Mike "Bagel"

Work will feel different when you shift from seeking enoughness through work to a place where you already believe that you are enough. You start to choose work that you genuinely enjoy. I’m finding joy in my work today that I’ve never known before.

Episode AI notes

1. Rafi Kohan emphasizes the importance of mental toughness in responding to trash talk by promoting self-awareness and self-regulation.




2. Effective trash talk can serve as a distraction strategy, deflecting opponents' focus, as illustrated by the example of Shep Messine.




3. Embracing the underdog effect can motivate individuals to overcome

Hidden from the world at Chawton cottage, suddenly, almost miraculously free of most responsibilities both domestic and social, Austen, for the first time in over a decade, had gained real and meaningful space to think and work creatively. It’s here, working at a modest writing desk by a window overlooking the road, that she finally finishes the

In Lin-Manuel Miranda’s story we find a clear example of one of the general patterns we identified earlier in the lives of the great scientists: he took his time. He allowed the creative development of his play to unfold slowly in the seven years that followed its initial performance.

Except the scaring of the doggy and the waking of the baby is sort of the whole thing. We’re terrified of life being interrupted by the stuff of actual life. That’s it.

Maybe I’ll make a game called “Bark Bark Doggy And Wake Up Baby Let’s All Gather In The Bathroom for Poop Poop Toddler and Burp Burp Baby and of course Dad Dad Daddy.

In essence, knowledge gained through the senses and perception is not knowledge at all, but opinion. It is only through philosophical reasoning that one is able to pursue knowledge.