Wall Street Traders With High Interoception Make More Money
Jonny Miller · Managing nerves, anxiety, and burnout | Jonny Miller (Nervous Systems Mastery) · Jan 28, 2024 · at 28:33
Nervous system coach Jonny Miller explains the link between body awareness and decision-making to Lenny Rachitsky.
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“I was also reading a book recently called The Hour Between Dog and Wolf, which looked at Wall Street traders, and they correlated higher degrees of interception with basically making more money and making better decisions.”
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