How to Build Mental Toughness – Antifragile by Nassim Taleb

How to Build Mental Toughness – Antifragile by Nassim Taleb

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  2. Great video. I read Nassim Taleb's book and you have done a great job of distilling to a simple lesson that we can run with. I teach safety and productivity and I teach this same lesson. Please keep up the good videos. You nailed this one!

  3. I read Antifragile twice and it's my all time favorite book. I believe this 4-minute clip captures one of the most potent and inspiring aspects of Taleb's book. Yes, it's an extremely complex book with far-reaching implications for central governments, fiscal policies, risky investment banking practices and a host of other institutions, social domains, and intellectual concerns, as well as a nice primer to a new and insightful systems analysis, but one of the book's most practical insights is the notion that randomness or volatility can be an asset up to a certain point. Taleb draws much from evolutionary theory to make this argument, that randomness is necessary for growth and innovation, and risk taking and mental toughness can thus be enhanced by pressure and so I appreciate this takeaway on mental toughness. If an athlete reads Taleb's book she would come away with practical insights about how pressure and volatility can make her a better athlete. So I think this brief clip is a clever application of one of Taleb's important points: It's better to become antifragile and thrive off of volatility than to exist in a vulnerable state of fragility. The clip speaks to the possibility of self-enhanced fitness via putting oneself through tough situations. Most coaches do this every day in practice to prepare players for tough game-time situations. The only caveat I would add is that Taleb throughout the book specifies that the pressure or volatility provides benefits up to a point. Too much volatility or resistance can destroy. We see this in nature with hurricanes and other disasters and we see this with bodies when people push themselves too hard.

  4. I follow quite a many channels on books and reading. But I really like the way you sum it up. So whenever I find a new book or a new concept, I check it first whether you have posted anything on it. I have been planning to read even this book by Nassim Taleb but checked your video first. You are doing awesome man!

  5. nice vid – but the use of anti fragile to feelings is idiotic. you don't get stronger. real stoicism is better – feel the feelings, but realize how it doesn't kill you.

  6. I've been kicked around enough. I don't want more of it and I'm not going to crave it. I want to overcome when it happens, not go looking for more

  7. This is just a spin on 'what doesn't kill you makes you stronger' or 'no pain no gain' with an empowering new buzz word (antifragile)

  8. Happy to get you to 7k! Am researching prior to writing a composition for orchestra on the theme of anti-fragility. Thanks for the terrific video and anecdotes. I think I'll share this with my students.

  9. Makes sense….but I think we all have different paths to pursue. I could overcome my fear of rejection by knocking on all those doors, but the pain wouldn't be worth it.

    There are other goals which seems far more worthwhile to me, so dealing with the pain along the way is worthwhile.