Thinking about some of Waitzkin’s comments recently.

There’s a segment where he categorises types of constraints encountered during performance. It roughly aligns with how I’ve been categorising my own difficulties whilst doing BJJ, climbing and math.

Basically:

- Physical
- Technical
- Psychological

In difficult moments, I’ve been 1) trying to identify which type of constraint is impeding me and 2) experimenting with litanies to overcome them.

A litany is a complex concept compressed down into a directive. Two I’ve been playing with are:

- “Slow is smooth, smooth is fast”
- “Relax to win”

These kinda work but they don’t focus on one particular class of constraint.

Wondering: does anyone have go-to litanies they’ve used or developed over time?

Thinking about some of Waitzkin’s comments recently.

There’s a segment where he categorises types of constraints encountered during performance. It roughly aligns with how I’ve been categorising my own difficulties whilst doing BJJ, climbing and math.

Basically:

- Physical
- Technical
- Psychological

In difficult moments, I’ve been 1) trying to identify which type of constraint is impeding me and 2) experimenting with litanies to overcome them.

A litany is a complex concept compressed down into a directive. Two I’ve been playing with are:

- “Slow is smooth, smooth is fast”
- “Relax to win”

These kinda work but they don’t focus on one particular class of constraint.

Wondering: does anyone have go-to litanies they’ve used or developed over time?
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another similar one “what if this were easy” 

imo are variations on wu wei ofc