Book Freak 129: How to Become Excellent

Book Freak is a newsletter with mental tools you can use to improve the quality of your life and the lives of others.

In this issue: four pieces of advice from The Art of Learning: A Journey in the Pursuit of Excellence, by eight-time national chess champion and world champion martial artist Josh Waitzkin

Plunge into the micro

“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 tha…