The Art of Learning : An Inner Journey to Optimal Performance (Paperback)

from briandarvell

Interesting book and very well written. I enjoyed much of his techniques on approaching learning. Curiously, I found many of the names for his learning techniques to be very non-intuitive and took away from his discussion. Still, at least one-third of the story is biographical story with which he...

from debs4jc

Josh Waitzkin spent his childhood becoming a master of chess and in adulthood he has become a master of the martial art of Tai Chi Chuan. In The Art of Learning he explores the principles of learning that have helped him succeed. Waitzkin spends a lot of time telling stories about his experiences...

from briandarvell

Interesting book and very well written. I enjoyed much of his techniques on approaching learning. Curiously, I found many of the names for his learning techniques to be very non-intuitive and took away from his discussion. Still, at least one-third of the story is biographical story with which h...

from ShadowBarbara

Tedious book. Long winding sentences that repeat. Covers his experiences as a child chess prodigy and then learning and competing in martial arts.

from LaPhenix

Though I did enjoy the ideas introduced in the book, I was disappointed to find it was much more of a personal memoir dearth of evidence supported by research and data.