🤯Unknown Unknowns #43 - Let it Flow
Hello from Mammoth Mountain!
I had an amazing experience today. I'm still processing it, but I think it was my first cognizant flow experience. I was skiing pretty fast, and while I was aware of the speed it didn't really register. It was like a background visual. What I was aware of was my body. I was hyper-aware of my body movements but they didn't feel connected to the feeling of speed. I knew what I did would affect my movement but it still felt separated. It was like I was performing in front of a green screen. Or I was playing a video game. These are terrible analogies, but the best I can come up with. I'm wondering if this feeling is connected to the Buddhist observer concept? Would love to hear any of your experiences of the Flow State!
Discoveries:
I've been thinking of ways to find Unknown Unknowns in your life. Here's three:
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JTBD stands for Jobs To Be Done. It's a strategy of figuring out what the actual goal is. For example, you use a drill to create a specific size of hole. The purpose of a drill is to create that size of hole. Therefore if you want to improve or replace a drill, you only need to consider the act of creating a hole. Making the drill shinier or bigger or changing any other attribute won't matter except where it affects making a hole.
Your life consists of JTBD. By identifying them, you can discover what matters and what's superfluous.
=> Article Here
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This is one of my favorite Feynman videos. By knowing more about something, you can appreciate it more. What are you not aware of, that you can learn about?
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The ultimate unknown unknown is luck. But obviously you can't predict luck.
How can you harness luck?
Daniel Vassallo, who I may have mentioned before, has a Small Bets philosophy. By taking many small, low downside bets, you can use luck to your advantage.
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Leaving you in peace,
Chris