Art Of Learning Paperback – 27 May 2008

Things and the self are governed by the same principle. If you understand one, you understand the other, for the truth within and the truth without are identical (Er Cheng Yishu, 11th century)..The theme is depth over breadth. The learning principle is to plunge into the detailed mystery of the micro in order to understand what makes the macro tick. Our obstacle is that we live in an attention-deficit culture..There are clear distinctions between what it takes to be decent, what it takes to be good, what it takes to be great and what it takes to be among the best..When aiming for the top, your path requires an engaged, searching mind. Make obstacles spur you to creative new angles in the learning process. Let setbacks deepen your resolve. Make adversity a tremendous source of creative inspiration

This book is memoir on personal experiences and learning of Josh Waitzkin. This guy has mastered two competitive sports- one intellectual and another physical. He has explained the methods and learning philosophy followed and found useful by him. If you are looking for easy to digest tidbits then you will disappointed. The pearls of wisdom are scattered through out the book and mixed with personal experiences. That makes it cumbersome to get his learning out of this book. You will read this book for his learning methods and not what he did or did not. I need to read this book again to understand few concepts better. I found some concepts based on Eastern tradition very powerful if applied properly. Especially these things are very powerful if you are trying become expert in any domain....especially where you need to compete with other people.

Every fight is first fought in the head. Every creation is first created in the mind. And this book delves deep into the mechanics of creativity and resilience - both from the inside and from the out.I am definitely going to reread it after trying out these methods.

This book is not a single read and this is not a self help book.It goes beyond that .The author s greatest achievement is it makes reader think about him/her .Read and re read as much you can it will help you go deeper & deeper inside you.

Worthwhile but boring.Second part of this book is very boring, i did not enjoy 2nd and last part but rest part was good.

I was lacking the finesse, this book has opened my eyes. By going through the intricate thought process, which if understood properly one can fine tune himself to be really successful.

Who is curious to learn anything and know about how to learn anything fast & easily then this book for those people.

I got my book delivered on Time. Great Services from Amazon. I have read many things about authors on Internet and it is aspiring and valuable .So i decided to Buy a book. Currently i am reading this book and i enjoy it. Thanks to JOSH and Amazon again!!!!