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#148: Josh Waitzkin, The Prodigy Returns

The Tim Ferriss Show

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Creating Chaos in Chaos

The speaker reflects on their early experience as a top-ranked chess player and how they coped with pressure by creating chaos in the game. They highlight the contrast in handling pressure between memorizing strategies for victory and embracing chaos. The speaker emphasizes their preference for battling and finding hidden harmonies in chaos, leading to flow state. They stress the importance of distinguishing between competitive risk and mortal risk, especially with age and responsibilities like being a father. The speaker differentiates the intensity of risk in chess, martial arts, and fatherhood, underlining the need to understand the metaphorical and literal aspects of life and death. Finally, they discuss how deep flow has become their ultimate therapy for managing stress and competing effectively.

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