The Art of Learning

The Art of Learning By Joshua Waitzkin (Several references to a Bobby Fischer movie).

  • Track 3 12:00 - Numbers to leave numbers - Achieving flow, masters rarely think of fundamentals because of internalization, explains why many cannot teach
  • Chapter 4 10:00 - conflict of teaching discipline but keeping interest
  • Track 5 20:25 - References to Carol Dweck's Growth mindset - entity verses incremental theories of intellegence (praise based on identity verses process)
  • Track 8 - 8:00 - Dealing with distraction, thinking to the beat of a song instead of trying to fight the song in your head
  • Chapter 9 - The first mistake rarely loses the game, its the downward spiral
  • Track 12 13:00 - a short breathing exercise
  • Track 13 16:00 - Setting up an environment to learn
  • Ch 14 - tells and reverse psychology
    • Sports - Weight distribution and balance seems to be related to the center of gravity
  • Track 19 - The value of recovery knowing when to relax