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Ep 518 - Steven Kotler

My Wakeup Call with Dr. Mark Goulston

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How to Gain Wisdom and Expertise

The most vulnerable area to cognitive decline is the prefrontal cortex of your brain. Deliberate practice was the old idea that Anders Ericsson's 10,000 hours do the same thing he did before or a little bit of improvement. But it turns out deliberate play is better than deliberate practice. The human brain evolved to remember where you were whenever something emotionally charged happens.

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