
Becoming World Class: Our Thoughts On Achieving Undeniable Skill
About this episode
I'm going to become a world class handbalancer, here is my plan on how I want to do this.
In Episode #316 of 'Musings' Juan and I discuss: what it means to be world class at something, why conscious effort on improving and fixing mistakes is critical, a common occurrence of people getting injured whilst trying to show off, the humbleness of Floyd Mayweather (lol) and my list of principles to achieve this goal I have set for myself.
A big thanks to Petar the Podfluencer, Liam F, danigamb1310 and Liam F's mom for the support. And an apology to floydianslips, captain_stacks, whasintong_herrera and xavi_herrera for the boostagrams we missed. We'll do better next time.
As always, we hope you enjoy. Mere Mortals out!
Timeline:
(0:00) - Why I chose the topic
(1:52) - Defining 'World Class' isn't necessary, we'll leave it nebulous
(4:44) - The two sections: mentality and principles
(5:42) - Conscious effort to work on minor details
(10:33) - Should the conscious effort occur during your training or outside of it?
(18:03) - Not overanalysing and making every action matter
(25:54) - Staying humble to not show off
(29:07) - Floyd Mayweather still works hard
(33:16) - Live chat
(37:02) - Boostagram Lounge
(41:10) - Kyrin's principles to become world class
(48:46) - Butchering the Pareto Principle
(54:27) - Pushing beyond pain and discomfort
(1:00:27) - General wrap up
(1:03:55) - V4V reminder, boosting is possible for all
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