Brandon Larson

NASA Systems Engineer, Safely Sending Astronauts to Space
Ex-Red Bull Pro Athlete Sport Scientist and Coach
Dad and Human Development Researcher/Practitioner

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"Of all the virtues we can learn no trait is more useful, more essential for survival, and more likely to improve the quality of life than the ability to transform adversity into an enjoyable challenge." - Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

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In startups, people say: runway, if hit by a bus
At NASA, people say: when it's ready, if win the lottery

One talks of negative approaching death, the other of positive opportunity.

Interesting cultural differences.

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and in most cases... it leaves people scratching heads, looking surprised, and wondering how we got into that particular pickle

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Failures in complex systems often stem from small organizational adaptations and incremental decisions over time VS from some single dramatic mistake or part failure.

A "gotcha" in complex systems is the slow drift toward higher risk while appearing to operate normal/safely.

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from aerospace to politics to school systems to youth sports...... drift drift drift... boom.

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beware the ides of March?

Nah... beware the designs that behave differently in real world contexts than on paper...

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had a dad ask me the biggest bang for the buck for elementary math...

MEMORIZE THE MULTIPLICATION TABLES!

When you know your math facts as well as you know your name, you unlock all math that follows... EVERYTHING that follows.

40hours... that's all it takes and done.

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intuition is compressed expertise....

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Physics of the sweet spot and sting spot of a softball bat

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If I were to pareto a pareto... I'd give as much as 50% downstream impact to a kid having at least one calm, reliable adult in their life - where the child can safely think, struggle, and grow around. The adult might change during development phases, but the impact is the same.

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Many folks overcomplicate "parenting" the way "health" gets overcomplicated.

Pareto principle (80/20) wins (in both cases). A few variables sit upstream of nearly all developmental and health outcomes.

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I hear... "kids don't quit sports they quit coaches."

As a systems guy... that's too narrow.
Kids don't quit sport, they quit environments.
When you understand this, you can look at the entire picture to see what's damping participation.

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Great listen
https://t.co/gyEzylvBdy

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@elonmusk

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Complex systems always collect debt from small thinkers...

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As a systems engineer and scientist, this is exactly how to think about complex problems.

Excellent tip of iceberg questions in last minute of clip.

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Tylenol.

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The trouble is, few people have the patience to understand.

Eat the bread vs make the bread... but more like drive the race car vs design and build it and understand it.

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@kylejfleming @Jayyanginspires +1

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You will never read anything in a book that makes you better at your job. It may inspire action, but you learn the work by doing the work.

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@jadamstuart @stevemagness highly tuned in people can/do lead with high standards AND high support.

Parenting, sport coaching, business, military leadership - the way to get desire-able lasting outcomes is that path.

Unfortunately, the majority take some other mixed path to "success" and call it good

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@leeknowlton @fitsoccerqueen Howdy Lee!
Recent paper in a quality journal:
https://t.co/pkfS6NDTjf

BUT... while PHV loading hasn't had the most rigorous study design, the general theory of not loading someone while their tissues are in flux, to accomodate growth, is a good start.