One of my biggest epiphanies in developing wrestling technique came from a book about chess. In Josh Waitzkin’s The Art of Learning, an insightful retelling of Waitzkin’s journeys to world class performances in two seemingly unrelated fields (chess and tai chi push hands), I found many insightful gems on how to reach optimal performance. In […]
The Hero’s Journey
Joseph Campbell’s concept of a Hero’s Journey from the book “Hero With a Thousand Faces” caught my eye. Defining a hero as “someone who found, or achieved, or did something beyond the normal range of achievement, and who has given his life to something bigger than himself or other than himself”, he shows examples […]
Military Strategy: John Boyd on Why Quick Decisions Win
I recently listened to a partner at a Venture Capital firm talk about startups that are quick to take action. Turns out, quick decisions win. I couldn’t have said it any better myself, so here’s the quote: “Commander John Boyd was a flight instructor for the air force. There was this expression that in a simulated […]