September 29th 2008
The Art of Learning. An inner journey to optimal performance. Josh Waitzkin.
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The Art of Learning. An inner journey to optimal performance. Josh Waitzkin. 2008. ISBN9780743277464. The author was the subject of the book/movie Searching for Bobby Fisher. Not only is he a National Chess champion, he is also a martial arts champion. He has a very good read on what it takes to get to the ultimate levels of achievement in pretty well everything. I found tremendous insight in this book, and a heightened appreciation for the dedication to detail and performance needed at these levels. I really enjoyed his discussion on “chunking’ information and “carved neural pathways” as tools that we all use to become better and better at everything we do. He also gives a very clear description on the stress and recovery model used in high performance training. As ever, I appreciate an easy to read book that lays it out so clearly that even a thick headed Swede like my self can make sense of it all. I appreciate the line, ” You need to know what good feels like in order to achieve it again and again.” We call that Knowing what the grass looks like when it is cut.”
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