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Learning Through Metaphor and Pain
42:09 - 46:29 (04:19)
This episode discusses how one can develop a language for solving puzzles through metaphors and using pain as a tool for growth.
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The speaker discusses how many people repel from discomfort, whether it’s mental or physical, and miss out on the richness of life on the other side of that pain.
42:09 - 43:07 (00:58)
Summary
The speaker discusses how many people repel from discomfort, whether it’s mental or physical, and miss out on the richness of life on the other side of that pain. He uses an example of a game he plays with his child to help reframe discomfort in a positive light.
ChapterLearning Through Metaphor and Pain
Episode#148: Josh Waitzkin, The Prodigy Returns
PodcastThe Tim Ferriss Show
One father describes how his child's simple request to be tickled slowly became a metaphor for learning to embrace discomfort and find pleasure in it similar to the weather.
43:07 - 44:18 (01:10)
Summary
One father describes how his child's simple request to be tickled slowly became a metaphor for learning to embrace discomfort and find pleasure in it similar to the weather.
ChapterLearning Through Metaphor and Pain
Episode#148: Josh Waitzkin, The Prodigy Returns
PodcastThe Tim Ferriss Show
The speaker shares how he encourages his son to be proactive and have a sense of agency in the world through his own personal experience of being raised in an environment where his ideas and voice were valued.
44:18 - 45:21 (01:03)
Summary
The speaker shares how he encourages his son to be proactive and have a sense of agency in the world through his own personal experience of being raised in an environment where his ideas and voice were valued.
ChapterLearning Through Metaphor and Pain
Episode#148: Josh Waitzkin, The Prodigy Returns
PodcastThe Tim Ferriss Show
Jack Kornfield's brother, a renowned psychologist, shares his experience of cultivating the discipline of lateral thinking and the ways in which it helped him to solve problems and connect different principles.
45:21 - 46:29 (01:07)
Summary
Jack Kornfield's brother, a renowned psychologist, shares his experience of cultivating the discipline of lateral thinking and the ways in which it helped him to solve problems and connect different principles.