{"id":775,"date":"2008-09-29T09:54:34","date_gmt":"2008-09-29T17:54:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.regnordman.com\/?p=775"},"modified":"2008-09-30T11:14:38","modified_gmt":"2008-09-30T19:14:38","slug":"the-art-of-learning-an-inner-journey-to-optimal-performance-josh-waitzkin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.regnordman.com\/2008\/09\/29\/the-art-of-learning-an-inner-journey-to-optimal-performance-josh-waitzkin\/","title":{"rendered":"The Art of Learning. An inner journey to optimal performance. Josh Waitzkin."},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Art of Learning. An inner journey to optimal performance. Josh Waitzkin. 2008. ISBN9780743277464.\u00a0 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.\u00a0 He has a very good read on what it takes to get to the ultimate levels of achievement in pretty well everything.\u00a0\u00a0 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.\u00a0 He also gives a very clear description on the\u00a0 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.\u00a0 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.”<\/p>\n

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