Ed Latimore
22 statements across 2 episodes · 5 bullish · 4 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Aug 9, 2017 by Ed Latimore · said 1 times in 1 episodes since 2026 · across every show →
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Aug 9, 2017
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Aug 9, 2017 positive
Latimore: Praise Children for Effort and Perseverance Over Innate Ability
“You have to begin speaking to children immediately in terms of effort as opposed to Any ability. There's no such thing as a good child. There is a such thing as a child that was able to wait 10 minutes and be quiet. There's no such thing as a kid that's good a…”
Aug 9, 2017
Aug 9, 2017 negative
Latimore: Boxing should never be pursued for money, attention, or spite
“You shouldn't do it for money because there ain't no money in boxing. You shouldn't do it for, to prove the haters wrong because they still want to hate. Now they're just going to wait for you to mess up and you definitely shouldn't do it for any female attent…”
Aug 9, 2017
Latimore: Happiness is a rate of change, not a static state
“Happiness is not an average rate, man. It's a rate of change. You don't go thinking in calculus again, right? If a person is sitting still, no matter where they're at, whether they have a bunch, let's use money. If a person has a bunch of money or no money, Th…”
Aug 9, 2017 negative
Aug 9, 2017
Latimore: Life requires choosing constructive suffering over the pain of avoidance
“The difference is one kind of suffering is moving towards something you want, a good body, a good partner. The other kind of suffering
Pain is going away from things, going away from putting the work in, going away from being vulnerable and opening yourself up…”
Aug 9, 2017
Aug 9, 2017
Latimore: Human entropy requires coaches to prevent low-effort drift
“You need constant feedback because the human being's natural tendency is entropy to always seek the easiest way, the configuration of events that will result in the least output of energy. A coach is there to make sure that doesn't happen.”
Aug 9, 2017 positive
Latimore: Leveraging physical inertia eliminates the need for motivation
“If you can take advantage of inertia, and just do things when you're already moving, so you don't have to stop, restart, stop, restart, Your life will be a lot easier. You don't have a thing about motivation to do your dishes or clean your room or do your home…”
Aug 9, 2017 neutral
Latimore: Growth increases demand for your time from those below you
“As you radiate that positive energy, as you become a better person, as you become a more influential person, as you improve your life, people go, that's a great person. I want to spend more time around that person. But then a funny thing happens. They are, the…”
Aug 9, 2017
Latimore: Relying on feelings causes people to quit hard, worthwhile work
“If you wait till you feel like doing something, you'll never do it, and furthermore, if you give in to your feelings about a thing, you will give up on many things, because anything worth having requires hard work, and hard work, by definition, is not pleasant…”
Aug 9, 2017 positive
Aug 9, 2017 negative
Aug 9, 2017 negative
Latimore: Publicly announcing goals reduces motivation via premature validation
“We're self-promoting what we plan to do, and then we get a bunch of people to go, oh, man, good luck. Go for it. You go, girl, whatever you see, and your brain, and this, I mean, this is true. There's a lot of research on this. Your brain goes, holy shit, look…”
Aug 9, 2017 positive
Latimore: Quitting Alcohol Completely Un-Mutes Emotional Sensitivity
“I say that you, it's like taking sunglasses off and seeing the light. Your eyes hurt because they're getting used to the light and the sunglasses analogy would like your emotions. None of my emotions are muted. I feel things completely.”
Jul 4, 2023
Latimore: Happiness is a dynamic rate of change, not a static baseline
“Happiness is not an average rate, man. It's a rate of change. You gotta go thinking in calculus again, right? If a person is sitting still, no matter where they're at, whether they have a bunch, let's use money. If a person has a bunch of money or no money, th…”
Jul 4, 2023
Latimore: Leveraging physical inertia eliminates the need for motivation to complete tasks
“If you can take advantage of inertia, and just do things when you're already moving, so you don't have to stop, restart, stop, restart, Your life will be a lot easier. You don't have a thing about motivation to do your dishes, or clean your room, or do your ho…”
Jul 4, 2023
Latimore: Publicly announcing goals triggers premature social approval and reduces follow-through
“We're self-promoting what we plan to do, and then we get a bunch of people to go, oh, man, good luck. Go for it. You go, girl, whatever you see, and your brain, and this, I mean, this is true. There's a lot of research on this. Your brain goes, holy shit, look…”