Josh Waitzkin

You're feeding critical questions to the unconscious, which is processing overnight. And I know you know all this. The consistency with which you come up with an insight in the morning is incredible. Interestingly, and you'll probably know why much more than me,

You're feeding critical questions to the unconscious, which is processing overnight. And I know you know all this. The consistency with which you come up with an insight in the morning is incredible. Interestingly, and you'll probably know why much more than me,

You're feeding critical questions to the unconscious, which is processing overnight. And I know you know all this. The consistency with which you come up with an insight in the morning is incredible. Interestingly, and you'll probably know why much more than me,

improved dreamer call often happens simultaneously when one starts to have more and more insights about the MIQ in the morning, which is fascinating. Then over time, you can have micro manifestation of this throughout the day before going for a workout, before taking a walk, before taking a break, before taking a piss.

improved dreamer call often happens simultaneously when one starts to have more and more insights about the MIQ in the morning, which is fascinating. Then over time, you can have micro manifestation of this throughout the day before going for a workout, before taking a walk, before taking a break, before taking a piss.

improved dreamer call often happens simultaneously when one starts to have more and more insights about the MIQ in the morning, which is fascinating. Then over time, you can have micro manifestation of this throughout the day before going for a workout, before taking a walk, before taking a break, before taking a piss.

Instead of going, when you're gonna go to the bathroom in the day, instead of like checking your phone while taking a piss, you pose yourself at MIQ, you release it. You do not do anything but piss in the bathroom and breathe and then return to the question and you'll have an insight, right?

Instead of going, when you're gonna go to the bathroom in the day, instead of like checking your phone while taking a piss, you pose yourself at MIQ, you release it. You do not do anything but piss in the bathroom and breathe and then return to the question and you'll have an insight, right?

Instead of going, when you're gonna go to the bathroom in the day, instead of like checking your phone while taking a piss, you pose yourself at MIQ, you release it. You do not do anything but piss in the bathroom and breathe and then return to the question and you'll have an insight, right?

So you're learning to just oscillate between the conscious and unconscious states and you're opening up that channel and you're practicing stress and recovery. And then your physiological workouts are also stress and recovery all the time. So you're building that theme in everything that you do.

So you're learning to just oscillate between the conscious and unconscious states and you're opening up that channel and you're practicing stress and recovery. And then your physiological workouts are also stress and recovery all the time. So you're building that theme in everything that you do.

So you're learning to just oscillate between the conscious and unconscious states and you're opening up that channel and you're practicing stress and recovery. And then your physiological workouts are also stress and recovery all the time. So you're building that theme in everything that you do.

And you realize that like when you're at your very best for four or five hours a day, you're doing multiples of the work that you're doing if you're just grinding yourself at, you know, what I've called in the past a simmering six or whatever at, you know, for 15 or 16 hours a day. And so people can do so much more in less time. And my lifestyle is based on that.

And you realize that like when you're at your very best for four or five hours a day, you're doing multiples of the work that you're doing if you're just grinding yourself at, you know, what I've called in the past a simmering six or whatever at, you know, for 15 or 16 hours a day. And so people can do so much more in less time. And my lifestyle is based on that.

And you realize that like when you're at your very best for four or five hours a day, you're doing multiples of the work that you're doing if you're just grinding yourself at, you know, what I've called in the past a simmering six or whatever at, you know, for 15 or 16 hours a day. And so people can do so much more in less time. And my lifestyle is based on that.

You know, I'm training very intensely physically and I'm doing really intense mental work and I oscillate between them. in beautiful ways. And I have a lot of empty space for reflection, for meditation, for zoning my mind on what matters most. It's about quality, not quantity. But it's so interesting how we live in this culture where just quantity is just consuming everyone.

You know, I'm training very intensely physically and I'm doing really intense mental work and I oscillate between them. in beautiful ways. And I have a lot of empty space for reflection, for meditation, for zoning my mind on what matters most. It's about quality, not quantity. But it's so interesting how we live in this culture where just quantity is just consuming everyone.

You know, I'm training very intensely physically and I'm doing really intense mental work and I oscillate between them. in beautiful ways. And I have a lot of empty space for reflection, for meditation, for zoning my mind on what matters most. It's about quality, not quantity. But it's so interesting how we live in this culture where just quantity is just consuming everyone.

Yeah, it was interesting. When I wrote The Art of Learning, it was in many ways cathartic for me because there were parts of my life that I had felt like I had let myself down. Like there were parts, like my chess life I moved away from and like there were certain moments of it where I felt like I hadn't fully expressed my potential. And I just wrote them all. I just shared it all.

Yeah, it was interesting. When I wrote The Art of Learning, it was in many ways cathartic for me because there were parts of my life that I had felt like I had let myself down. Like there were parts, like my chess life I moved away from and like there were certain moments of it where I felt like I hadn't fully expressed my potential. And I just wrote them all. I just shared it all.