- ISBN13: 9780743277464
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- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Product Description
Josh Waitzkin knows what it means to be at the top of his game. A public figure since winning his first National Chess Championship at the age of nine, Waitzkin was catapulted into a media whirlwind as a teenager when his father’s book Searching for Bobby Fischer was made into a major motion picture. After dominating the scholastic chess world for ten years, Waitzkin expanded his horizons, taking on the martial art Tai Chi Chuan and ultimately earning the title of World Champion. How was he able to reach the pinnacle of two disciplines that on the surface seem so different? “I’ve come to realize that what I am best at is not Tai Chi, and it is not chess,” he says. “What I am best at is the art of learning.”In h… More >>
The Art of Learning: An Inner Journey to Optimal Performance
#1 by B7 on February 20, 2010 - 10:49 am
This is one of the best books I have ever read! It is fascinating and thrilling and powerful! Highly recommended!
Rating: 5 / 5
#2 by Bobby Walker on February 20, 2010 - 12:14 pm
I considered The Art of Learning to be a lot of fun to read. In the book, Josh always seems to maintain a healthy and proactive attitude. He comes across as a clean and honest competitor. I enjoyed his descriptions of playing chess in Washington Square Park and how the personalities there shaped him early on. Most of all, I liked the way he handles himself in Taiwan when faced with questionable calls by the judges.
Rating: 5 / 5
#3 by Mishkovski Lyubomir on February 20, 2010 - 3:14 pm
I’ve been playing chess for lots of years and am interested in martial arts. I find the book very interesting and share the ideas of Josh.
Rating: 5 / 5
#4 by Thoams Mark Just on February 20, 2010 - 3:20 pm
This book was uniquely both inspiring and enlightening. I am an avid chess player as well as a former professional martial artist. So this book was simply stunning for me!
Rating: 5 / 5
#5 by J. Gornall on February 20, 2010 - 3:56 pm
Josh Waitzkin shows by example how to excell at whatever you are interseted in and still retain that inner person without becoming hard or vicious to get to the top. He uncovers the methods of learning, and how to deal with difficult circumstances and people, using examples from his own life, making this also a fun autobiographical journey to his becoming a martial arts world champion. Ofcourse there are references to his excellent chess career too. I thoroughly enjoyed it and I know you will… Go on it will be good for you
Joseph
Rating: 5 / 5