Josh Waitzkin
American former chess prodigy, martial artist and author of The Art of Learning; eight-time national chess champion, two-time world champion in Tai Chi Chuan Push Hands, and the first Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt under Marcelo Garcia.
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Learning is unobstructed self-expression, and friction obstructs it
I think of learning as unobstructed self-expression. So friction is a form of obstruction.
tim.blogSaid 27 Feb 2020This on korrents
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Learning is unobstructed self-expression, and friction obstructs it
I think of learning as unobstructed self-expression. So friction is a form of obstruction.
The Tim Ferriss Show #412: Josh Waitzkin on Beginner’s Mind, Self-Actualization, and Advice from Your Future Self (transcript) Said 27 Feb 2020
Being willing to look absurd can be an underused advantage when learning
I mean, embracing looking absurd in certain moments is a very interesting hack to what others might not be taking advantage of in the learning process.
The Tim Ferriss Show #412: Josh Waitzkin on Beginner’s Mind, Self-Actualization, and Advice from Your Future Self (transcript) Said 27 Feb 2020
Learning a principle can teach far more than learning a single technique
So I think to answer your question, conceptual learning has been—when you learn a technique, you’re learning one thing, when you’re learning a principle that embodies a technique, you might be learning a thousand things.
The Tim Ferriss Show #412: Josh Waitzkin on Beginner’s Mind, Self-Actualization, and Advice from Your Future Self (transcript) Said 27 Feb 2020
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Coming to an art late is a disadvantage but also frees a learner from insiders' assumptions
And you’re right, I think it’s a disadvantage in a lot of ways that we’re coming in it so late. But it’s also a wonderful advantage because we’re not socialized by any of the assumptions that a lifetime surfer would make.
The Tim Ferriss Show #412: Josh Waitzkin on Beginner’s Mind, Self-Actualization, and Advice from Your Future Self (transcript) Said 27 Feb 2020
Assumptions are worth examining, inverting and tearing apart
It’s very interesting to take our assumptions and examine them, flip them upside down, rip them apart.
The Tim Ferriss Show #412: Josh Waitzkin on Beginner’s Mind, Self-Actualization, and Advice from Your Future Self (transcript) Said 27 Feb 2020
The best teacher to imagine is one's own self decades in the future, who knows one most deeply
If my goal is unobstructed self-expression or self-actualization within an art, then the person who’s teaching me should be the person who knows me most deeply. And that’s my person 20 years from now.
The Tim Ferriss Show #412: Josh Waitzkin on Beginner’s Mind, Self-Actualization, and Advice from Your Future Self (transcript) Said 27 Feb 2020
People can learn to see the mental frames they look through
We can also cultivate the ability to look through the frame but also see the frame.
The Tim Ferriss Show #412: Josh Waitzkin on Beginner’s Mind, Self-Actualization, and Advice from Your Future Self (transcript) Said 27 Feb 2020
Where accurate feedback is scarce, as in investing, progress depends on creating feedback loops
I would argue that a lot of what defines the learning curve of someone in a field like investing where accurate feedback loops are few and far between, it’s how creative you are in manifesting them.
The Tim Ferriss Show #412: Josh Waitzkin on Beginner’s Mind, Self-Actualization, and Advice from Your Future Self (transcript) Said 27 Feb 2020
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