# The Art of Learning #on/learning | #on/performance | #source/book📚/nonfiction | #source/book📚/ingested ## Review Date 2022-04-15 Table of Contents: 1. Innocent Moves - the start of the story. learning on the streets of Washington Sq park chess and moving to having a teacher - Introduction to his martial arts teacher 2. Losing to Win - Learning from losing 3. Two Approaches to Learning - [[Growth Mindset]] vs Fixed Mindset 4. Loving the Game - More about loving the game of chess including the losing and the winning 5. The Soft Zone - [[The soft zone]] - a relaxed state before coming into [[Flow]] 6. [[The Downward Spiral]] - beware the second error, the first error usually doesn’t undo you, but when you lose your composure as you imagine the delta between what is and what might have been, you are at risk for the downward spiral 🌀 where your loss of control because of your loss of position causes you to collapse further 8. Changing Voice 9. Breaking Stallions 10. Beginner's Mind 11. Investment in Loss 12. Making Smaller Circles 13. Using Adversity 14. Slowing Down Time 15. The Illusion of the Mystical - this chapter is a must read about [[chunking]] and how to build expertise. 17. The Power of Presence 18. Searching for the Zone 19. Building Your Trigger 20. Making Sandals 21. Bringing It All Together 22. Taiwan ## Source: Waitzkin, J. (2007). _The art of learning: A journey in the pursuit of excellence_. Free Press. [Preview](https://books.google.com/books?id=XUwOtdcIWdkC&pg=PR9&source=gbs_selected_pages&cad=3#v=onepage&q&f=false)