Mason  🏃‍♂️ ✂️

I'm only a couple of chapters in but this is shaping up to be a likely favorite. I find myself thinking "Interesting mix of Alan Watts, Power of Now, Antifragile, War of Art, Thinking Fast and Slow, The User Illusion". All some of my favorite books/ideas

Centrally, (I paraphrase) it seems to be about the problem of conscious inteference with subconscious awareness. We know more than we think we know. But when we focus on what we think we know, we miss out on most of what we actually know

The challenge seems to be to develop non-judgemental awareness. Interesting to be reminded that top athletes, musicians etc often confess that their (conscious) minds were empty when they were performing at their best, peak/flow states. We clearly undervalue meditation

"The limiting belief that learning and doing are separate, competing activities" "Much of the teaching we do is actually hostile to learning" "We are constantly torn between getting results and living a process that is humanly satisfying" "What game are you really playing?"

"Play to learn, play to fulfill your own potential" "High performers are people who simply learn faster" "We learn faster when we pay attention and see the world for what it truly is" "Learning is retarded in conditions of high anxiety and low acceptance"