The Art of Learning

By Joshua Waitzkin

Categories: Biographies & Memoirs

Joshua Waitzkin, a chess prodigy whose early life inspired the film Searching for Bobby Fischer and who later became a martial arts world champion, describes how he learned to excel in two very different fields. Waitzkin sets out principles of learning and performance, such as building a strong foundation, learning from losses, managing emotions under pressure and training the mind to focus on demand. He shows how readers can apply these lessons to their own goals.

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