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At a young age I came to know that there is something profoundly hollow about the nature of fame. I had spent my life devoted to artistic growth and was used to the sweaty-palmed sense of contentment one gets after many hours of intense reflection. This peaceful feeling had nothing to do with external adulation, and I yearned for a return to that innocent, fertile time. I missed just being a student of the game, but there was no escaping the spotlight. I found myself dreading chess, miserable before leaving for tournaments. I played without inspiration and was invited to appear on television shows. I smiled. Then when I was eighteen years old I stumbled upon a little book called the Tao Te Ching, and my life took a turn.
The Art of Learning
Josh Waitzkin
The player of the inner game comes to value the art of relaxed concentration above all other skills; he discovers a true basis for self-confidence; and he learns that the secret to winning any game lies in not trying too hard.
The Inner Game of Tennis
W. Timothy Gallwey
the mind did not naturally calculate the correct odds. So what did it do? The answer they now offered: It replaced the laws of chance with rules of thumb. These rules of thumb Danny and Amos called “heuristics.” And the first heuristic they wanted to explore they called “representativeness.” When people make judgments, they argued, they compare whatever they are judging to some model in their minds.
The Undoing Project
Michael Lewis
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