Josh Waitzkin

And one of the biggest mistakes that coaches make is doing, doing too much because they need to show that they're valuable, right? And so I think a lot about We need to really understand the nature of that entanglement. And in me, that entanglement's complex. And I have a profound allergy to being untrue to myself. Why?

And one of the biggest mistakes that coaches make is doing, doing too much because they need to show that they're valuable, right? And so I think a lot about We need to really understand the nature of that entanglement. And in me, that entanglement's complex. And I have a profound allergy to being untrue to myself. Why?

Well, I think a big part of the reason is that period when I was 15, 16, 17, 18 years old that I described where I got pulled into this externalized thing from the film and the public scrutiny when I wasn't ready for it. And being urged and not having the maturity to resist it, because that's ultimately on me, to take on chess outside of my self-expression. Like what would Karpov do here or not?

Well, I think a big part of the reason is that period when I was 15, 16, 17, 18 years old that I described where I got pulled into this externalized thing from the film and the public scrutiny when I wasn't ready for it. And being urged and not having the maturity to resist it, because that's ultimately on me, to take on chess outside of my self-expression. Like what would Karpov do here or not?

Well, I think a big part of the reason is that period when I was 15, 16, 17, 18 years old that I described where I got pulled into this externalized thing from the film and the public scrutiny when I wasn't ready for it. And being urged and not having the maturity to resist it, because that's ultimately on me, to take on chess outside of my self-expression. Like what would Karpov do here or not?

What would Josh do here? And I didn't have the understanding of learning Karpov through Kasparov, right? And so I moved into, like my first love was taken away from me or I allowed myself to have it taken away from me, which is how I'd actually frame it. And it was made static and stale and corrupted and externalized.

What would Josh do here? And I didn't have the understanding of learning Karpov through Kasparov, right? And so I moved into, like my first love was taken away from me or I allowed myself to have it taken away from me, which is how I'd actually frame it. And it was made static and stale and corrupted and externalized.

What would Josh do here? And I didn't have the understanding of learning Karpov through Kasparov, right? And so I moved into, like my first love was taken away from me or I allowed myself to have it taken away from me, which is how I'd actually frame it. And it was made static and stale and corrupted and externalized.

And there's so much existential heartbreak in me about the loss of that first love. That I have the gift of being just fucking allergic to being untrue to myself. And so that's part of how I track through life is if I don't love someone, I don't work with them, no matter what the temptation is. If something feels untrue to me, I don't do it.

And there's so much existential heartbreak in me about the loss of that first love. That I have the gift of being just fucking allergic to being untrue to myself. And so that's part of how I track through life is if I don't love someone, I don't work with them, no matter what the temptation is. If something feels untrue to me, I don't do it.

And there's so much existential heartbreak in me about the loss of that first love. That I have the gift of being just fucking allergic to being untrue to myself. And so that's part of how I track through life is if I don't love someone, I don't work with them, no matter what the temptation is. If something feels untrue to me, I don't do it.

Now, sometimes we have to sit in the unknowing for a while and something can be off for a Right? It's like there's peaks and valleys of everything, right? And we're so in the learning process, right? We can have long plateaus.

Now, sometimes we have to sit in the unknowing for a while and something can be off for a Right? It's like there's peaks and valleys of everything, right? And we're so in the learning process, right? We can have long plateaus.

Now, sometimes we have to sit in the unknowing for a while and something can be off for a Right? It's like there's peaks and valleys of everything, right? And we're so in the learning process, right? We can have long plateaus.

Like when I stopped playing chess, I felt like I'd lost the love, but I sat for two years with the question to be clear on whether I was in a plateau of the love or if I'd lost the love. And then I gained clarity. No, no, you've lost the love. And then I was done. Never played again. Never played a chess game again. So that factored in. Like I have this...

Like when I stopped playing chess, I felt like I'd lost the love, but I sat for two years with the question to be clear on whether I was in a plateau of the love or if I'd lost the love. And then I gained clarity. No, no, you've lost the love. And then I was done. Never played again. Never played a chess game again. So that factored in. Like I have this...

Like when I stopped playing chess, I felt like I'd lost the love, but I sat for two years with the question to be clear on whether I was in a plateau of the love or if I'd lost the love. And then I gained clarity. No, no, you've lost the love. And then I was done. Never played again. Never played a chess game again. So that factored in. Like I have this...

this it's so interesting how our like some of the like our our most powerful guiding principles or voices in us can come from our deepest wounds right they absolutely do i mean i think it's a because i think

this it's so interesting how our like some of the like our our most powerful guiding principles or voices in us can come from our deepest wounds right they absolutely do i mean i think it's a because i think

this it's so interesting how our like some of the like our our most powerful guiding principles or voices in us can come from our deepest wounds right they absolutely do i mean i think it's a because i think