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Mini Ep. 116: Mental Gatekeeping
In this mini-episode, we discuss mental gatekeeping: the practice of guarding your mind against negative thinking and low-quality information.
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2 months, 1 week ago
Ep. 400: Always Timeless, feat. Rafael Lovato Jr.
Episode 400
This week, for our 400th episode, we're joined by Rafael Lovato Jr.! Rafael is a multiple-time jiu-jitsu world champion, a former Bellator middleweig…
2 months, 1 week ago
Mini Ep. 115: Incremental Learning
In this mini-episode, we discuss incremental learning: the practice of breaking down a new concept to learn it piece by piece.
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2 months, 2 weeks ago
Ep. 399: Breaking Through Plateaus, feat. Giles Garcia
Episode 399
This week, we're joined by Giles Garcia! Giles is a black belt competitor and the head coach and owner of Ronin Grappling in Glasgow, Scotland. In th…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Mini Ep. 114: Goodhart's Law
In this mini-episode, we discuss Goodhart's Law: when a measure becomes a target, it ceases to become a good measure.
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2 months, 3 weeks ago
Ep. 398: Old Bastard Sweeps, feat. Mike Mahaffey
Episode 398
This week, we're joined by Mike Mahaffey! Mike is a second-degree black belt under Chris Haueter, best known for his Old Bastard Jiu-Jitsu style: a c…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Mini Ep. 113: Availability Heuristic
In this mini-episode, we discuss the availability heuristic: a mental bias toward information that is easy to recall.
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2 months, 4 weeks ago
Ep. 397: Risk Management in BJJ, feat. Jake Luigi
Episode 397
This week, we're joined again by Jake Luigi! Jake is a jiu-jitsu analyst who made his name studying professional match footage, and he runs OutlierDB…
3 months ago
Mini Ep. 112: Coiling
In this mini-episode, we discuss coiling, or retracting your limbs and neck. It denies access to our body's vulnerable levers and positions us to exp…
3 months ago
Ep. 396: Relative Strength, feat. Will Weisser
Episode 396
This week, we're joined by Will Weisser! Will is a jiu-jitsu black belt, co-founder of the competition-tracking site JiuJitsu.net, and author of the …
3 months, 1 week ago