Josh Waitzkin on Mastering the Fundamentals
Some excerpts from Josh Waitzkin’s The Art of Learning: An Inner Journey to Optimal Performance. The best way to launch into the learning process is by breaking down what you are learning into …
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The Art of Learning
Josh Waitzkin has mastered the game of Chess — winning his first National Championship at the age of nine — and the physical challenge of martial arts, becoming a World Champion of Tai Chi Chuan. One …
When it comes to learning depth beats breadth
When it comes to learning something new, depth beats breadth. In both fields, players tend to get attached to fancy techniques and fail to recognize that subtle internalization and refinement is much …
What’s the best way to begin to learn a new skill?
What’s the best way to begin to learn a new skill? Is it listening to a lecture? Reading a book? Just doing it? According to Daniel Coyle in The Little Book of Talent: 52 Tips for Improving Your …
Stretching yourself to learn new things
Carol Dweck, Daniel Coyle, and Noel Tichy all point out that you need to stretch to learn new things. First, this from Carol Dweck … My colleagues and I have conducted interventions with …
A Simple Tool to Help You Learn Better
Learning something new shouldn’t be easy. If it feels effortless, you’re probably not actually learning anything. In order to get better, you have to reach. It needs to be a little bit difficult. From …