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Overcoming Anxiety and Learning Disabilities in Competition Tasks
The speaker talks about how dosing individuals with their fear and gradually increasing it can help them overcome it. Additionally, as a teacher, he believes that getting students comfortable on stage will help them be adept learners in high-stress environments.
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Tim Ferriss explains that effective learning involves a firm grasp of principles that allow you to adapt to different environments, and that you become an adept learner in the adaptable sense when you start getting into a more intermediate phase.
55:16 - 57:46 (02:30)
Summary
Tim Ferriss explains that effective learning involves a firm grasp of principles that allow you to adapt to different environments, and that you become an adept learner in the adaptable sense when you start getting into a more intermediate phase. He also addresses the question of how teachers can address students who struggle with competition tasks due to anxiety or learning disabilities.
ChapterOvercoming Anxiety and Learning Disabilities in Competition Tasks
Episode#240: Accelerated Learning and Mentors - My Personal Story
PodcastThe Tim Ferriss Show
The best way to overcome fear is through gradual exposure and dosing, starting with a small task and gradually increasing it over time.
57:46 - 1:00:49 (03:02)
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The best way to overcome fear is through gradual exposure and dosing, starting with a small task and gradually increasing it over time. This is similar to how Toastmasters helps individuals overcome stage fright by getting them comfortable on stage through repeated exposure.