Josh Waitzkin — How to Cram 2 Months of Learning into 1 Day (#375)
- No matter what you’re practicing, always finish strong
- Align your peak energy periods with peak creativity work and actually schedule thinking time into your calendar
- An exercise that’s helped Josh and many of his clients:
- End your day thinking about an important question and then wake up the next morning (pre-input, before checking your phone or any news) and brainstorm on it (either on paper or in something like Evernote)
- Practice the art of letting go and turning it on/off
- “Most people in high-stress industries are always operating at this simmering 6, as opposed to the undulation between deep relaxation and being at a 10”
- Cultivate empty space in your life to escape the noise and really focus on what matters most
- “If you get away from a lot of the noise, it’s much easier to take that 30,000-foot view and see what really matters”