Linker Of Waves

Let’s zoom in on the nuance of surfing waves and get a little more technical…

We are moving along on our waves

Working with the current conditions

Things are going ok...

Could be better but doing the best we can with what we have.

Then, we notice a nice set of waves beside us.

Maybe not right next to us but within our peripheral view.

To better align with our goals for surfing and chosen destination,

We think,

"Let's surf those waves over THERE

Rather than the ones HERE where we are."

So just jump, right?

Not so fast.

The sea is full of “Jumpers,”

People who abruptly abandoned where they were

Believing they discovered the magic shortcut

To get to the new destination

More quickly.

These mistaken Jumpers not only fail

In transitioning more quickly

But expend - and waste - more energy

When they choose to jump.

Expend and waste more than whom?

The Linkers.

Linkers of Waves

Patiently and thoughtfully

Transition from one wave to the next

With more strategy, efficiency, and success

Than Jumpers.

Why?

Because Linkers lean into Boyan’s Golden Rule of Surfing:

Regardless of where you want to go, surf the wave you are on to the best of your ability.

Here, we counterintuitively capture valuable Free Energy from our current wave

That propels us onto adjoining waves

With more acceleration, momentum, and opportunity

That Jumpers give away

When they jump from a similar wave.

In the process of change,

Less Jumping

And

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