Book · recommended on 6 episodes
The Art of Learning
Josh Waitzkin ISBN 0743277457
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Josh Waitzkin ISBN 0743277457
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This book by Josh Waitzkin has come up 6 times across 2 different shows: Andrew Huberman, Tim Ferriss. 3 of those mentions were genuine on-air recommendations, not just passing references. The people who brought it up: Andrew Huberman, Derek Sivers, Michael Mauboussin, Tim Ferriss. The earliest mention we indexed is from 2021-02-19 and the most recent from 2025-01-27. Every occurrence below links to the episode page and to the exact second it was said on YouTube.
“to find a link to his book The Art of learning which by the way I highly recommend please see the show note captions”— Andrew Huberman
The guest here is Josh Waitzkin: Former chess prodigy (subject of the book and film 'Searching for Bobby Fischer'), International Master, and Tai Chi Push Hands and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu world champion. Author of 'The Art of Learning' and now an elite performance coach for investors, athletes (the Boston Celtics), and scientists. Chess prodigy turned cross-disciplinary master Josh Waitzkin unpacks how to learn anything by embracing loss, pain, and thematic interconnectedness.
“now Josh whiteskin best-selling author of the art of learning an inner journey to Optimal Performance a trainer of elite mental performers”— Tim Ferriss
The guest here is Anne Lamott and Josh Waitzkin: Anne Lamott is a New York Times bestselling author of 20 books including Bird by Bird and Operating Instructions; Josh Waitzkin is an eight-time National chess champion, two-time Tai Chi Push Hands world champion, Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt, and author of The Art of Learning. A 10-year anniversary combo episode pairing Anne Lamott on radical self-care with Josh Waitzkin on flow, learning, and presence.
“I loved his book, The Art of Learning. And I've listened to his interviews, and I really admire him.”— Derek Sivers
The guest here is Derek Sivers: Entrepreneur turned author who founded and sold CD Baby; minimalist writer known for books like Anything You Want, now living in New Zealand. Derek Sivers walks Tim Ferriss through escaping the cloud, the unoptimized life, and his radical-skepticism worldview of 'Useful Not True.'.
“By the way, the art of learning is fabulous. I'm a huge fan.”— Michael Mauboussin
The guest here is Michael Mauboussin: Head of Consilient Research on Counterpoint Global at Morgan Stanley Investment Management, longtime Columbia Business School adjunct finance professor, and author of investing classics including Think Twice, The Success Equation, More Than You Know, and Expectations Investing. Michael Mauboussin breaks down how great investors decide: base rates, wisdom of crowds, decision biases, and complex adaptive systems.
“I would suggest if you're looking for the translation of chess principles to many other fields, pick up a book called The Art of Learning by Josh Waitzkin”— Tim Ferriss
The guest here is Tim Ferriss: Author of The 4-Hour Workweek, The 4-Hour Body, and Tools of Titans, and host of The Tim Ferriss Show. This is a solo Q&A episode where he both asks and answers, fielding live-chat and pre-submitted listener questions. Tim Ferriss answers live and submitted Q&A on sleep, parenting, fear, mood, psychedelics, learning, and travel.
“Josh Waitzkin is author of The Art of Learning. He is an eight-time US national chess champion, a two-time world champion in Tai Chi push hands”— Tim Ferriss
The guest here is Josh Waitzkin: Author of The Art of Learning, eight-time US national chess champion, two-time Tai Chi push hands world champion, and the first BJJ black belt under Marcelo Garcia. He now trains elite mental performers and runs The Art of Learning Project nonprofit. Josh Waitzkin turns the tables on Tim Ferriss, probing gating questions, the entanglement of genius and wounds, surrender, and preparing for accelerating change.
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