Inner Game explained
Read something interesting from Paul Millerd's Boundless newsletter this morning. He writes, In the book, the author W. Timothy Gallwey shares his approach for thinking about improvement through the lens of tennis. He argues that everyone has two selves: Self 1, the "teller", and Self 2 the "doer". It is the relationship between these two selves that determines how well people are able to translate "knowledge into effective action." This is what he calls the "inner game.". ...the message is quite clear: we spend far too much time in self 1 mode and struggle to let go enough to shift into self 2 mode. The problem is that you can't just "do" doing. We have to find ways to loosen the grip that self 1 has over our actions. Which is really hard because most of us are brought up in cultures that tell us that life is pretty much about avoiding bad outcomes, aiming at "good" goals, and trying harder when we fail. Farnam...