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McMahon sits for 15 to 20 minutes each morning asking which version of himself is present that day, since an earlier self such as a ten-year-old can still drive his reactions. Listen

McMahon says he sits every day for 15 or 20 minutes and asks himself who is there. Sometimes it is a scared ten-year-old, and he and John Kaplan joke about an edgy 13 or 15-year-old version. He says at 63 he can still feel as if events from age ten are happening, and the practice is to recognise which self is showing up before the day unfolds.

“Ik zit elke dag voor 15 of 20 minuten en ik vraag me zelf, wie hier is?”

From Why Risk Takers Build the Most with Doug Holladay, Author of Rethinking Success.