My Notes
Express personality through chess
those who succeed at the highest level manifest their unique nuance of character through their discipline.
books
on the road
dharma bums
Thai chi push hands
pain as a sensation - heightening zone
every mistake has a technical and psychological side
potential energy to kinetic
You don’t have to do this forever. If you leverage this information now you’ll create the space to follow your path.
Meet aggression with empty space.
fixed vs incremental intelligence
You don’t win because you’re a winner, you win because you play a winning game.
focus on process as opposed to result
the weakness of an art is dogma
find the dogma of opposing disciplines
identify and create dogma as a competitor to control someone’s intention
the ones who succeed are those expressing themselves most purely through the discipline
Robert Persig
read zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance on audio
bridge natural intelligence with conscious mind
challenge my own dogma
the moment you think you have the answer, you’ve gotten stuck
learning is a process of getting closer and closer to an unattainable truth
wisdom - tolerance of cognitive dissonance
the brain that changes itself
use emotional reality as fuel
roll with it and use it
don’t get thrown - then use them to advantage
chapter in book on slowing down time
reach place emotion took you without emotion - synonymous with MDMA