Josh Waitzkin

Or like, that's... Then you just don't fucking get better and you get armbarred again. Right. You only get better by taking your shit on. Right. Or if you're a chess player and you make a mistake and you lose, you...

Or like, that's... Then you just don't fucking get better and you get armbarred again. Right. You only get better by taking your shit on. Right. Or if you're a chess player and you make a mistake and you lose, you...

Or like, that's... Then you just don't fucking get better and you get armbarred again. Right. You only get better by taking your shit on. Right. Or if you're a chess player and you make a mistake and you lose, you...

you if the people who say that's not my fault don't they fucking they're irrelevant very very quickly they just get blazed by and they're just like everyone else's race has passed and they're not in the race anymore and if you're if you think about a community for example of of fighters let's think about jiu-jitsu as as like a vision like the one of the things that

you if the people who say that's not my fault don't they fucking they're irrelevant very very quickly they just get blazed by and they're just like everyone else's race has passed and they're not in the race anymore and if you're if you think about a community for example of of fighters let's think about jiu-jitsu as as like a vision like the one of the things that

you if the people who say that's not my fault don't they fucking they're irrelevant very very quickly they just get blazed by and they're just like everyone else's race has passed and they're not in the race anymore and if you're if you think about a community for example of of fighters let's think about jiu-jitsu as as like a vision like the one of the things that

separates people as they get deeper into an art is whether they want to take themselves on as a way of life, whether they're hungry to have their weaknesses revealed, right? You think about a school where somebody... I always found it interesting to watch people when they're four or five rounds into sparring. Do they look for the blue belt to rest with or do they look for the...

separates people as they get deeper into an art is whether they want to take themselves on as a way of life, whether they're hungry to have their weaknesses revealed, right? You think about a school where somebody... I always found it interesting to watch people when they're four or five rounds into sparring. Do they look for the blue belt to rest with or do they look for the...

separates people as they get deeper into an art is whether they want to take themselves on as a way of life, whether they're hungry to have their weaknesses revealed, right? You think about a school where somebody... I always found it interesting to watch people when they're four or five rounds into sparring. Do they look for the blue belt to rest with or do they look for the...

like 240 pound fucking bruiser to beat the shit out of them or the high level brown belt to exploit them or the black belt to like kick their ass, right? Who do they look for? Who does like the up and coming purple belt look for when like the young competitor? Is he looking for the egoic rest or the place to be exposed? Like the people who hunger for exposure to get better, right?

like 240 pound fucking bruiser to beat the shit out of them or the high level brown belt to exploit them or the black belt to like kick their ass, right? Who do they look for? Who does like the up and coming purple belt look for when like the young competitor? Is he looking for the egoic rest or the place to be exposed? Like the people who hunger for exposure to get better, right?

like 240 pound fucking bruiser to beat the shit out of them or the high level brown belt to exploit them or the black belt to like kick their ass, right? Who do they look for? Who does like the up and coming purple belt look for when like the young competitor? Is he looking for the egoic rest or the place to be exposed? Like the people who hunger for exposure to get better, right?

It's like seeking accountability as a way of life. I think there's something really powerful to do that with decision making. Because we're making decisions and we're making decisions in a higher and higher stakes world. And if we train at the art of decision making in something that's grounded in reality, like for example, the chess rating system is just a fucking thing. It's objective.

It's like seeking accountability as a way of life. I think there's something really powerful to do that with decision making. Because we're making decisions and we're making decisions in a higher and higher stakes world. And if we train at the art of decision making in something that's grounded in reality, like for example, the chess rating system is just a fucking thing. It's objective.

It's like seeking accountability as a way of life. I think there's something really powerful to do that with decision making. Because we're making decisions and we're making decisions in a higher and higher stakes world. And if we train at the art of decision making in something that's grounded in reality, like for example, the chess rating system is just a fucking thing. It's objective.

There's no bullshit to it. But I hear people, like I know people who play chess online and then they're like, yeah, this is my rating, but I'm actually much stronger than that because of this and this. It's like, no, you're not. You just haven't taken your shit on. Right? You're not stronger than your rating. Your rating is how strong you are as a chess player.

There's no bullshit to it. But I hear people, like I know people who play chess online and then they're like, yeah, this is my rating, but I'm actually much stronger than that because of this and this. It's like, no, you're not. You just haven't taken your shit on. Right? You're not stronger than your rating. Your rating is how strong you are as a chess player.

There's no bullshit to it. But I hear people, like I know people who play chess online and then they're like, yeah, this is my rating, but I'm actually much stronger than that because of this and this. It's like, no, you're not. You just haven't taken your shit on. Right? You're not stronger than your rating. Your rating is how strong you are as a chess player.

But there's something about, there's something so beautiful about an accurate feedback loop. And that can be with a coach, training with you could be on the, just getting tapped out, getting your ass kicked, getting hit.

But there's something about, there's something so beautiful about an accurate feedback loop. And that can be with a coach, training with you could be on the, just getting tapped out, getting your ass kicked, getting hit.