Ep. 20 On the ‘wordscape’, the ‘brainscape’, and the ‘culturescape'

Elite riders have different ways of dealing with the disconnect between the knowledge they have in language, and the skills they have as ‘feelages’. Their chosen tactic has a huge bearing on how they teach! Also, there is a massive difference between a fixed mindset (‘You’ve either got it or you haven’t) and a growth mindset (‘The harder I work the smarter I get’). The latter creates a much more supportive learning environment. A ‘culturescape’ will not change until a lot of individuals share their experience of struggle - making this mutual rather than individual knowledge. There’s power in numbers!