The Art of Learning: An Inner Journey to Optimal Performance

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In his riveting new book, The Art of Learning, Waitzkin tells his remarkable story of personal achievement and shares the principles of learning and performance that have propelled him to the top -- twice.

With a narrative that combines heart-stopping martial arts wars and tense chess face-offs with life lessons that speak to all of us, The Art of Learning takes readers through Waitzkin's unique journey to excellence. He explains in clear detail how a well-thought-out, principled approach to learning is what separates success from failure. Waitzkin believes that achievement, even at the championship level, is a function of a lifestyle that fuels a creative, resilient growth process. Rather than focusing on climactic wins, Waitzkin reveals the inner workings of his everyday method, from systematically triggering intuitive breakthroughs, to honing techniques into states of remarkable potency, to mastering the art of performance psychology.

Through his own example, Waitzkin explains how to embrace defeat and make mistakes work for you. Does your opponent make you angry? Waitzkin describes how to channel emotions into creative fuel. As he explains it, obstacles are not obstacles but challenges to overcome, to spur the growth process by turning weaknesses into strengths. He illustrates the exact routines that he has used in all of his competitions, whether mental or physical, so that you too can achieve your peak performance zone in any competitive or professional circumstance.

In stories ranging from his early years taking on chess hustlers as a seven year old in New York City's Washington Square Park, to dealing with the pressures of having a film made about his life, to International Chess Championships in India, Hungary, and Brazil, to gripping battles against powerhouse fighters in Taiwan in the Push Hands World Championships, The Art of Learning encapsulates an extraordinary competitor's life lessons in a page-turning narrative.

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Either way, if one believes either of the opposing views then Siddhartha (and a lot of other classics) would hold absolutely no value to them.Some of us already know some of the truths in this book. Siddhartha is a classic in literature and I don't mean to falsely compare. It is also valuable to hear them enunciated by another. Some reviewers think that this book is too narrowly focused on Mr.

I don't doubt these same people would continue to excel but it is useful to have a coach point to areas of focus and other paths to learning.Yes, this book is "vague" in some respects. Waitzin's experiences. Others believe it to be too amorphous. Ok, I'm not really comparing this book to Herman Hesse's Siddhartha. If you want more personal advice then you probably need to enlist a coach of the type used by Mr. As such these truths would be hard to improve upon or pass on to others.

I plan to buy this book for 4 friends. It is my hope that this book will provide some introspection for them to continue their accomplishments.

Waitzkin and other top performers. Although, there is an interesting parallel.

If you are looking for a book on mental tricks to learning and a step-by-step guide then this book is not right for you. We've applied them throughout our lives.

But maybe we didn't consciously recognize them. You are looking in the wrong area.

This book is more along the lines of "Chess Praxis" than "Bobby Fisher Teaches Chess."Take this book as an introduction to improving your performance in any endeavor and life in general.As someone that also values mental and physical pursuits I value the cross pollinated discussion of the two.

He is into fight and not flight, usually, but it is fight with insight and not blind rage. It takes the reader step by step towards mastery of one's chosen field, be it art. I really enjoyed this book by Josh. There are the 4 Fs of life: fight or flight, feed and.O foolery, have focus, and be my friend. It is well written, as well. I think the best part for me is on how to use adversity to your advantage. Lucky, John Cutler Anderson, still on the road, make it a blue road. OK - read Josh's book.

It is loaded with concepts that you can take and start personalizing to meet your own ends. First of all, I am not a viral marketer, which is what I assume all 5 star reviews are. If you are one of those people who reads biographies of exceptional individuals trying to extract wisdom to apply to your own life and circumstances then I highly recommend this book to you. If you are a seasoned self-help/lifestyle veteran like myself then I would still recommend this book for the gems like circle making.If you want concrete, step by step paths that require small amounts of introspection, then look elsewhere. If you want an amusing story with boatloads of applicability via intense, and most importantly, honest introspection then pick this up immediately.It is in my top 5 of all of my self-help/lifestyle purchases, perhaps top 3.

I've come away from this book with an awful impression of "Mr." Waitzkin. More than once too the author portrays his opponents at chess tournaments after the publicity surrounding the Searching for Bobby Fischer movie as "seething with jealousy". He blames his failure to proceed any further in his chess career on everybody but himself. His portrait of Mark Dvoretsky as a veritable ogre is absolutely disgraceful and seems colored more by his disagreement with Dvoretsky's training suggestions than anything. Really, 29 year-old (now 30 something) man-child, get over yourself. Nobody this obviously immature could possibly have anything worthwhile to teach about how to learn.

First off, Josh Waitzkin has an incredible life story. However, that was too small of a proportion of the book. Being a world champion in probably the most intellectual competitions, chess, and then also being a martial arts champion is truly amazing. Being a world-class performer isn't all about talent but the incredible amount of hours needed to be put into the discipline (10 years being the minimum) and the fact that he was able to do it twice is impressive.How he did that was what I was interested in and some of the concepts were very interesting. The majority was an auto-biographical sketch. I do think that you need that from a narrative perspective but I would have preferred to spend a bit more time on those concepts and maybe some more empirical or in-depth information around that as opposed to it just being purely anecdotal.