SUMMARY - The Art of Learning: An Inner Journey to Optimal Performance by Josh Waitzkin

* Our summary is short, simple and pragmatic. It allows you to have the essential ideas of a big book in less than 30 minutes.


*As you read this summary, you will learn the secrets to achieving excellence in a wide variety of disciplines.


*You will also learn : the great philosophical and psychological lessons that contribute to performance; the role of flexibility, creativity and the constant search for progress; the impact of managing emotions on the ability to succeed; techniques for achieving optimal concentration and coping with pressure and the unexpected.


*How is excellence achieved? It depends on the discipline, one might think. An athlete, a musician, a mathematician, an entrepreneur seem to operate in totally different spheres. However, their ability to constantly improve goes far beyond technical specificities. It relies in particular on psychological and philosophical springs. This is what Josh Waitzkin, chess and martial arts champion, has learned along the way. His passion for learning, his primary motivation, has never ceased to guide him.


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