parents...