Completely unrelated but Curtis's calves are looking absolutely monsterous today.

Hey guys, psychology philipp here I feel like people are very adamant about 1 of 2 thoughts, wich usually makes them reject the other: 1. You are fine just the way you are. There are people out there who love you as is, you will always have intrinsic value as a human and it`s right to love yourself despite your perceived flaws. 2. Sometimes you have to change, but even if you don't have to: You should, mostly because changing and improving is fun. Some people believe in Nr. 1 and keep change (nr 2) at bay, because it would threaten their self worth (I can't be perfect if I want to change) Others believe strongly in Nr 2: If they even consider self love they are afraid to slow their progress towards their goals What I really learned about the years is that both statements, nr 1&2 are equally true. There is no reason to renounce one of them. It's not about balance or 50/50 either, they are just both true at the same time. You are fine just the way you are and you should change.

@danielstaufer

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love this Philipp, thank you! I'm assuming one's upbringing and environment dictates the tendency? I feel like because of how my parents have pushed me to conduct myself well in school and due to my discovery of self-improvement content and literature a few years back I have really consolidated my tendency towards 2. Guess at the end of the day all that matters is knowing which one you are, owning it and making sure all your needs are being met and you are not sacrificing existential things for your progression in your crafts. Curious if you agree with me here.

Curtis getting JACKEDDDD! LETSSSS GOOOOOO!!!!!

Sorry to hear that first segment about Nathan's Udyr, I had the same unfortunate "champion learning process" with Nilah. At least I figured out my incompatibility quickly, took less than 15 games which is about 5 days for me. The whole reason I wanted to main her is because her music/lore theme really helps me during workouts. The music has the right amount of intensity, beautiful sound design, and the inspirational background of a warrior who embraces and controls joy and adversity. Within those 15 games of following that fantasy, I realized that Nilah had basically no consistency with my player identity as a mechanically simple burst jungler/mid. Nilah is a lot more like my champion pool than other bot laners but she is still a bot laner. If you're still reading this comment, my lesson taken from this is, be careful touching Riot's newer champions. A lot of them seem to be designed as a mix of different classes but just because you are strong with one of their subclasses, doesn't mean their entire design will mesh naturally.

This episode has helped me a lot in embracing the process and growing mentality again. Since I've hit Plat the last weeks for first time, I've grown an unhealthy and obsessive eagerness to hit Diamond as fast as possible, disrespecting the game and self-sabotaging myself. Like Nathan said, I fucked up all my process in the matter of two weeks. The talk that you Curtis made at the min 24:14 made me realise I don't respect my achievements and just self-deprecate myself as never being good enough, putting the pressure on my shoulders to climb constantly. After thinking about it, I really should be happy and proud to have reached Platinum in my second season playing League. Hell, in the matter of less than two years Im already between the 6.5 % of the playerbase. Although I still have not listened to the whole podcast that part really struck me, thank you very much for that talk guys, opened my eyes.

Where the "dominate your opponent" mindset falls apart is when it twists your hand to be too aggressive when you shouldn't be. Let's say you're in a terrible match up that has low counterplay, the goal then isn't to dominate your opponent but to minimize as well as you possibly can. Also what if your opponent is having the game of their life and they know this specific match up better than you, and you're just having an average day where you're chugging along. If you're in the "dominate" mindset and that happens, and you take a big loss it'd be incredibly harmful to your confidence. So instead of "dominate your opponent" I think the best mindset is to "showcase your best gameplay for that moment in time and come to terms with the results"

Never knew the podcast moved to another channel, I thought it stopped!

I was waiting for this thank you so much!

I used to be a one-trick. To me, one of the biggest factors for not being a onetrick is the concept of champion identity. Because champions with a similar identity will play the midgame similarly, the learning curve is less. Even as a sion otp, I was relatively comfortable on ornn, malphite, rammus, and chogath. Even with mechanical differences and power curve differences making the champs different, the fundamental idea of "what do I want to do?" remained the same. In order to learn a different champion identity, I had to change roles. I moved from top to mid for 6 months after getting frustrated by sion's AA bug, and then from mid to support for another 6 months. I eventually came back to top having put in almost a thousand Xerath games and over a hundred lux and nautilus games, and I was much more comfortable playing many different champions.

Nathan learning Jarvan??? I can't wait for the 5 hour guide!

@nerometallica8677

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I wish he did an analysis to Malrang's Jarvan.

NICE THUMBNAIL CHARLIE

hi guys thanks for new upload hope u have a great week!

What it sounds like Curtis is saying is that League is a tool to learn how to express yourself with real humility and gratefulness. To the point where you can come out of the game and INSTANTLY know whether you were playing humbly, or egotistically.

the goat

CURTIS LEGSSSSSSS

Ahaha it’s okay Nathan we’ve all been there with either a new champion or rework

on spawn squad

@dinhkhoa3665

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Hi ahwi

very humble words from curtis. Amazing thats so different to the curtis i know..

omg curtis' legs look huuuuuuuge. Gj keep grinding

Ok it's gotta be said......take a look at his legs.....jesus man is every day leg day?

Is it just me or do the chairs look photoshopped in?

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So i think with the last question from mail bag, it's a lot about realizing, that 1 tricking is a very toxic, unhealthy way to approach game. Once you get banned, you're done... And if case of Kayn, that happens quite often. I myself am close to 1 tricking too, but i still understand dangers of 1 tricking and i have my small pool, always ready to switch to another champ in case my main champ doesn't suit to our comp. And that's it, realizing, accepting and addapting, being able to adapt, embrace it. Personally i hate 1 tricks, i think these are the most useless type of players. I view them as that.

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To answer your question for you Curtis, your play will only worsen from here with that attitude. You will realize this and hand things off to your ego once again. What is all of this eastern mysticism mumbo jumbo? The human ego is the most important thing you have. The ego is pure will. Killing your ego with eastern philosophy is the worst thing a man can do to himself. You are taking a man who is already invisible and cutting off his arms and legs. Your ego is there for a reason, it’s the reason anyone who ever did anything great did it. Pursuing mastery is one thing, being or doing something truly great is another thing. Only ego will make you “great” or “the best” at anything. Where reason or emotion fail, ego will carry you forward no matter what. This is not talked about enough.

@fortcolors9887

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I have no idea what this post is trying to say. It looks like you disagree that meaningful improvement only comes from comparing to oneself. The ego, if defined as the part of you that needs to compare to other people, can easily lead to mental baggage that gets in the way of playing your best. It won't always, but if you rely on your ego all the time then it will sometimes get in your way. I've also not heard of anyone saying that ego is what makes them great. People get ego FROM being great, being better than their opponents, and comparing to people instead of focusing on actually being great.

@harrisonhedges

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I recommend you look into Aaron Rodgers's recent comments on ego death and how he believes it allowed him to have two MVP seasons in the NFL.

@pressf4896

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@@fortcolors9887 What I’m saying is that suppressing your ego is the most unnatural thing you can do. Human beings, especially men developed an extremely competitive ego through evolution. Kill or be killed. Suppressing your ego is fighting against your very nature as a man and a competitor, it’s completely fake behavior. You cannot change this. Suppressing those feelings will not cause you to stop feeling them in the future, it’s built into you. When the enemy dodges two of your abilities in a row and your blood boils, you must remain in control of yourself, but don’t suppress your urge to destroy your opponent, or take it personally when you are defeated.

@fortcolors9887

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@@pressf4896 Interesting take. I can see where you're coming from, but I don't agree with your premise. You seem to be working under the assumption that losing will bring about the ego rising up and making your blood boil. However, with the prior understanding that winning is a matter of skill, I see no reason for anger. If winning is a matter of skill, and I didn't win, then I obviously fell short on skill. There's an opportunity to improve there. To use your skillshot example, if my opponent dodges all of my skillshots in a fight, my first reaction is "Okay so that's how they dodge. Weird but now I know." Then I can land my spells on them in the next fight. There is no anger or ego involved in that reaction, and therefore no reason to suppress my ego. Alternatively, if winning is NOT a matter of skill, then ego has even LESS of a reason to be involved. Your ego (as I understand it in a gaming context) is your competitive nature wanting to prove that you're better than the opponent. But, if the better player doesn't win, then why should the ego care? It shouldn't, because who won had nothing to do with who was better. In summary, winning is either a matter of skill or not a matter of skill. If it's a matter of skill, then losing is an opportunity to learn and adapt to improve (SHINE EVEN BRIGHTER). If it's not, then ego doesn't come into play because who was better had nothing to do with it.