During the last three evenings, courtesy of Ben Mack's "Magic Week" Tele/Webinar series, I have had the pleasure of listening to Josh Waitzkin speak of his thoughts on learning and life. If you don't immediately recognize the name, Joshua Waitzkin is the real life kid whom the movie "Searching For Bobby Fischer" was based on.As you are on this journey with me, I wanted to share with you some of the key thoughts that resonated with me.
"It's not about how many moves you can count ahead, it's about what you're doing right now."Josh Waitzkin
Sure, you can plan ahead all you like but you need to learn to roll with the punches as well. Focusing on the here and now will ensure a greater quality to what you are doing, and isn't that what we all need? Greater quality of life, in any or all aspects of our lives.
"Meditation is a return to breath, noticing that we're off kilter and recentering"
Josh Waitzkin
Even if you don't practise the art of meditation, it's very possible that you need to stop and count to ten every once in a while when life just gets to frustrating!
During the teleseminars Mr. Waitzkin also spoke of bravery, and learning from loss. For any of you who have ever experience any loss in your lives, this is a very poignant point. Learning from and getting past loss is one of the hardest road blocks in life.
He is an extremely intuitive and sensitive person and it was amazing to hear his thoughts and teachings, to relate them to my own experiences and learn from them.
"The Art of Learning" by Joshua Waitzkin must be an amazing read and I look forward to doing so!
It's time,
Laura Gagnon
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