Today we have a guest, Tracy, we shared and talk about comfort and pushing the comfort zone. We talked about how the range of experience that we have gives us the confidence, and helps create comfort in other areas of our life.

Routines, while boring, provides structure and comfort.

Scrum project management - Empiricism means working in a fact-based,

Recommended reading

The obstacle is the way - Ryan Holiday

The Goal - Dr. Eliyuahu Goldratt

Memes and pictures

Rubik's Cube meme - We figure it out eventually

Stress and Anxiety Curve - Sourced https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yerkes%E2%80%93Dodson_law

Definition: Catalyst 

1: a  substance that enables a chemical reaction to proceed at a usually  faster rate or under different conditions (as at a lower temperature)  than otherwise possible

2: an agent that provokes or speeds significant change or action

Mike's Types and tipping points 

Craig's Types:

Paradox of Choice - an observation that having many options to choose from, rather  than making people happy and ensuring they get what they want, can cause  them stress and problematize decision-making.

Schrodinger's Choices (something we just made up) - in quantum mechanics, Schrödinger's cat is a thought experiment that illustrates a paradox of quantum superposition. In the thought experiment, a hypothetical cat may be considered simultaneously both alive and dead, while it is  unobserved in a closed box, as a result of its fate being linked to a  random subatomic event that may or may not occur.

All choices exist until you make a choice. 

Mike's Growth Process:

1. Motivating factor to spark the pursuit

2. Study, make a plan, grind it

3. Failure, recover from failure 

4. Reflect on it, research 

5. Re-calibrate the plan, adjust to fix the failures experienced 

6. Go back to the grind 

7. Rinse and repeat to achieve the level of competency 

Craig's Growth Process

1. Catalyst for growth

2. Taking action to do something 

3. Reflect on actions taken and deliberate practice focused on the intended direction of growth 

4. Kaizen - 1% better, continuous improvement based on small positive changes 

Practitioner Definition: a person actively engaged in an art, discipline, or profession, especially medicine. -  "patients are treated by skilled practitioners" 

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