Josh Waitzkin

Yeah, it was interesting. When I wrote The Art of Learning, it was in many ways cathartic for me because there were parts of my life that I had felt like I had let myself down. Like there were parts, like my chess life I moved away from and like there were certain moments of it where I felt like I hadn't fully expressed my potential. And I just wrote them all. I just shared it all.

And it was so beautiful. It was so cathartic. When I think about leadership, I think that it's so important to, like leading with vulnerability is such an exquisite, I spent, Joe Mazzulla and I spent the day a couple days ago with Sean McVay, who's the head coach of the LA Rams, who just a few days after this big, the big loss against the Eagles, and we had this

And it was so beautiful. It was so cathartic. When I think about leadership, I think that it's so important to, like leading with vulnerability is such an exquisite, I spent, Joe Mazzulla and I spent the day a couple days ago with Sean McVay, who's the head coach of the LA Rams, who just a few days after this big, the big loss against the Eagles, and we had this

And it was so beautiful. It was so cathartic. When I think about leadership, I think that it's so important to, like leading with vulnerability is such an exquisite, I spent, Joe Mazzulla and I spent the day a couple days ago with Sean McVay, who's the head coach of the LA Rams, who just a few days after this big, the big loss against the Eagles, and we had this

We actually ended up watching the tape. It was his first watching of the tape of this heartbreaking playoff loss he had and watching him process it. And, you know, he's such a great leader. Both Joe and Sean, like, lead. They both take themselves on more intensely than anything, but they lead with vulnerability. Like, they go up against their stains.

We actually ended up watching the tape. It was his first watching of the tape of this heartbreaking playoff loss he had and watching him process it. And, you know, he's such a great leader. Both Joe and Sean, like, lead. They both take themselves on more intensely than anything, but they lead with vulnerability. Like, they go up against their stains.

We actually ended up watching the tape. It was his first watching of the tape of this heartbreaking playoff loss he had and watching him process it. And, you know, he's such a great leader. Both Joe and Sean, like, lead. They both take themselves on more intensely than anything, but they lead with vulnerability. Like, they go up against their stains.

And like being authentic there as opposed to being a leader or a father or a mother or a coach who just keeps it in the pocket as if they're perfect. There's something so inauthentic about that. I think in human relationship and in the cultivation of oneself as an artist, going right at one's weakness. is so powerful.

And like being authentic there as opposed to being a leader or a father or a mother or a coach who just keeps it in the pocket as if they're perfect. There's something so inauthentic about that. I think in human relationship and in the cultivation of oneself as an artist, going right at one's weakness. is so powerful.

And like being authentic there as opposed to being a leader or a father or a mother or a coach who just keeps it in the pocket as if they're perfect. There's something so inauthentic about that. I think in human relationship and in the cultivation of oneself as an artist, going right at one's weakness. is so powerful.

Now, of course, there's also the tender balance of how much we should cultivate our strengths and how much we should be spent shoring up our weaknesses. And one of the most important principles which I learned too late in my chess life is that we can take on our weaknesses through the lens of our strengths, right?

Now, of course, there's also the tender balance of how much we should cultivate our strengths and how much we should be spent shoring up our weaknesses. And one of the most important principles which I learned too late in my chess life is that we can take on our weaknesses through the lens of our strengths, right?

Now, of course, there's also the tender balance of how much we should cultivate our strengths and how much we should be spent shoring up our weaknesses. And one of the most important principles which I learned too late in my chess life is that we can take on our weaknesses through the lens of our strengths, right?

Remember this brilliant sage Russian coach, Yuri Razovayev, said to me at one point, you can learn Karpov through Kasparov. His point being, you can learn about the great defensive chess through the great defense of great aggressors like you. As opposed to just studying Karpov and thinking, what should I, what would Karpov do here, which was urged to do by other people?

Remember this brilliant sage Russian coach, Yuri Razovayev, said to me at one point, you can learn Karpov through Kasparov. His point being, you can learn about the great defensive chess through the great defense of great aggressors like you. As opposed to just studying Karpov and thinking, what should I, what would Karpov do here, which was urged to do by other people?

Remember this brilliant sage Russian coach, Yuri Razovayev, said to me at one point, you can learn Karpov through Kasparov. His point being, you can learn about the great defensive chess through the great defense of great aggressors like you. As opposed to just studying Karpov and thinking, what should I, what would Karpov do here, which was urged to do by other people?

like learn defense through offense, right? So it was part of my self-expression. I learned that principle too late for my chess life, but it's manifest everywhere else, right? So while we're cultivating our strength, which I think we should do as a way of life, how do we go up against our stains? But in ways that were not fundamentally It's not shame. I don't relate personally.

like learn defense through offense, right? So it was part of my self-expression. I learned that principle too late for my chess life, but it's manifest everywhere else, right? So while we're cultivating our strength, which I think we should do as a way of life, how do we go up against our stains? But in ways that were not fundamentally It's not shame. I don't relate personally.

like learn defense through offense, right? So it was part of my self-expression. I learned that principle too late for my chess life, but it's manifest everywhere else, right? So while we're cultivating our strength, which I think we should do as a way of life, how do we go up against our stains? But in ways that were not fundamentally It's not shame. I don't relate personally.

That's a word I don't, like shame. It's not shame. It's like when it becomes just like a breath pattern, like we lose, we put ourselves on the line, we lose. We go at it. We study it. We study how. We study about what.