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The Art of Learning: An Inner Journey to Optimal Performance |  | Author: Josh Waitzkin
Publisher: Free Press
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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 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. 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 championship level, is a function of a lifestyle that fuels a creative, resilient growth process. Rather than focusing on climactic wins, Waitzkin reveals the inner workings of his everyday method, from systematically triggering intuitive breakthroughs, to honing techniques into states of remarkable potency, to mastering the art of performance psychology. Through his own example, Waitzkin explains how to embrace defeat and make mistakes work for you. Does your opponent make you angry? Waitzkin describes how to channel emotions into creative fuel. As he explains it, obstacles are not obstacles but challenges to overcome, to spur the growth process by turning weaknesses into strengths. He illustrates the exact routines that he has used in all of his competitions, whether mental or physical, so that you too can achieve your peak performance zone in any competitive or professional circumstance. In stories ranging from his early years taking on chess hustlers 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 encapsulates an extraordinary competitor's life lessons in a page-turning narrative.
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 Not a book about learning August 9, 2010
D. Legendre (NH)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
The Art of Learning is not about learning. At least a couple reviewers said it ought to be retitled, "The Art of Josh." This is a pretty good idea. But a perhaps even more accurate title would be, "Some Basic Truisms about Sports Psychology."
The first 50 pages of the book begin innocently enough. I was enjoying it quite a bit. Josh tells his story as a child chess-champion and national celebrity. It's a rather charming story, which is probably why they made a movie of it. Waitzkin also lays out a few introductory ideas about learning theory, namely that the idea that intelligence is fixed is a fallacy, and that anyone can learn. Wonderful theme! Worthy of a whole book! But this is the last we hear of learning theory, and the last we hear of how ordinary people are prone to underestimating their ability.
It is clear that Waitzkin did almost no research into learning theory for his book. He references no more than two or three theories and studies. This really shows a great lack of effort in versing oneself in the subject matter one claims to be an expert on. Learning theory is actually a hugely active field in academia. It's been a hot topic for decades among psychologists, and studies are published just about every day in the study of learning. Then there is a whole other more theoretical field of education philosophy: what the aims of learning should be, and what are the best ways to learn and teach. Don't expect any of this kind of discussion from Waitzkin. This book was a marvelous opportunity to popularize and synthesize scholarly work in the field of learning, the conclusions of which are very uplifting in their insistence on human possibility.
But Josh is more interested in mulling over himself. After the story of his childhood ends and he expounds his one basic idea about learning, the rest of the book is all about his tai chi (much less interesting than chess); his armchair dabblings in Taoism, Kerouac, and Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance; and his commonplace tips on competitive psychology. Josh tells us all about his coming of age and transition into manhood. The story loses all its charm here. The book becomes a phallocentric and narcissistic male fantasy. Josh talks about he moves to Slovenia to be with his femme fatale girlfriend, escaping the suffocating fame surrounding him in New York, hiking through the mountains of Balkans thinking about chess and Taoism, being a dharma bum and backpacking through Europe playing chess tournaments, waxing philosophical about being a winner. When I read this portion of the book I got the impression that Waitzkin in his fame is cut off from and doesn't understand the way life is for ordinary people.
You can tell this is the case because the book lacks warmth and compassion. It's not about learning, its about "destroying opponents." Not once does Josh say, "you don't need to be a world-champ to be a somebody." He never says, "whether its gardening or being a great parent that you want to learn, you are a champion in your own right." No -- it's all about how to kill your opponents, how to win fights with a broken arm, and how to stay focused during grueling six-hour struggles. The books devolves into chapter after chapter of banal tips about how to compete, stuff Josh is too self-absorbed to realize is not relevant to any audience other than himself. You hear several times about how he likes to wash his face and do a 100 meter dash to clear his mind during a chess game. Or, how eating greasy food before a tai chi fight is bad. Thanks, Josh. Next time I'm at the World Championship of Awesomeness I will remember that. One whole chapter is about how Josh allegedly conquered this other guy's performance anxiety by having him build up calming associations to Bob Dylan and other things, and recalling these associations right before he was expected to perform. This amounts to nothing more than a dumbed down lesson in Skinnerian classical conditioning (experiments famously conducted on dogs, let's recall). If Josh truly thinks you can attain transcendental focus just by linking it to a proverbial jingle of a bell, then he really has no concept of the depth of human psychology. (On that note, David Foster Wallace once correlated professional sports performers with profoundly simple psychological makeups.) But I don't think Josh actually believes this; he was just trying to fill up pages because he ran out of things to say about learning theory about 150 pages ago.
If I had the opportunity to write a book like this, I would use every word trying to uncondition people from the tragic fallacy that they are static creatures and cannot learn new proficiencies and raise their overall intelligence. In this culture, the cult of the champion is just a reflection of the sad myth of making us all believe we're born-losers and lack the stuff of greatness. So we give up and limit ourselves. Education, media, and scientific institutions all conspire to tell us we cannot change ourselves and our lot in life is perfectly just. Josh doesn't understand any of this because he is the typical champion. His book is about being a winner, with the occasional addition made by his editors about seizing the day "in the boardroom" (ugh). It is therefore an alienating read that is not likely to motivate and instruct ordinary people in growing as individuals. The truth is, you don't need some spoiled narcissist who can't write, like Josh, tell you how to grow. The power lies within.
A person interested in studying learning theory and how to be a more "effective" person ought to, instead, begin by browsing by category "Learning" on Wikipedia and discovering the immense amount of topics in the field.
 Still Riding the Searching for Bobby Fischer Gravy Train August 4, 2010
R. Bailin
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Apparently I read a different book than most of the reviewers here. As an avid chess player and one who's interested in self-actualization, I was naturally drawn to Waitzkin's work. As so many others have pointed out, this book is more auto-biographical than a guide to learning. In that I've seen the movie and read the book 'Searching for Bobby Fischer', I know all that I need to from a biographical perspective. Really had very little interest in Tai Chi Push Hands and Josh's competitive experiences in this discipline. In fact, I have no idea what Push Hands even is, except that it's some type of martial art.
If you're looking for books on learning and growth, there are scores of other titles readily available and vastly superior to this one. Check out: 'Flow', 'Peak Learning', any of several books by Edward De Bono, any of several books by psychologist Aaron Beck, Focusing, etc. etc.. If you haven't read Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, written by Robert Pirsig, one of the endorsers of Waitzkin's book, do so, it's a masterpiece.
If you want to read a decent autobiography, 'Searching for Bobby Fischer' is better than the subject title.
Hope that helps.
Misleading Title July 18, 2010
Caestus (USA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Other reviewers have already articulated my exact thoughts on the matter, so I'll just second the assertion that the title is misleading because it's a more of an autobiography than anything else.
 In my top 100 books list May 23, 2010
isabella mori (vancouver, canada)
Interesting that this book is called "The Art Of Learning". It's about so much more. Or is it that learning spans so much more than we think it does? Did I say "think"? This book definitely makes you think. So it takes a while to read. You go through a page or two, then you put it down with that faraway look because once again, Josh got your brain going.
It's been a year or so since I've last looked at this book, and purposely, I won't go and pick it up to refer to it. Let me tell you one of the many things that have so powerfully stayed with me in the last 12 months. After all, that's what a really good book does: it'll keep speaking to you, whether it's handy or not.
There is a story when Josh was at a chess tournament and one of his rivals kept surreptitiously and viciously kicking him just at the wrong moment in order to distract him. Josh lost that round of the tournament but he used it as an opportunity to learn. He realized that he was more distracted by his own thoughts ("I can't believe he's doing this!" "How unethical!" "How come no-one is doing anything about this?!") than by his rival's actions. Josh then went on to systematically train himself to become inured to such distractions. His willingness to take complete and utter responsibility for (and therefore control of) his reactions has made a tremendous and lasting impression on me, so much so that since I have told countless clients and friends about it.
May not be for everyone but neither is Siddhartha March 1, 2010
Kevin Partridge (San Diego, CA USA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Ok, I'm not really comparing this book to Herman Hesse's Siddhartha. Siddhartha is a classic in literature and I don't mean to falsely compare. Although, there is an interesting parallel. Some reviewers think that this book is too narrowly focused on Mr. Waitzin's experiences. Others believe it to be too amorphous. Either way, if one believes either of the opposing views then Siddhartha (and a lot of other classics) would hold absolutely no value to them.
Some of us already know some of the truths in this book. We've applied them throughout our lives. But maybe we didn't consciously recognize them. As such these truths would be hard to improve upon or pass on to others. It is also valuable to hear them enunciated by another. I plan to buy this book for 4 friends. It is my hope that this book will provide some introspection for them to continue their accomplishments. I don't doubt these same people would continue to excel but it is useful to have a coach point to areas of focus and other paths to learning.
Yes, this book is "vague" in some respects. If you are looking for a book on mental tricks to learning and a step-by-step guide then this book is not right for you. You are looking in the wrong area. If you want more personal advice then you probably need to enlist a coach of the type used by Mr. Waitzkin and other top performers. This book is more along the lines of "Chess Praxis" than "Bobby Fisher Teaches Chess."
Take this book as an introduction to improving your performance in any endeavor and life in general.
As someone that also values mental and physical pursuits I value the cross pollinated discussion of the two.
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