I've been in the room with the "smartest guy in the room..." Carl June, MD, Scott Reamer, Faith Fitzgerald, MD, John Chia, MD, Jeff Saut. I keep waiting to see Carl get a Nobel Prize, but it's only a matter of time.
Be inspired and inspire with our teaching.
To think better, use better tools.
- Mental models (e.g. Critical Mass, “Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.” ― Helen Keller
- Cognitive bias
- Analogy "The Delaware of Cognition"
- Mindfulness
- Curiosity and openness
- Mentoring (steal old 'guys' ideas)
Analogy is the "interstate freeway system of cognition"
Let's briefly examine the role of analogy in contemplating basketball.
1. What happens when plants are too close together? Plants compete for light, nutrients, and water. If too close together diseases and pests can emerge as well.
Basketball spacing facilitates driving, cutting, and passing. Spacing forces longer closeouts, challenges double teams, and stresses help defenses. "Spacing is offense and offense is spacing."
2. "Don't play in traffic."
Parents warn us about playing in traffic. They're coaching us. Great players "win in space." Basketball is a game of creating and denying separation. Yes, there are exceptions when players "Draw 2" and pass.
3. Use sleight of hand.
Great players create magic with misdirection and execution.
4. Outwork the competition.
MIT class rings feature the "brass rat" the hardest working animal in nature, the beaver.
What makes exceptional players? Work. Tim S. Grover describes their work in Relentless. “Do. The. Work. Every day, you have to do something you don’t want to do. Every day.”
Summary:
- Cultivate more tools to think better. "Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much." - Helen Keller
- Spacing works in the garden and on the court.
- Don't play in the traffic.
- Make magic.
- Model the "brass rat"
Lagniappe (something extra). Kobe Bryant talks shootings ng.
Lagniappe 2 (put in the 'to do' bin)...the first 15 minutes are speaker introduction