02:58 Four Pillars of Performance. 04:09 1. Preparation. 05:15 2. Adaptation. 08:30 3. Communication. 12:05 4. Mindset. Four pillars as a student: Preparation: 14:50 Diagnostic problem: looking for solutions, not for the cause of problem. 16:14 Preparation isn't about bruteforcing and grinding. Mindless repetition does not improve you. 19:01 Memory optimization. 21:33 Active notes. Don't read just for information. Understand and transform your thinking. Adaptation: 22:46 Adaptation. Identity and adjustment. "it's what I am" doesn't help, while "how can I improve this" does. Communication: 26:00 Communication. Peer groups. Mindset: 29:03 Mindset. Rejections do not make you a reject. 30:35 Action orientation vs outcome orientation. 33:55 Being a goner. Four pillars as a programmer: 34:42 Four pillars as a programmer. 35:38 Being bot-like. 9-to-5-in' vs thinking and being thoughtful. 37:28 Iterating. 41:40 Sprints and communication. 42:52 How to say "we can't do that" as CTO. 45:06 Mindset of Cynical Persevere YOLOing (or as Nietzsche put it, Amor Fati).
*Gunner instead of goner From Urban Dictionary: "A person who is competitive,overly-ambitious and substantially exceeds minimum requirements. A gunner will compromise his/her peer relationships and/or reputation among peers in order to obtain recognition and praise from his/her superiors."
Preparation (Affective practicing/studying, quality>quantity, take advantage of physiology, neuroscience, psychology) Adaptation (malleable Identity, Growth mindset) Communication (ask questions, 2 brain > 1 brain, willing to learn from anyone, willing to help anyone) Mindset (Plecebo, Growth mindset, learning and accepting failure, attitude of actually wanting to learn, pessimistic YOLO aka fuck it, lets just do it 👍)
i just wanna say, the whole "how do I improve at this" fiasco is really a life changer. When you think of how to improve at something, then you actually do, the progress can really feel adicting. However, some might mistake it with making long term plans and systems, but it's really more of being concsious of your current actions, and choosing what to do in the present to basically, improve. As a digital artist and music producer, this really really makes the difference. My opinion
@@romerus6087 Aiming. Something people miss in FPS is just thinking their aim is going to improve through continuous drilling of aim scenarios or training ranges when in reality, if they aren't trying to change the way they hold the mouse, the speed they move it at etc. to trial and adapt to what works, it'll never improve or at least it won't improve nearly as efficiently as it could. I find that every time I come back from a break I perform better 2 days in than 3 weeks after that break. Simply because of the shift from the initial novice/growth mindset (since I'm going in expecting having to learn new things and "re-improve" to catch up with game changes and skill decay) vs the fixed mindset that sets in when the dopamine addiction develops and I stop consciously thinking about how I'm playing as much.
I don't know if you are joking or are you seriously uninformed about this If you are joking then it was a nice joke, thanks for the laugh If it wasn't a joke, he IS a professional registered therapist Check out the content on this channel, you won't regret watching any of it in the long run
This is gold. Ive been coaching League player for 4 years and played "casually" on master level. Whenever i had a session to coach people, i found myself mostly digging into their personal life, and fixing attitudes and mindsets rather than actuall ingame coaching, because in my experiance, it was much more valuble laying the right mindset as fundation, rather than picking small mistakes ingame, that could have been treatet by the person itself, if given the right tools to identify those issues themselfs. Thats why you mostly take the 8/10 with a good mindset, rather then the 10/10 with a bad mindset, because it will, on the long run, rather cripple than improve your teamdynamic if you poison your team. The 8/10s with good mindset will lift each other, the 10/10 will make the rest worse. A good practice to stick to: dont plan your whole day- sit down in the morning with 30 minutes of absolut free time. Dont consume. Eat, think, write down your thoughts and remind yourself, you are water and you are in the position to adapt to everything (mostly) you want- You are not the same person you have been 2-3 years ago. Same goes for the future. Remind yourself.
I really appreciate this comment. As I've been getting older I've become aware that the decision making I was learning in games reflected on situations in other facets of my life and that If I change it in one it changes in the other as well.
Another thing is that the 8/10 might have a better potential to improve to become a 10/10, while the already 10/10 might drop down due to bad attitudes and inability to adapt. But of course, there are always exceptions to that rule.
As a cynical fatalistic programmer, I think it just comes down to accepting reality. Recognizing that the situation is shit allows you to have healthy expectations for yourself and your work, which takes a heavy mental burden off, which allows you to perform your best.
Expectation Management The lower your expectations, the weaker the mental blow you'll take when you fail. If you take too many strong mental blows, your mental will go boom and your motivation for doing anything will be thanos snapped away.
@Mask Off Vibin do you think so lowly of yourself that you feel the need to attack random people on the internet for their jobs? Maybe you should join the discord and get some help. it was good for me, im sure itll be good for you too.
This, you can't fight reality and win. It takes resources away from actually trying to find a solution the current problem. Accept what is and take it one step at a time from there.
As a person who trained as an athlete for 7 years at international level, this was a great video on understanding the mind set and necessities for improvement in anything! To do well in anything you care about, you have to learn how to learn. And their are so many similarities between sports players and esports players mindsets. Awesome video once again!
How do I take myself from National level to internatinal level. I’m on the border of being able to win matches in Europe as well as Finland. I’ve had a few rough years (family stuff) in the most important stages of my athletic development. I’m 24. I know some things I should do and that I am working onz I haven’t thought about mental game yet since I’m not physically quite there.
@@janp6622 honestly bro, I personally have ADHD and I’m 25 now, so I had my own personal advantages and setbacks, but exposure for you now is what will get you the next step hopefully. I think just keep going as the results WILL come if you’re training hard and smart and have good guidance. The more exposure and experience in the higher level comps you get, the more confidence you will get (which will change your mindset into the one mentioned in this video) and once you get that one break through result your mindset will snowball from there. I don’t know if any of this is helpful but I hope it is, and good luck bro I believe in you! Sports is such a massive psychological contest more than anything else.
@@janp6622 You have to learn how to see things. In order to learn how to see things, you have to learn how to do them (unless you're already a seasoned vet). Once you've seen things a lot of times and understand the mechanics behind them, you then have to know situations someone might do something: a read. When you're able to read people, you have to know a counter play. You have to develop a high understanding of the game and the options available, to predict and actively control your opponent(s). Preparation > reaction. You have to already be thinking waay ahead of the game so you're not caught unawares. It's like playing against a novice or one-trick pony, times 100. If you already know everything the other person is capable of doing, and are able to predict and counter what they want to do, you will almost never lose to them. The same is true for those better than you: they know everything you can do. They can predict you. They know your options. They control what you're going to do by pressuring you. They see holes in your gameplan. They see your blindspots because they know more than you, they've practised and experienced more things. In order to get up to their level, you have to be able to see the same things they see, the way they can break down your gameplan and flaws, the way you breakdown others'.
This is great but Id also love to see a vid explaining how we can change each one of these aspects in ourselves because I stuggle to apply knowledge in a practical sense
See, the adaptation thing was important for me to learn, because when I was young, I genuinely had the belief that people were either just 'good' or 'bad' at something naturally, and that was it. I always imagined that people who were tennis champs, for example, were just godly gifted at playing tennis. I never imagined the countless hours of early morning training, of playing the game every day, thinking about it constantly. I genuinely never thought that one could improve at a thing; maybe by accident by doing it a bunch, but I didn't even consider that pointed deliberate practice could be a path to improvement. I happened to get good grades at school, so I never encountered a problem with this mentality until college.
Would you be willing to go into depth for each of these pillars? I would like to improve my communication and change my mindset but there's a lot of bad info out there
same here, would love to see a deeper dive into each pillar - regarding communication I'd personally recommend Dr.K's "Psychitrist's guide to conversation" if you haven't already watched it. For mindset "Get Rid of Self Limiting Beliefs" by Therapy in a Nutshell was pretty helpful to me, might be something that helps you too
You compile every insult out there, and whenever someone in your team screws up, randomly pick one, and angrily shout it out. If the person gets triggered, you'll feel superior and play better, works everytime
Mb the cynical yolo programmer mindset is a byproduct of being comfortable trying new approaches and adapting to difficult situations without diminishing them. You'd expect that from people who are creative thinkers and like challenges, so it's natural that someone like that does well as a programmer Also, if you expect your ideas to always work and be efficient (opposite of being cynical about them), you'll take to long to realize when they don't or aren't. If you think about it, the key components of that attitude are being detached, adaptive and not afraid of facing difficulties and failing
@@AdamSaudagar if you play that game on any difficulty that isn’t easy, the enemy’s breath on you and you die, it’s one of the most frustrating games you’ll ever play, if you can beat it without cheesing kills you become a better man by proxy
It's a shame they rushed to put out 3 games within a 2 year timespan (Dark Souls 2/3 and Bloodborne 2014-2016). They're still very good games, but if they had spent a little extra time on each one they would have been epic.
that's what nietzsche would call amor fati. To find beauty in cimrcumstances beyond your control, without feeling personally attacked by them or personally graced by them. When the cards are dealt we don't scream at the deck, nor do we thank the deck, we make do with the hand we have, good or bad.
i's not only with programmers, i see this mindset in construction too and i think if you think its gonna fail from the beginning it takes away a lot of pressure and expectations like we used to say "we're not gonna make it in time anyway, but we might as well see how much we can get done worthwhile", in the end we manage to meet the deadline and our boss plans with an even tighter schedule e.e
Man. I've got an absolute 10 in adaptability and maybe an 8 in mindset, but like a 3 in preparation and a 1 in communication. I think one of my biggest hurdles is the fact that I have a tendency to assume that everyone else either doesn't care as much as I do, or isn't as capable as I am. I'm also pretty lazy and I fight against procrastination a LOT. It's mostly toolbox fallacy type procrastination. The end result is that I inevitably end up deciding to do something (usually with poor timing), refuse to ask for help, and I somehow at least somewhat accomplish my task (usually in a way much harder than I should have), or at the very least get the ball rolling. I should probably assume better of others.
I've worked as programmer, then architect and now chief architect for almost a decade and what I can say about the attitude and mindset is that often you tend to become the bearer of bad news since everyone else's brilliant ideas might not be so great once put to the test of how they are to be executed (which is our job as developers). Often they have logical flaws and inconsistencies, not necessarily within themselves but especially with other parts of the business. What tends to make the whole landscape too complex is when these inconsistent ideas are forced to coexist. This is what makes programming so hard, it's not how to build something, it's how to cater for many people's brilliant ideas to live together in harmony while they are actually mini horror stories that don't pass the test of time. I'd be happy to discuss and elaborate more of some if you are interested.
As soon as I saw the title I thought I would be able to apply these methods to my sports training. I was excited when I saw the beginning of the video where you explained I could do exactly that.
The Yolo programmer attitude sounds simply like a growth mindset, specifically found in the difference between presuming failure and pre-accepting failure. You invite what you fear. If you can accept failure in the external way you mentioned earlier in this video as opposed to a self characterization, you are far more likely to be successful. This is something I initially learned when I was forced to learn how to dive as a kid. My fear and expectancy of flopping led me to consistently half commit and cause my own failure. Eventually I gave in, accepted I was probably about to flop again but will give it my best and I kicked off hard enough to do it right. Like in a knights tale where the protagonist doesn't blink or look away right before impact while jousting. His lack of fear of failure through acceptance of fate, enabled the confidence to commit to his actions greater than his opponents. There are parallels in wrestling and martial arts too. You only succeed in take downs when you fully commit. Second doubts get you failed takedown attempts. This is a common trend I've found to consistently be reinforced through my life in every aspect.
Dr.K is Amazing! I've learned so much in the year or so I have been following him. The human mind is fascinating! (it's also hilarious how he integrates gamer vocabulary in the middle of a professional talk )
"meditation is OP" shit like that is why i think gamers can relate to him so well. He uses a lexicon that is instantly familiar to us that our brains have already registered as "Good" and "yes do this thing again" and can really break down something that might be just inherently complicated into smaller bites that actually let u make progress step by step
11:10: This sounds Brooks's Law, from "The Mythical Man-Month," where adding more people to an already late project will result in the project being completed even later. While the effects of communication overhead are true and significant, I don't think that was the main takeaway from that chapter. I believe Brooks's main observation was that there is ramp-up cost on both the new team members, and the old team members who are tasked with mentoring them, which cause team capacity to be diminished, not increased, as new team members are added. But that capacity is supposed to normalize and increase as the team members are successfully on-boarded. Communication overhead is real, but that wasn't Brooks's original argument.
Not only that, but expectations also rise. Like, if you are someone who loves creating stuff and someone comes in to do the what's "boring" for you, you will have more time and energy to create more stuff, which in turn makes more work to be done.
I like that he mentions how you can't fake things. You have to approach communication with the right mindset, you have to approach software development with the right mindset. It's not about just checking the boxes, it's about "everyone doing well in this class" or "becoming a well rounded developer". I think that's an issue when people try to "network", it comes across as insincere and people pick up on that.
Hey Dr.K I was wondering if you could make more videos like these and maybe going more indepth into the pillars and how they work? I found this video very valuable to me as someone trying to play games at a high level and also someone who is starting to pick up programming to look into as a career. Thanks for sharing your wisdom. Much love man.
Valorant player here. This is dope. Having an actual person break this down is awesome. All other gamers here who are trying to improve not only in games but life. I have nothing but mad respect. Let's reach our dreams and goals babyyyyy
10 years ago did I have a successful performance in both WoW arena and HoN (became Dota and LoL). For me was it a way to reach a mental state of flow and at the same time forget reality and feel perfectly alive and at rest. All this playing took me down a mental destructive path and I thought I had to do smth grown-up with my life. I started studying smth reputable and doing socially admirable stuff but what I always enjoyed the most was to playing computer games. Thanks to Dr.K did I start playing 1-hour games 3 times per week and it's the highlight of my week. And people around me think I'm the nerd because I love computer games but I could not give less of a fuck nowadays.
Some people in my program created a discord group with all our classes and it is so helpful. I honestly don't think I would've passed if it weren't for that because my program is killer. I suggest everyone to do this tbh or at least have some kind of class group chat or something.
I go into every LoL game trying to communicate positively, then hit the mute all at the first sign of toxicity. Communication is very effective, but negative attitude can be infectious.
I too go into every league game trying to communicate positively, but when people are toxic I deal with it, I am not exactly sure how, either I have developed some amount of detachment and confidence, or maybe I am just supressing my emotions and arrogant. Working through a negative game and getting a win anyway is probably the most rewarding experience I have had playing league. Tho games where all 9 other players seem toxic as hell can be quite difficult to get through and many of them you will lose. I play adc and watch a lot of xfsn saber, wish you well in your games!
I think it is not about being bad but not being committed to what you really want to do . That happened to me with art. when i started drawing and coloring again after many many years , my drawings were bad , terribly bad but as i continued drawing and practicing and being completed committed to what i really wanted to achieve , i could see some improvement and a better understanding of what i really wanted . even though i am not a pro digital artist yet , i am on my way to becoming one . If you want to become a pro at videogames , you have to dedicate your life entirely to them .
Man, I needed to hear this. Fucking game changer. I need to figure out a way to implement this in my own life, stop self pity so much and just adapt and communicate. Dr. K just knows how to get that message across and I hope I can put it into practicality
I think those programmers you were talking about who go "YOLO" are not really attached to the outcome, so they're just kind of like, "Okay let's just see what happens..."
Yeah, for me it feels like... I don't care much about the thing I am making but I do care about my work, so even if the thing breaks I dont break as I am completely detached from the thing, but seeing my work going out in the world feels good.
Of course theyre not attached to the outcome. Its not their product. Someone else will earn a shit ton of money. So why should I be attached to the outcome? It doesnt affect me
I know exactly what it is. There is this obsession with doing things the "right" way in programming, some take it on as an identity. People waste a lot of time implementing the latest the newest paradigm or design pattern, use the shiniest new features in a language or abstract as much as possible for the sake of writing "clean code". The way people talk about it almost reminds me of religions. However, at some point you have to ask yourself, what you are trying to achieve? Solve arbitrary coding puzzles you made for yourself? Or make something specific, like a product? There is value in the coding puzzle mindset, but we all know what the world cares about more. That's why being "YOLO" leads to better results. You won't really ever achieve the ideal code without wasting a lot of time and money.
@@florent9555 It depends on the situation. Like, this situation can apply to the self-employed as well. I used to program, but not for an employer. It's technically my creation, but I still don't care about the outcome. Like if it happens to work and create ripples, cool. If not, oh well. Same with creating any work, music, a book, etc. It still may affect me financially or something, but it's not really much more different.
As a programmer myself, the "Yolo method" you're explaining at the end hit me so hard. I think we get this attitude because when we're not sure we can accomplish something, first of all we don't have any expectations so we just try to make something that works, little by little (through those iterations you talked about). Second of all, I just personally think it's more challenging and interesting to work on something you're not sure you can complete, with new problems you haven't seen yet, than to work on a project you know how to code with your eyes closed. (Figure of speech of course). I just always learn so much when working on a project I'm not sure I can 100% make yet, and just have more fun and motivation to complete it.
Very good video. Perhaps it should get a better title, because many won't recognise that it is more about how to improve for everybody and not only for esport athlets.
My theory for why the "YOLO" programmers get good work done: It's a little like science, except even easier in some sense You can experiment with some changes, and experiment with others, and usually pretty easily check which ones worked and which ones didn't
The lack of adaptation with romance bit actually stood out to me. I need to figure out why romance and relationships are so alien to me; frustrating; and defeating.
So funny to see this video today, been hardstuck at my MMR and my mindset has definitely been slipping as watching TI has actually lowered my self esteem as a player because I feel like there’s such a wide gap between me and them and trying and failing to emulate the cool heroes I see makes it difficult to deal with when my games are so disappointingly different from “good Dota”.
Also a competitive dota, league, Valo overwatch, 2k22, cod, and play World of Warcraft the majority of my day.. right now playing back4blood. It’s truly an amazing Experience! And looking to get into New World if anyone has feedback on their experience with that MMO let me know what you think!- if you see this lol
I wish I had seen this back when I was in college...I've improved on some of the pillars since then (communication and adaptation mostly), but could still stand to improve on all of them.
I have a honest question here Dr.K, and im not sure i will get a reply, respecting how busy you must be. If we upvote this, mayve it gets us all some nice input. Watching this video here kind of supports. what i was already knowing in a way. But how do i ensure, that the knowledge will finally sink in fundamentally into my subconsciousness. I always think to myself: If i would watch this video every day, and i aply all those mindests to myself, there is no other way than growth, in a healthy way, for me and my surroundings. But how do i devote myself to this better. Maybe the question is stupid and i lack attentionspan, but im really curious. How do i make the Information in this Video, or some Infos in general a Mantra that i can stick to in a healthy way. Greetings from germany and much love to you and your team. Thanks for the awesome output you share.
I'm not Dr K, but I relate to your post and have done a bit of coaching myself. I could be wrong, but judging on your post it seems you primarily absorb things on an intellectual level. That could hold you back, becauss it's difficult to break through a barrier if you practice one-dimensionally. If you want to truly let your lessons truly sink in, I think it's very important to train yourself on all levels: from understanding the problem, to processing the information and surrounding emotions, and to practicing the actual behaviour. Only through that symbiose can you truly master yourself. I think the most important question for you is: What strategy do I use to grow and how can I improve it? Good luck on your journey man. It's hard not to know if your efforts will be rewarded in the end, but it's part of the process and you have to trust it. The uncertainty will fade. Once you've found a strategy that works for you, won't have to question the process as you'll get rewarded plenty. I think you're well on your way!
Not sure if anyone pointed this out but for the gambling example about mindset and placebo, technically if you think you will win it does increase your chances ever so slightly because you would be more likely to gamble at all in the first place. And as we know, you have to actually gamble to win at gambling.
I can add to the last part about programmers who YOLO it. It's kind of true. For a couple of years, I and my friend were go to people in our community to solve tough problems. The main difference was that despite me learning that business people tend to speak in ideas, not actual schematics, when someone approached me I was taking their shpiel literally which lead to a hard "no". This is bonkers. I understand where you're going, I know where this originated from and I can tell you for a fact that it's not going to fly. Of course no follow up. On the other hand, my friend was smooth talking the whole process knowing exactly what I knew, settling the deal, and then working up from the given restrictions (time/budget) to something as close as the laid out idea. Which was often bearing no resemblance to the original idea at all. Of course, my friend was way more successful, and the business people loved to work with him because he was delivering the ideas they were talking about while I was focused on technological obstacles.
The real question for me is how do I apply and follow through on making adaptions. I create solutions for so many questions I ask myself but I really dont last longer than a week
I think you need perseverance to stick through things consistently long enough and make some changes as you adapt to it. I have the same problem of starting a lot of things but abandon them halfway through.
Playing more matches in non-solo-queue makes for a very different experience from those who do solo-queue. It is kind of like comparing driving 10 miles versus cycling 10 miles. I find it interesting that much of this video is less about e-Sports and more about programming and business. As for the Yolo thing - I think it is partly due to corporate culture that subtly undermines the ambitions and expectations of those programmers - tolerating the resultant toxicity in exchange for a better bottom-line.
On the topic of practice, I have three consecutive undefeated seasons in baseball with the same coaching staff. Regular practice was not enough to get us functioning like a well-oiled machine. The one thing that the coaches always expressed was that practice does not make perfect, however, perfect practice makes perfect. I think it was that philosophy alone that contributed to our undefeated seasons
@@aservant1284 Strong emphasis on fundamentals. Form, timing, explosiveness, concentration. We did drills as a team, and if anyone made a mistake, the whole team took laps. We would spend a full day literally doing nothing but quick hands drills, Hand eye coordination drills, batting drills and other drills on things that would typically lead to errors. There was never a practice of no lap taking, but eventually they were at minimum. we were in really good shape. lol This is specific to baseball but I'm sure you can apply this to anything. just first identify the basic fundamentals required to perform the task, and drill the heck out of it. Don't settle for good results. Aim for perfection.
As someone who was born with a brain tumor, and had an Amygdalohippocampectomy, and honestly just feels like one of the most misunderstood people on the planet (I typed in MBTI as an INTP btw, soooo yeah), this gave me the confidence boost (and hope) I needed as I'm currently considering medical school, but have ADD, and a brain tumor on the Pons of the brain stem which has to do with the intaking of information and in a way attention. I actually got side-tracked for about 20 minutes in the middle of typing this. The worst (or best, IDK) part about it: I have studying, and assignments to do, and I was playing a mobile game.
As a yoloing programmer I just wanna see what kind of abomination I can make work. I also tend to just do stuff to avoid discussions so very interested in a suicidal patient communication skills video.
Hey Dr. K, I really do love your work. These videos are gold. But could you give some more focus on some bibliography in these types of videos? This would really help going forward individually. I know a lot of your wisdom comes from your own experience, but is there more material we could explore on our own?
6:21 this I can't cook analogy is so funny to me cos if I season a chicken thigh a night before and cooks it thoroughly and it comes out tender I feel like I'm Gordon Ramsay.
As a very bad people person and mediocre programmer, I definitely agree that communication is actually more important very often in software developing than programming skills. Understanding what you need to do and why is very hard and beeing good at it makes you think of more effective and simple solutions for the problem, so you don't need to write some overly complicated systems. Also, when he talked about yolo programmers, I definitely think I am one and I can tell you why it's a good mindset to have. It's because it gets shit done. Some very experienced people and way better coders than me waste like a half a year and a lot of resources for problems they still don't get done, because they are way too safe or try to be way too perfect for solving a specific problem or they overthink it. Sometimes you just have to yolo it and start doing it and see where it goes, instead of thinking too much and it often works out, if it doesn't work out, you'll probably waste a lot of time but will learn something along the way.
Pos 4/5 i went from crusaider to Devine by getting a mic and hard wiring my pc to my modem. It took a year and a bunch of dota alchemy and Henry videos but i think a big part of it is getting a mic.
Holy shit, I accidentally stumbled on the information recall lol I would always study for like 2 - 3 hours because I just mentally could not keep going and then spent my time throughout the day attempting to recall the information. I would imagine a sort of chest that holds everything I know, then begin pulling out information about the specific subject. I did this right before exams as well.
I guess yolo anti placebo mindset works for programming, because programming process by nature gathers and unpacks the necessary details and potential solutions to complete a task. So it' s not an issue with some hidden ghost in subconsciousness haunting your performance, when there is a clear cut progress towards reaching a goal.
I actually made my major Chemistry in college because I wasn't good at it. I wanted to be good at it, and i studied really hard and did all my homework. Now my reading comprehension and writing skills are above all of my other strengths.
@@WsciekleMleko okay so what you need to do is talk to elmo, yeah yeah, are you following , pls exuse me I'm a little methed out, once you get to elmo he will show you to his crack den,no you might say "I didn't ask for crack, I asked for meth" and then elmo will give you the meth making instructions, on one condition, you have to give 50% of your soul to elmo, and also 10% of the meth you make, then you can amke all the meth right in the comfort of your washing machines. good luck young bull 👍
The mindset and communication made me wanna go back to pvp on a game I used to play and the thing is that it's in japanese so even if I wanted to comunicate I really wouldnt be able to lol
Damn... I cringed a lot when you explained the communication stuff, study groups, talking with the professors, talking about our needs, and becoming political. I tend to have a growth mindset in the field of technical skills, like programming, or math, or whatever subject. I'm not totally screwed in communication either, but the idea of becoming more political, I can't, I identify myself as not able to do it. It's very interesting, by saying that, you just highlighted this trait I have, now it came to my consciousness. I don't wanna change it but at least, I'm aware of it. Thanks. I know you're right by the way, but even so, there is something inside that resists. I'll dig into it.
The sense of identity thing I find a lot with older people and technology. Many of them are VERY intelligent and perfectly capable of learning computers, but they have some kind of sense of identity mental block that is almost like a conscious choice to avoid learning this new scary intimidating thing.
My grandfather is this to a T. Dude will INSTANTLY ask for your help with something before even entertaining the thought of doing it himself and it drives me mad lol
I have a big hatred toward the idea of boosting/getting your account boosted because a lot of players want the end result (the supposed high ranking), but they don't want to do the actual work of learning and grinding to achieve actual skill in any given game. The fact is, most good gamers we come across at the highest levels sacrifice a lot of time and energy to the point where it's an obsession. A lot of people want to skip and invalidate that, but there is a reason why anyone who buys an account/boosting job never goes pro.
I could care less if someone boosts rank to me means nothing . 1v1 me and then i'll really see if you walk the walk and i'll begin to care. The rank to me is like the AD u get talking up every product, its like ok quit glamorizing it i'll see if its worth a shit when i use it
@@thedoomslayer5863 Boosting is a two-fold problem. You got the boosters ruining the games ranking the account up. Then you got the boostees who (usually) underperform at that rank and end up screwing up the matches because the system thinks they're higher than they really are.
When you go out to the cabin and isolate yourself, it's for inspiration. Once you have the inspiration, that's when you need to be good with a team to help your vision become reality.
I get really high ranked in pretty much every game I play, the last one being challenger in LoL. The problem I have is that I get really bored when I get that good, so it usually means I end up just droping the game, just like I droped league (there were a lot of factors that led me into that, but feeling like people weren't improving as much as me and having no interest in the professional scene was definitely the most important parts of that decision). It's so easy for me to identify what I need to work on and, well, start working on it, even if I am just playing the game casually. I am new to FPS in general and just got playing Valorant. I am sure once I get very good at it I'll just drop the game and sell the account to someone who cares about skins.
I think arrogance might be a area you should touch up on with Dr.K lol Also being high ranked in something is not equal to playing it at the highest possible level in pro tournaments otherwise every max rank in ranked of any game would be killing it financially since they'd be in all the tournys and winning a lot.
@@thedoomslayer5863 arrogance? Excuse me? Good thing he is the professional one and not you, because you clearly don't know the difference between knowing what you do well and being arrogant. No reason to watch videos related to psychology if you don't think about things before posting.
@@LucasSousaSF I ain't gon lie brodie you def do sound arrogant, not saying thats who you are, but this specific comment you posted definitely comes off arrogantly, but I don't know why @The Doom Slayer had to be so snarkie about it though
@@kingtaylor1268 Recognizing you are good at something usually sounds arrogant, it's pretty lame tbh. I was just being honest and not measuring words to say how I feel, not sure why that usually pisses other people off like that first guy
I agree. If someone says I suck at this when I try doing it at first, like dude of course u would suck when u just starting out, but u won't suck anymore if u don't let the 'suck' affect u, just improve. (is like when u start out in a game and u are just level 1 of course u would suck at defeating higher levels, just take time to level up)
Communication in programming is 100% true. There's a horrible lack of that in this industry. Some people on my team are late starters who just got out of college with a CS degree at like 40, but because they're excellent communicators, they pull their weight and contribute to the project in big ways.
The best way to improve is to let go of any negative predisposition towards the practice process and go slow and make sure you do everything right before moving forward
Im a programmer for a startup after changing careers from managing restaurants and 45:17 describes my approach to programming completely, yeah it probably wont work but why not give it a shot?
could the "yolo" part be similar to "fuck it" attitude? Like there are times where pre-conceived notion might blind them and going in stress-free and trusting gut instinct might benefit them more? Idk, just my 2 cents, hope to hear your research results on "yolo is good sometimes"
The Mythical Man month - it shouldn't take more calendar time, (if it does, definitely check your priorities), but it will take more man-hours per person the more people you add. Indeed, this is due to the large communication burden in these situations. This can be managed by having good best practices and workflows!
Mostly unrelated, but the lack of adaptability plays into why I think I can't get better at games that I play with a high ping (living in a serverless country far from any hubs). When the identity determination is a physical, quantitative obstacle, your will to adapt disappears.
The ending has a lot to do with being right or wrong about your doom predictions. If you are right and things are not going to work you'll listen to others just to tell how this is not going to work, so they can reply saying that this will work and you'll do everything they say just to show that this is not going to work. And being right or being wrong (altough I don't like categories like right and wrong) have a lot to do with with having a good understanding about yourself in a level where being right or wrong won't change who you are. Eventough you are the person telling how things are not going to work, doesn't mean that those things are not going to give a result that is worth the effort. Also, the guys who says that things are not going to work and others respect his opinion is probably the same guy that said it a lot of times and still did it and things didn't work. So people know he is not just being a downer, you'll just need better arguments to convince him.
Increasing your own intelligence has a lower yield than accessing other people's intelligence. Wish I had understood that better when I was a student. I thought education was the goal and network a by-product, and college is exactly the other way around.
02:58 Four Pillars of Performance.
04:09 1. Preparation.
05:15 2. Adaptation.
08:30 3. Communication.
12:05 4. Mindset.
Four pillars as a student:
Preparation:
14:50 Diagnostic problem: looking for solutions, not for the cause of problem.
16:14 Preparation isn't about bruteforcing and grinding. Mindless repetition does not improve you.
19:01 Memory optimization.
21:33 Active notes. Don't read just for information. Understand and transform your thinking.
Adaptation:
22:46 Adaptation. Identity and adjustment. "it's what I am" doesn't help, while "how can I improve this" does.
Communication:
26:00 Communication. Peer groups.
Mindset:
29:03 Mindset. Rejections do not make you a reject.
30:35 Action orientation vs outcome orientation.
33:55 Being a goner.
Four pillars as a programmer:
34:42 Four pillars as a programmer.
35:38 Being bot-like. 9-to-5-in' vs thinking and being thoughtful.
37:28 Iterating.
41:40 Sprints and communication.
42:52 How to say "we can't do that" as CTO.
45:06 Mindset of Cynical Persevere YOLOing (or as Nietzsche put it, Amor Fati).
Was just looking for you ❤️
*Gunner instead of goner
From Urban Dictionary:
"A person who is competitive,overly-ambitious and substantially exceeds minimum requirements. A gunner will compromise his/her peer relationships and/or reputation among peers in order to obtain recognition and praise from his/her superiors."
@@WanderTheNomad Didn't knew that. I thought he meant "goner" as in "he who will fail inevitably with mindset like this"
@@Juhziz yup, it comes from
"gunning for (someone or something)"
which means "Pursuing something or someone aggressively"
Appreciate you man
Preparation (Affective practicing/studying, quality>quantity, take advantage of physiology, neuroscience, psychology)
Adaptation (malleable Identity, Growth mindset)
Communication (ask questions, 2 brain > 1 brain, willing to learn from anyone, willing to help anyone)
Mindset (Plecebo, Growth mindset, learning and accepting failure, attitude of actually wanting to learn, pessimistic YOLO aka fuck it, lets just do it 👍)
i just wanna say, the whole "how do I improve at this" fiasco is really a life changer. When you think of how to improve at something, then you actually do, the progress can really feel adicting. However, some might mistake it with making long term plans and systems, but it's really more of being concsious of your current actions, and choosing what to do in the present to basically, improve. As a digital artist and music producer, this really really makes the difference.
My opinion
You're onto something, yeah.
Do you have any examples to give?
The first good opinion I've seen on youtube
@@romerus6087 Aiming. Something people miss in FPS is just thinking their aim is going to improve through continuous drilling of aim scenarios or training ranges when in reality, if they aren't trying to change the way they hold the mouse, the speed they move it at etc. to trial and adapt to what works, it'll never improve or at least it won't improve nearly as efficiently as it could. I find that every time I come back from a break I perform better 2 days in than 3 weeks after that break. Simply because of the shift from the initial novice/growth mindset (since I'm going in expecting having to learn new things and "re-improve" to catch up with game changes and skill decay) vs the fixed mindset that sets in when the dopamine addiction develops and I stop consciously thinking about how I'm playing as much.
its really not it doesnt help you dont actually do better you change the thing you do. This all is a total bullshit
This guy would be great as a therapist
I don't know if you are joking or are you seriously uninformed about this
If you are joking then it was a nice joke, thanks for the laugh
If it wasn't a joke, he IS a professional registered therapist
Check out the content on this channel, you won't regret watching any of it in the long run
@@nishchay1725 its a joke man chill
Too bad he's only a pro-gamer
Lmao
Ya I know that mate but sometimes people who come from youtube recommendations might not know it so yeah....
This is gold.
Ive been coaching League player for 4 years and played "casually" on master level.
Whenever i had a session to coach people, i found myself mostly digging into their personal life, and fixing attitudes and mindsets rather than actuall ingame coaching, because in my experiance, it was much more valuble laying the right mindset as fundation, rather than picking small mistakes ingame, that could have been treatet by the person itself, if given the right tools to identify those issues themselfs.
Thats why you mostly take the 8/10 with a good mindset, rather then the 10/10 with a bad mindset, because it will, on the long run, rather cripple than improve your teamdynamic if you poison your team.
The 8/10s with good mindset will lift each other, the 10/10 will make the rest worse.
A good practice to stick to: dont plan your whole day- sit down in the morning with 30 minutes of absolut free time. Dont consume. Eat, think, write down your thoughts and remind yourself, you are water and you are in the position to adapt to everything (mostly) you want-
You are not the same person you have been 2-3 years ago. Same goes for the future.
Remind yourself.
What’s up with some free coaching get me out of the elo hell that is silver
You sound like a good coach! If I was a coach I would have the same strategy!
I really appreciate this comment. As I've been getting older I've become aware that the decision making I was learning in games reflected on situations in other facets of my life and that If I change it in one it changes in the other as well.
Another thing is that the 8/10 might have a better potential to improve to become a 10/10, while the already 10/10 might drop down due to bad attitudes and inability to adapt. But of course, there are always exceptions to that rule.
Im also gold. In league...
This video was what I call a pro-gamer move
Movie*
programmer*
"ugly people are in relationships all the time" -Dr. Sigma 2021
so inspirational
so i aint ugly then
As a cynical fatalistic programmer, I think it just comes down to accepting reality. Recognizing that the situation is shit allows you to have healthy expectations for yourself and your work, which takes a heavy mental burden off, which allows you to perform your best.
yup, it also makes it less painful to accept that the games industry sucks as dev
Expectation Management
The lower your expectations, the weaker the mental blow you'll take when you fail. If you take too many strong mental blows, your mental will go boom and your motivation for doing anything will be thanos snapped away.
It's also kind of like "this is already broken. I can try to fix it; if it works, then hey that's cool. If it doesn't, well, it was already broken"
@Mask Off Vibin do you think so lowly of yourself that you feel the need to attack random people on the internet for their jobs? Maybe you should join the discord and get some help. it was good for me, im sure itll be good for you too.
This, you can't fight reality and win. It takes resources away from actually trying to find a solution the current problem. Accept what is and take it one step at a time from there.
As a person who trained as an athlete for 7 years at international level, this was a great video on understanding the mind set and necessities for improvement in anything!
To do well in anything you care about, you have to learn how to learn. And their are so many similarities between sports players and esports players mindsets. Awesome video once again!
How do I take myself from National level to internatinal level. I’m on the border of being able to win matches in Europe as well as Finland. I’ve had a few rough years (family stuff) in the most important stages of my athletic development. I’m 24. I know some things I should do and that I am working onz I haven’t thought about mental game yet since I’m not physically quite there.
You got some tips? I’m trying to improve my focus as well.
@@janp6622 honestly bro, I personally have ADHD and I’m 25 now, so I had my own personal advantages and setbacks, but exposure for you now is what will get you the next step hopefully.
I think just keep going as the results WILL come if you’re training hard and smart and have good guidance.
The more exposure and experience in the higher level comps you get, the more confidence you will get (which will change your mindset into the one mentioned in this video) and once you get that one break through result your mindset will snowball from there. I don’t know if any of this is helpful but I hope it is, and good luck bro I believe in you! Sports is such a massive psychological contest more than anything else.
@@janp6622
You have to learn how to see things. In order to learn how to see things, you have to learn how to do them (unless you're already a seasoned vet). Once you've seen things a lot of times and understand the mechanics behind them, you then have to know situations someone might do something: a read.
When you're able to read people, you have to know a counter play. You have to develop a high understanding of the game and the options available, to predict and actively control your opponent(s). Preparation > reaction. You have to already be thinking waay ahead of the game so you're not caught unawares.
It's like playing against a novice or one-trick pony, times 100. If you already know everything the other person is capable of doing, and are able to predict and counter what they want to do, you will almost never lose to them.
The same is true for those better than you: they know everything you can do. They can predict you. They know your options. They control what you're going to do by pressuring you. They see holes in your gameplan. They see your blindspots because they know more than you, they've practised and experienced more things. In order to get up to their level, you have to be able to see the same things they see, the way they can break down your gameplan and flaws, the way you breakdown others'.
This is great but Id also love to see a vid explaining how we can change each one of these aspects in ourselves because I stuggle to apply knowledge in a practical sense
As an aspiring competitive melee player. I found this helped a lot on some things for me
good luck man
hey its the ds2 kumo guy!
See, the adaptation thing was important for me to learn, because when I was young, I genuinely had the belief that people were either just 'good' or 'bad' at something naturally, and that was it. I always imagined that people who were tennis champs, for example, were just godly gifted at playing tennis. I never imagined the countless hours of early morning training, of playing the game every day, thinking about it constantly. I genuinely never thought that one could improve at a thing; maybe by accident by doing it a bunch, but I didn't even consider that pointed deliberate practice could be a path to improvement.
I happened to get good grades at school, so I never encountered a problem with this mentality until college.
Would you be willing to go into depth for each of these pillars? I would like to improve my communication and change my mindset but there's a lot of bad info out there
same here, would love to see a deeper dive into each pillar - regarding communication I'd personally recommend Dr.K's "Psychitrist's guide to conversation" if you haven't already watched it. For mindset "Get Rid of Self Limiting Beliefs" by Therapy in a Nutshell was pretty helpful to me, might be something that helps you too
@@sleepyyam5391 sounds promising. Thank you for mentioning these vids
oh I hope he sees this!
You compile every insult out there, and whenever someone in your team screws up, randomly pick one, and angrily shout it out. If the person gets triggered, you'll feel superior and play better, works everytime
@@sleepyyam5391 thanks :)
Wow as a student studying Software Development this basically the perfect video! Thanks a lot!
Bro yoloing mean?
Mb the cynical yolo programmer mindset is a byproduct of being comfortable trying new approaches and adapting to difficult situations without diminishing them. You'd expect that from people who are creative thinkers and like challenges, so it's natural that someone like that does well as a programmer
Also, if you expect your ideas to always work and be efficient (opposite of being cynical about them), you'll take to long to realize when they don't or aren't.
If you think about it, the key components of that attitude are being detached, adaptive and not afraid of facing difficulties and failing
The whole “YOLO” mentality 46:30 and trying to steer a sinking ship is basically how Demon’s Souls/ Dark souls Franchise was made.
@Mask Off Vibin can u explain how?
@@AdamSaudagar if you play that game on any difficulty that isn’t easy, the enemy’s breath on you and you die, it’s one of the most frustrating games you’ll ever play, if you can beat it without cheesing kills you become a better man by proxy
What's that bro?
It's a shame they rushed to put out 3 games within a 2 year timespan (Dark Souls 2/3 and Bloodborne 2014-2016). They're still very good games, but if they had spent a little extra time on each one they would have been epic.
that's what nietzsche would call amor fati. To find beauty in cimrcumstances beyond your control, without feeling personally attacked by them or personally graced by them. When the cards are dealt we don't scream at the deck, nor do we thank the deck, we make do with the hand we have, good or bad.
i's not only with programmers,
i see this mindset in construction too
and i think if you think its gonna fail from the beginning it takes away a lot of pressure and expectations
like we used to say "we're not gonna make it in time anyway, but we might as well see how much we can get done worthwhile", in the end we manage to meet the deadline and our boss plans with an even tighter schedule e.e
Man. I've got an absolute 10 in adaptability and maybe an 8 in mindset, but like a 3 in preparation and a 1 in communication.
I think one of my biggest hurdles is the fact that I have a tendency to assume that everyone else either doesn't care as much as I do, or isn't as capable as I am.
I'm also pretty lazy and I fight against procrastination a LOT. It's mostly toolbox fallacy type procrastination.
The end result is that I inevitably end up deciding to do something (usually with poor timing), refuse to ask for help, and I somehow at least somewhat accomplish my task (usually in a way much harder than I should have), or at the very least get the ball rolling.
I should probably assume better of others.
I've worked as programmer, then architect and now chief architect for almost a decade and what I can say about the attitude and mindset is that often you tend to become the bearer of bad news since everyone else's brilliant ideas might not be so great once put to the test of how they are to be executed (which is our job as developers). Often they have logical flaws and inconsistencies, not necessarily within themselves but especially with other parts of the business. What tends to make the whole landscape too complex is when these inconsistent ideas are forced to coexist. This is what makes programming so hard, it's not how to build something, it's how to cater for many people's brilliant ideas to live together in harmony while they are actually mini horror stories that don't pass the test of time. I'd be happy to discuss and elaborate more of some if you are interested.
as a junior dev who wants to get in the industry plz do
@@danielli3288lol he really didnt give a shit about your comment
I've seen many videos, but this is one of the bests and the one I like the most. Most problems come from communication or lack of communication.
As soon as I saw the title I thought I would be able to apply these methods to my sports training. I was excited when I saw the beginning of the video where you explained I could do exactly that.
The Yolo programmer attitude sounds simply like a growth mindset, specifically found in the difference between presuming failure and pre-accepting failure.
You invite what you fear. If you can accept failure in the external way you mentioned earlier in this video as opposed to a self characterization, you are far more likely to be successful.
This is something I initially learned when I was forced to learn how to dive as a kid. My fear and expectancy of flopping led me to consistently half commit and cause my own failure. Eventually I gave in, accepted I was probably about to flop again but will give it my best and I kicked off hard enough to do it right. Like in a knights tale where the protagonist doesn't blink or look away right before impact while jousting. His lack of fear of failure through acceptance of fate, enabled the confidence to commit to his actions greater than his opponents. There are parallels in wrestling and martial arts too. You only succeed in take downs when you fully commit. Second doubts get you failed takedown attempts. This is a common trend I've found to consistently be reinforced through my life in every aspect.
"You just mald and go afk." lmao, I love his gamer analogies.
Dr.K is Amazing! I've learned so much in the year or so I have been following him. The human mind is fascinating! (it's also hilarious how he integrates gamer vocabulary in the middle of a professional talk )
"meditation is OP" shit like that is why i think gamers can relate to him so well. He uses a lexicon that is instantly familiar to us that our brains have already registered as "Good" and "yes do this thing again" and can really break down something that might be just inherently complicated into smaller bites that actually let u make progress step by step
11:10: This sounds Brooks's Law, from "The Mythical Man-Month," where adding more people to an already late project will result in the project being completed even later. While the effects of communication overhead are true and significant, I don't think that was the main takeaway from that chapter. I believe Brooks's main observation was that there is ramp-up cost on both the new team members, and the old team members who are tasked with mentoring them, which cause team capacity to be diminished, not increased, as new team members are added. But that capacity is supposed to normalize and increase as the team members are successfully on-boarded.
Communication overhead is real, but that wasn't Brooks's original argument.
Not only that, but expectations also rise. Like, if you are someone who loves creating stuff and someone comes in to do the what's "boring" for you, you will have more time and energy to create more stuff, which in turn makes more work to be done.
I like that he mentions how you can't fake things. You have to approach communication with the right mindset, you have to approach software development with the right mindset. It's not about just checking the boxes, it's about "everyone doing well in this class" or "becoming a well rounded developer". I think that's an issue when people try to "network", it comes across as insincere and people pick up on that.
Hey Dr.K I was wondering if you could make more videos like these and maybe going more indepth into the pillars and how they work? I found this video very valuable to me as someone trying to play games at a high level and also someone who is starting to pick up programming to look into as a career. Thanks for sharing your wisdom. Much love man.
Valorant player here. This is dope. Having an actual person break this down is awesome. All other gamers here who are trying to improve not only in games but life. I have nothing but mad respect. Let's reach our dreams and goals babyyyyy
10 years ago did I have a successful performance in both WoW arena and HoN (became Dota and LoL). For me was it a way to reach a mental state of flow and at the same time forget reality and feel perfectly alive and at rest. All this playing took me down a mental destructive path and I thought I had to do smth grown-up with my life. I started studying smth reputable and doing socially admirable stuff but what I always enjoyed the most was to playing computer games. Thanks to Dr.K did I start playing 1-hour games 3 times per week and it's the highlight of my week. And people around me think I'm the nerd because I love computer games but I could not give less of a fuck nowadays.
Preparation , adaption, communication, mindset
Thanks for the video! Changed my life!
This has been immensely helpful. Thank you
Some people in my program created a discord group with all our classes and it is so helpful. I honestly don't think I would've passed if it weren't for that because my program is killer. I suggest everyone to do this tbh or at least have some kind of class group chat or something.
I go into every LoL game trying to communicate positively, then hit the mute all at the first sign of toxicity. Communication is very effective, but negative attitude can be infectious.
I too go into every league game trying to communicate positively, but when people are toxic I deal with it, I am not exactly sure how, either I have developed some amount of detachment and confidence, or maybe I am just supressing my emotions and arrogant. Working through a negative game and getting a win anyway is probably the most rewarding experience I have had playing league. Tho games where all 9 other players seem toxic as hell can be quite difficult to get through and many of them you will lose. I play adc and watch a lot of xfsn saber, wish you well in your games!
I think it is not about being bad but not being committed to what you really want to do . That happened to me with art. when i started drawing and coloring again after many many years , my drawings were bad , terribly bad but as i continued drawing and practicing and being completed committed to what i really wanted to achieve , i could see some improvement and a better understanding of what i really wanted . even though i am not a pro digital artist yet , i am on my way to becoming one . If you want to become a pro at videogames , you have to dedicate your life entirely to them .
Man, I needed to hear this. Fucking game changer. I need to figure out a way to implement this in my own life, stop self pity so much and just adapt and communicate. Dr. K just knows how to get that message across and I hope I can put it into practicality
I am only 13 and I thank you for giving us this
Nicely done video. Impressive as always. :)
I think those programmers you were talking about who go "YOLO" are not really attached to the outcome, so they're just kind of like, "Okay let's just see what happens..."
Yeah, for me it feels like... I don't care much about the thing I am making but I do care about my work, so even if the thing breaks I dont break as I am completely detached from the thing, but seeing my work going out in the world feels good.
I need to be more YOLO in life.
Of course theyre not attached to the outcome. Its not their product. Someone else will earn a shit ton of money. So why should I be attached to the outcome? It doesnt affect me
I know exactly what it is.
There is this obsession with doing things the "right" way in programming, some take it on as an identity. People waste a lot of time implementing the latest the newest paradigm or design pattern, use the shiniest new features in a language or abstract as much as possible for the sake of writing "clean code". The way people talk about it almost reminds me of religions.
However, at some point you have to ask yourself, what you are trying to achieve? Solve arbitrary coding puzzles you made for yourself? Or make something specific, like a product?
There is value in the coding puzzle mindset, but we all know what the world cares about more. That's why being "YOLO" leads to better results. You won't really ever achieve the ideal code without wasting a lot of time and money.
@@florent9555 It depends on the situation. Like, this situation can apply to the self-employed as well. I used to program, but not for an employer. It's technically my creation, but I still don't care about the outcome. Like if it happens to work and create ripples, cool. If not, oh well. Same with creating any work, music, a book, etc. It still may affect me financially or something, but it's not really much more different.
Insightful, thank you very much
As a programmer myself, the "Yolo method" you're explaining at the end hit me so hard. I think we get this attitude because when we're not sure we can accomplish something, first of all we don't have any expectations so we just try to make something that works, little by little (through those iterations you talked about).
Second of all, I just personally think it's more challenging and interesting to work on something you're not sure you can complete, with new problems you haven't seen yet, than to work on a project you know how to code with your eyes closed. (Figure of speech of course).
I just always learn so much when working on a project I'm not sure I can 100% make yet, and just have more fun and motivation to complete it.
oh so you can't code with your eye's closed, I thought that was normal, I guess its time for me to find a new employer.
Very good video. Perhaps it should get a better title, because many won't recognise that it is more about how to improve for everybody and not only for esport athlets.
I admire you so much Dr.k, thank you for all you do.
My theory for why the "YOLO" programmers get good work done:
It's a little like science, except even easier in some sense
You can experiment with some changes, and experiment with others, and usually pretty easily check which ones worked and which ones didn't
The lack of adaptation with romance bit actually stood out to me. I need to figure out why romance and relationships are so alien to me; frustrating; and defeating.
Same here brother
@@Beautyofsolitude I love your durag where can I get one at
So funny to see this video today, been hardstuck at my MMR and my mindset has definitely been slipping as watching TI has actually lowered my self esteem as a player because I feel like there’s such a wide gap between me and them and trying and failing to emulate the cool heroes I see makes it difficult to deal with when my games are so disappointingly different from “good Dota”.
Really good video. Thanks.
Also a competitive dota, league, Valo overwatch, 2k22, cod, and play World of Warcraft the majority of my day.. right now playing back4blood. It’s truly an amazing Experience! And looking to get into New World if anyone has feedback on their experience with that MMO let me know what you think!- if you see this lol
people change over time , sometimes they do sometimes they don't .
Thank you for this lesson. I just wrote a college scholarship essay on this topic! Really helpful to hear a professional talk about it
I wish I had seen this back when I was in college...I've improved on some of the pillars since then (communication and adaptation mostly), but could still stand to improve on all of them.
I have a honest question here Dr.K, and im not sure i will get a reply, respecting how busy you must be.
If we upvote this, mayve it gets us all some nice input.
Watching this video here kind of supports. what i was already knowing in a way.
But how do i ensure, that the knowledge will finally sink in fundamentally into my subconsciousness.
I always think to myself: If i would watch this video every day, and i aply all those mindests to myself, there is no other way than growth, in a healthy way, for me and my surroundings.
But how do i devote myself to this better.
Maybe the question is stupid and i lack attentionspan, but im really curious.
How do i make the Information in this Video, or some Infos in general a Mantra that i can stick to in a healthy way.
Greetings from germany and much love to you and your team.
Thanks for the awesome output you share.
I'm not Dr K, but I relate to your post and have done a bit of coaching myself.
I could be wrong, but judging on your post it seems you primarily absorb things on an intellectual level. That could hold you back, becauss it's difficult to break through a barrier if you practice one-dimensionally. If you want to truly let your lessons truly sink in, I think it's very important to train yourself on all levels: from understanding the problem, to processing the information and surrounding emotions, and to practicing the actual behaviour. Only through that symbiose can you truly master yourself. I think the most important question for you is: What strategy do I use to grow and how can I improve it?
Good luck on your journey man. It's hard not to know if your efforts will be rewarded in the end, but it's part of the process and you have to trust it. The uncertainty will fade. Once you've found a strategy that works for you, won't have to question the process as you'll get rewarded plenty. I think you're well on your way!
Not sure if anyone pointed this out but for the gambling example about mindset and placebo, technically if you think you will win it does increase your chances ever so slightly because you would be more likely to gamble at all in the first place. And as we know, you have to actually gamble to win at gambling.
I can add to the last part about programmers who YOLO it. It's kind of true.
For a couple of years, I and my friend were go to people in our community to solve tough problems.
The main difference was that despite me learning that business people tend to speak in ideas, not actual schematics, when someone approached me I was taking their shpiel literally which lead to a hard "no". This is bonkers. I understand where you're going, I know where this originated from and I can tell you for a fact that it's not going to fly. Of course no follow up.
On the other hand, my friend was smooth talking the whole process knowing exactly what I knew, settling the deal, and then working up from the given restrictions (time/budget) to something as close as the laid out idea. Which was often bearing no resemblance to the original idea at all. Of course, my friend was way more successful, and the business people loved to work with him because he was delivering the ideas they were talking about while I was focused on technological obstacles.
Extremely useful content
I absolutely LOVE this video, it's GOLD.
more like netherite cause this shit was great
I honestly believe I wouldn't have dropped out of college had Dr. K been around when I was attending lol - wonderfully informative video as always
The real question for me is how do I apply and follow through on making adaptions. I create solutions for so many questions I ask myself but I really dont last longer than a week
I think you need perseverance to stick through things consistently long enough and make some changes as you adapt to it. I have the same problem of starting a lot of things but abandon them halfway through.
@@ezaf5989 thats my virtual avatar for my vtuber man idk
Playing more matches in non-solo-queue makes for a very different experience from those who do solo-queue. It is kind of like comparing driving 10 miles versus cycling 10 miles.
I find it interesting that much of this video is less about e-Sports and more about programming and business.
As for the Yolo thing - I think it is partly due to corporate culture that subtly undermines the ambitions and expectations of those programmers - tolerating the resultant toxicity in exchange for a better bottom-line.
On the topic of practice, I have three consecutive undefeated seasons in baseball with the same coaching staff. Regular practice was not enough to get us functioning like a well-oiled machine. The one thing that the coaches always expressed was that practice does not make perfect, however, perfect practice makes perfect. I think it was that philosophy alone that contributed to our undefeated seasons
Wise words
May be a while ago but can you please elaborate on perfect practice
@@aservant1284 Strong emphasis on fundamentals. Form, timing, explosiveness, concentration. We did drills as a team, and if anyone made a mistake, the whole team took laps. We would spend a full day literally doing nothing but quick hands drills, Hand eye coordination drills, batting drills and other drills on things that would typically lead to errors. There was never a practice of no lap taking, but eventually they were at minimum. we were in really good shape. lol
This is specific to baseball but I'm sure you can apply this to anything. just first identify the basic fundamentals required to perform the task, and drill the heck out of it. Don't settle for good results. Aim for perfection.
As someone who was born with a brain tumor, and had an Amygdalohippocampectomy, and honestly just feels like one of the most misunderstood people on the planet (I typed in MBTI as an INTP btw, soooo yeah), this gave me the confidence boost (and hope) I needed as I'm currently considering medical school, but have ADD, and a brain tumor on the Pons of the brain stem which has to do with the intaking of information and in a way attention. I actually got side-tracked for about 20 minutes in the middle of typing this. The worst (or best, IDK) part about it: I have studying, and assignments to do, and I was playing a mobile game.
Really nice info for students ty
As a yoloing programmer I just wanna see what kind of abomination I can make work. I also tend to just do stuff to avoid discussions so very interested in a suicidal patient communication skills video.
I'm so happy Dr.K is coaching EG in dota2 at worlds! Let's go!!
Hey Dr. K, I really do love your work. These videos are gold. But could you give some more focus on some bibliography in these types of videos? This would really help going forward individually. I know a lot of your wisdom comes from your own experience, but is there more material we could explore on our own?
The 4 Pillars of Performance by Dr. Alok Kanojia, when is this book coming out?
6:21 this I can't cook analogy is so funny to me cos if I season a chicken thigh a night before and cooks it thoroughly and it comes out tender I feel like I'm Gordon Ramsay.
We need DRK GUIDE to learning! Upvote this so they see!
As a very bad people person and mediocre programmer, I definitely agree that communication is actually more important very often in software developing than programming skills. Understanding what you need to do and why is very hard and beeing good at it makes you think of more effective and simple solutions for the problem, so you don't need to write some overly complicated systems.
Also, when he talked about yolo programmers, I definitely think I am one and I can tell you why it's a good mindset to have. It's because it gets shit done. Some very experienced people and way better coders than me waste like a half a year and a lot of resources for problems they still don't get done, because they are way too safe or try to be way too perfect for solving a specific problem or they overthink it. Sometimes you just have to yolo it and start doing it and see where it goes, instead of thinking too much and it often works out, if it doesn't work out, you'll probably waste a lot of time but will learn something along the way.
Pos 4/5 i went from crusaider to Devine by getting a mic and hard wiring my pc to my modem. It took a year and a bunch of dota alchemy and Henry videos but i think a big part of it is getting a mic.
Holy shit, I accidentally stumbled on the information recall lol I would always study for like 2 - 3 hours because I just mentally could not keep going and then spent my time throughout the day attempting to recall the information. I would imagine a sort of chest that holds everything I know, then begin pulling out information about the specific subject. I did this right before exams as well.
Preparation adaptation communication mindset. Noted.
This is a great video, I hope I can talk to you someday.
I guess yolo anti placebo mindset works for programming, because programming process by nature gathers and unpacks the necessary details and potential solutions to complete a task. So it' s not an issue with some hidden ghost in subconsciousness haunting your performance, when there is a clear cut progress towards reaching a goal.
This all seems obvious when its spelled out, but solidifying and tracking these metrics is something ill try to work on. Thank Dr.K.
I actually made my major Chemistry in college because I wasn't good at it. I wanted to be good at it, and i studied really hard and did all my homework. Now my reading comprehension and writing skills are above all of my other strengths.
How do i make meth in my basement.
@@WsciekleMleko okay so what you need to do is talk to elmo, yeah yeah, are you following , pls exuse me I'm a little methed out, once you get to elmo he will show you to his crack den,no you might say "I didn't ask for crack, I asked for meth" and then elmo will give you the meth making instructions, on one condition, you have to give 50% of your soul to elmo, and also 10% of the meth you make, then you can amke all the meth right in the comfort of your washing machines. good luck young bull
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The mindset and communication made me wanna go back to pvp on a game I used to play and the thing is that it's in japanese so even if I wanted to comunicate I really wouldnt be able to lol
Damn... I cringed a lot when you explained the communication stuff, study groups, talking with the professors, talking about our needs, and becoming political. I tend to have a growth mindset in the field of technical skills, like programming, or math, or whatever subject. I'm not totally screwed in communication either, but the idea of becoming more political, I can't, I identify myself as not able to do it. It's very interesting, by saying that, you just highlighted this trait I have, now it came to my consciousness. I don't wanna change it but at least, I'm aware of it. Thanks. I know you're right by the way, but even so, there is something inside that resists. I'll dig into it.
The sense of identity thing I find a lot with older people and technology. Many of them are VERY intelligent and perfectly capable of learning computers, but they have some kind of sense of identity mental block that is almost like a conscious choice to avoid learning this new scary intimidating thing.
My grandfather is this to a T. Dude will INSTANTLY ask for your help with something before even entertaining the thought of doing it himself and it drives me mad lol
I read somewhere that when we ask a question, the cells in our body move to try to answer it.
I have a big hatred toward the idea of boosting/getting your account boosted because a lot of players want the end result (the supposed high ranking), but they don't want to do the actual work of learning and grinding to achieve actual skill in any given game. The fact is, most good gamers we come across at the highest levels sacrifice a lot of time and energy to the point where it's an obsession. A lot of people want to skip and invalidate that, but there is a reason why anyone who buys an account/boosting job never goes pro.
I could care less if someone boosts rank to me means nothing . 1v1 me and then i'll really see if you walk the walk and i'll begin to care. The rank to me is like the AD u get talking up every product, its like ok quit glamorizing it i'll see if its worth a shit when i use it
@@thedoomslayer5863 Boosting is a two-fold problem. You got the boosters ruining the games ranking the account up. Then you got the boostees who (usually) underperform at that rank and end up screwing up the matches because the system thinks they're higher than they really are.
When you go out to the cabin and isolate yourself, it's for inspiration. Once you have the inspiration, that's when you need to be good with a team to help your vision become reality.
Imagine on the battlefield 2000 years ago the best generals were just like...yeah let's just yolo it boyz. I mean look at OG at the last two TIs
Would a biphasic sleep schedule be helpful with studying? Kind of similar to when you mentioned how you were taking a nap in between studying
I wish I had this advice like one year ago. Still though, thank you!
I get really high ranked in pretty much every game I play, the last one being challenger in LoL. The problem I have is that I get really bored when I get that good, so it usually means I end up just droping the game, just like I droped league (there were a lot of factors that led me into that, but feeling like people weren't improving as much as me and having no interest in the professional scene was definitely the most important parts of that decision).
It's so easy for me to identify what I need to work on and, well, start working on it, even if I am just playing the game casually.
I am new to FPS in general and just got playing Valorant. I am sure once I get very good at it I'll just drop the game and sell the account to someone who cares about skins.
I think arrogance might be a area you should touch up on with Dr.K lol Also being high ranked in something is not equal to playing it at the highest possible level in pro tournaments otherwise every max rank in ranked of any game would be killing it financially since they'd be in all the tournys and winning a lot.
@@thedoomslayer5863 arrogance? Excuse me? Good thing he is the professional one and not you, because you clearly don't know the difference between knowing what you do well and being arrogant.
No reason to watch videos related to psychology if you don't think about things before posting.
@@LucasSousaSF I dunno man you sound arrogant
@@LucasSousaSF I ain't gon lie brodie you def do sound arrogant, not saying thats who you are, but this specific comment you posted definitely comes off arrogantly, but I don't know why @The Doom Slayer had to be so snarkie about it though
@@kingtaylor1268 Recognizing you are good at something usually sounds arrogant, it's pretty lame tbh. I was just being honest and not measuring words to say how I feel, not sure why that usually pisses other people off like that first guy
27:35 "absolutely op" God I love this term usage lmao
Fixed mindset vs growth mindset -
Carol Dweck’s book Mindset and her interviews are worth looking into.
I agree. If someone says I suck at this when I try doing it at first, like dude of course u would suck when u just starting out, but u won't suck anymore if u don't let the 'suck' affect u, just improve. (is like when u start out in a game and u are just level 1 of course u would suck at defeating higher levels, just take time to level up)
Communication in programming is 100% true. There's a horrible lack of that in this industry.
Some people on my team are late starters who just got out of college with a CS degree at like 40, but because they're excellent communicators, they pull their weight and contribute to the project in big ways.
I think a better term for the adaptability part is "a growth mindset"
nah its the other way around
The best way to improve is to let go of any negative predisposition towards the practice process and go slow and make sure you do everything right before moving forward
also letting go of the "ive fallen behind" emotion and the "this will take too long" thought. very hard to let go of
Love this
Im a programmer for a startup after changing careers from managing restaurants and 45:17 describes my approach to programming completely, yeah it probably wont work but why not give it a shot?
could the "yolo" part be similar to "fuck it" attitude?
Like there are times where pre-conceived notion might blind them and going in stress-free and trusting gut instinct might benefit them more?
Idk, just my 2 cents, hope to hear your research results on "yolo is good sometimes"
The Mythical Man month - it shouldn't take more calendar time, (if it does, definitely check your priorities), but it will take more man-hours per person the more people you add. Indeed, this is due to the large communication burden in these situations. This can be managed by having good best practices and workflows!
Mostly unrelated, but the lack of adaptability plays into why I think I can't get better at games that I play with a high ping (living in a serverless country far from any hubs). When the identity determination is a physical, quantitative obstacle, your will to adapt disappears.
The ending has a lot to do with being right or wrong about your doom predictions. If you are right and things are not going to work you'll listen to others just to tell how this is not going to work, so they can reply saying that this will work and you'll do everything they say just to show that this is not going to work. And being right or being wrong (altough I don't like categories like right and wrong) have a lot to do with with having a good understanding about yourself in a level where being right or wrong won't change who you are. Eventough you are the person telling how things are not going to work, doesn't mean that those things are not going to give a result that is worth the effort. Also, the guys who says that things are not going to work and others respect his opinion is probably the same guy that said it a lot of times and still did it and things didn't work. So people know he is not just being a downer, you'll just need better arguments to convince him.
Because at the end of the day, the day is over.
At the end of the day, i have breakfast
Increasing your own intelligence has a lower yield than accessing other people's intelligence. Wish I had understood that better when I was a student. I thought education was the goal and network a by-product, and college is exactly the other way around.
Thus spoke Dr K, this is gold