7/23/2019 Art of Learning Notes

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Josh Waitzkin The Art of Learningsweaty palm contentment after hours of intense reflectionfertile timeBeing at the Pinnacle of Others lifes has nothing to do with the quality of ourlifeBook inspiration:Tao Te Ching

Took Journals on Chess study->making psychological observationsDid the same for Tai Chi

A Chess student must become immersed in the fundamentals inorder to have potential to reach a high level of skillGradually the fundamentals become a part of the flow,over time the intuition learns to integrate more into the flow

Bruce Pandolfini-First Chess Coach

if i disagreed with him, we would have a discussion not a lectureWhenever I made an important decision, good or bad , he would ask me to explam my thought process.Were rhere other ways to accomplish the same aim ?Had I looked for my opponent 's threats?Did I consider a different order of operarions?Bruce didn't patronize me-some teachers rebel so far away from being authoritari

an that they praise all their link player'sdecisions, good or bad . Their Intent ion is to build confideuce,but instead they discourage ub jen ivit)" encourageself-indulgence, and perhaps most destructively, they create a dishonest relarionship between instructor and pupil thatany bright child can sense