Joshua Waitzkin Quotes
The moment we believe that success is determined by an ingrained level of ability as opposed to resilience and hard work, we will be brittle in the face of adversity.
Our minds are all different and I believe cultivating a keen introspective sensitivity is absolutely essential in discovering our potential.
Not only do we have to be good at waiting, we have to love it. Because waiting is not waiting, it is life.
It is rarely a mysterious technique that drives us to the top, but rather a profound mastery of what may well be a basic skill set.
Just about every error has a technical and psychological component: get good at discovering those connections
We learn by pushing ourselves and finding what really lies at the outer reaches of our abilities.
One thing about the business and investing world that I connect to very intimately is that there is little room to deny the harsh realities of your mistakes. A bad call can lose you many millions.
I believe an appreciation for simplicity, the everyday - the ability to dive deeply into the banal and discover life's hidden richness - is where success, let alone happiness, emerges.
Of course the sad truth is that if we are not present to the moment, our true love could come and go and we wouldn't even notice.
In chess you might find a good move. Then you might find a better move. But take your time. Find the best move.
I have never considered myself a prodigy. Others have used that term, but I never bought in to it.