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Ep. 125: A Masterclass on Skill Acquisition w/Keith Davids (PhD), Kevin Cann, Robbie Bourke (part 2)

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How to Challenge Kids to Do Hard Things

Culture here has shifted so much away from doing hard things to a like we live in such comfortable situations now right and we try to protect our kids at all costs. We build a culture of kids who then turn into young adults who don't have the ability to do hard things right. I think what ends up happening is is when they encounter a certain skill like you were talking about Josh like why some people are more coordinated than others or what it may be  they view that practice as a challenge where other kids who may not have gone through as many uncomfortable situations view being uncomfortable as a threat. That actually changes what areas of our brain and our physiology look like. It disrupts performance

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