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former chess prodigy Josh Waitzkin
Benjamin Hardy • Willpower Doesn't Work: Discover the Hidden Keys to Success
What I have realized is that what I am best at is not Tai Chi, and it is not chess—what I am best at is the art of learning. This book is the story of my method.
Josh Waitzkin • The Art of Learning: An Inner Journey to Optimal Performance
The key to pursuing excellence is to embrace an organic, long-term learning process, and not to live in a shell of static, safe mediocrity. Usually, growth comes at the expense of previous comfort or safety.
Josh Waitzkin • The Art of Learning: An Inner Journey to Optimal Performance
On the learning side, I had to get comfortable dealing with guys playing outside the rules
Josh Waitzkin • The Art of Learning: An Inner Journey to Optimal Performance
The Art of Learning [by Josh Waitzkin, page
Timothy Ferriss • Tools Of Titans: The Tactics, Routines, and Habits of Billionaires, Icons, and World-Class Performers
number of feints, swift attacks from all angles, psychological ploys. In time, with years of creative training and a willingness to invest in loss, to take blow after blow and get blasted off the pedestals as a way of life, the game starts to slow down.
Josh Waitzkin • The Art of Learning: An Inner Journey to Optimal Performance
What is compelling about this is that the results have nothing to do with intelligence level.
Josh Waitzkin • The Art of Learning: An Inner Journey to Optimal Performance
the Soft Zone, it does not base success on a submissive world or overpowering force, but on intelligent preparation and cultivated resilience.
Josh Waitzkin • The Art of Learning: An Inner Journey to Optimal Performance
successful people shoot for the stars, put their hearts on the line in every battle, and ultimately discover that the lessons learned from the pursuit of excellence mean much more than the immediate trophies and glory.