Here are some illustrated podnotes to go with the Modern Wisdom Podcast - Brad Stulberg - 6 Principles To Stop Feeling So Frantic.
Here is the introduction that accompanied the podcast:
Brad Stulberg is an expert in peak performance, a coach and an author.
The pressure we put on ourselves to achieve can be intense. But what is the point of success if it crushes your spirit while you're doing it? Brad has coached some of the world's top performers and come up with 6 principles for groundedness - a path to flourishing which feeds rather than crushes your soul.
Switching between tasks is the thing that drains you not the task itself.
Beating yourself does nothing to help you mobilize and take productive action.
Every itch not scratched is a lesson in self-compassion.
“I want to unfold. I don’t want to be folded, anywhere, because where I am folded, there I am a lie”. - Rainer Maria Rilke.
You say that you really want to be good at a thing, but you’re not turning up the way an athlete turns up. Athletes cover every single base.
The first arrow is a thought, feeling, event, or circumstance. You cannot control the first arrow, but the second arrow - your self-talk, judgment, denial, and magical thinking, you can control. The second arrow hurts worse than the first arrow.
