This week, we're joined by Josh McKinney! Josh is a black belt, head coach at HeadNod Jiu-Jitsu in Southern Illinois, and the host of the I Suck at Jiu-Jitsu podcast. In this episode, Josh shares a framework for self-coaching beyond getting belt promotions, and explains why submission count and belt color are the wrong yardsticks for measuring whether you're getting better. Topics include: false metrics, the over-reliance on your A-game, learning to read old-school black belts, the Henry Akins "how many steps" test, and managing effort as a progress metric.

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Mental models discussed in this episode:

• Self-Competition
  https://bjjmentalmodels.com/self-competition
  
  
• Goodhart's Law
  https://bjjmentalmodels.com/goodharts-law
  
  
• Systematic Abandonment
  https://bjjmentalmodels.com/systematic-abandonment
  
  
• Concepts Over Techniques
  https://bjjmentalmodels.com/concepts-over-techniques
  
  
• Deliberate Practice
  https://bjjmentalmodels.com/deliberate-practice
  
  
• Resulting Fallacy
  https://bjjmentalmodels.com/resulting
  
  
• Economy of Motion
  https://bjjmentalmodels.com/economy-of-motion
  
  
• Making Smaller Circles
  https://bjjmentalmodels.com/making-smaller-circles
  
  
• Process Over Outcomes
  https://bjjmentalmodels.com/process-over-outcomes
  
  
  

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