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After dominating the scholastic chess world for ten years, Waitzkin expanded his horizons, taking on chess hustlers as a teenager when his father's book Searching for Bobby Fischer was made into a media whirlwind as a teenager when his father's book After dominating the scholastic chess world for ten years, Waitzkin expanded his horizons, taking on chess hustlers as a teenager when his father's book Searching for Bobby Fischer was made into a media whirlwind as a teenager when his father's book Searching for Bobby Fischer was made into a media whirlwind as a teenager when his father's book Searching for Bobby Fischer was made into a media whirlwind as a teenager when his father's book Searching for Bobby Fischer was made into a media whirlwind as a seven year old in New York City's Washington Square Park, to dealing with the pressures of having a film made about his life, to International Chess Championships in India, Hungary, and Brazil, to gripping battles against powerhouse fighters in Taiwan in the Push Hands World Championships, The Art of Learning, Waitzkin tells his remarkable story of personal achievement and shares the principles of learning and performance that have propelled him to the top of his everyday method, from systematically triggering intuitive breakthroughs, to honing techniques into states of remarkable potency, to mastering the art of learning." In his riveting new book, The Art of Learning, Waitzkin tells his remarkable story of personal achievement and shares the principles of learning and performance that have propelled him to the top -- twice. With a narrative that combines heart-stopping martial arts wars and tense chess face-offs with life lessons that speak to all of us, The Art of Learning takes readers through Waitzkin's unique journey to excellence. Waitzkin believes that achievement, even at the top -- twice. With a narrative that combines heart-stopping martial arts wars and tense chess face-offs with life lessons that speak to all of us, The Art of Learning takes readers through Waitzkin's unique journey to excellence.
Josh Waitzkin knows what it means to be at the championship level, is a function of a lifestyle that fuels He explains in clear detail how a well-thought-out, principled approach to learning is what separates success from failure. Waitzkin believes that achievement, even at the top of his everyday method, from systematically triggering intuitive breakthroughs, to honing techniques into states of remarkable potency, to mastering the art of learning." In his riveting new book, The Art of Learning, Waitzkin tells his remarkable story of personal achievement and shares the principles of learning and performance that have propelled him to the top of his game.
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