http://talentdevelop.com/articlelive en-us N/A de2@talentdevelop.com Sun, 07 Sep 2008 05:49:57 PDT 20 http://talentdevelop.com/articlelive/articles/741/1/The-Art-of-Learning-In-Pursuit-of-Excellence/Page1.html Josh Waitzkin, an eight-time National Chess Champion in his youth, was the subject of the book and movie Searching for Bobby Fischer. Since the age of twenty, he has developed and been spokesperson for Chessmaster, the largest computer chess program in the world. Now a martial arts champion, he holds a combined twenty-one National Championship titles in addition to several World Championship titles. Below is the Introduction to his book The Art of Learning: An Inner Journey to Optimal Performance.]]> no@spam.com (Misc Author) http://talentdevelop.com/articlelive/articles/741/1/The-Art-of-Learning-In-Pursuit-of-Excellence/Page1.html http://talentdevelop.com/articlelive/articles/722/1/The-411-to-avoid-boredom/Page1.html We are "infovores."  Without new information to assimilate, we experience a highly unpleasant state. Boredom. Conversely, at one time or another, each of us has felt the joy of information-absorption -- the conversation that lasts late into the night, the awe at a magnificent vista. Cognitive neuroscience -- the science that seeks to explain how mind emerges from brain -- is beginning to unravel how this all works. At USC, my students and I use brain scanning to specifically investigate the neuroscience behind the infovore phenomenon.]]> no@spam.com (Misc Author) http://talentdevelop.com/articlelive/articles/722/1/The-411-to-avoid-boredom/Page1.html http://talentdevelop.com/articlelive/articles/579/1/Education-should-develop-our-natural-abilities/Page1.html ]]> no@spam.com (Ken Robinson) http://talentdevelop.com/articlelive/articles/579/1/Education-should-develop-our-natural-abilities/Page1.html http://talentdevelop.com/articlelive/articles/522/1/Are-You-Censoring-Yourself/Page1.html ]]> no@spam.com (Eric Maisel) http://talentdevelop.com/articlelive/articles/522/1/Are-You-Censoring-Yourself/Page1.html http://talentdevelop.com/articlelive/articles/417/1/Work-as-a-Work-of-Art/Page1.html ]]> no@spam.com (Barbara Winter) http://talentdevelop.com/articlelive/articles/417/1/Work-as-a-Work-of-Art/Page1.html http://talentdevelop.com/articlelive/articles/331/1/Giving-Life-to-Carl-Rogers-Theory-of-Creativity/Page1.html ]]> no@spam.com (Natalie Rogers) http://talentdevelop.com/articlelive/articles/331/1/Giving-Life-to-Carl-Rogers-Theory-of-Creativity/Page1.html http://talentdevelop.com/articlelive/articles/251/1/In-Praise-of-Positive-Obsessions/Page1.html ]]> no@spam.com (Eric Maisel) http://talentdevelop.com/articlelive/articles/251/1/In-Praise-of-Positive-Obsessions/Page1.html http://talentdevelop.com/articlelive/articles/133/1/Where-are-the-good-role-models/Page1.html ]]> no@spam.com (Douglas Eby) http://talentdevelop.com/articlelive/articles/133/1/Where-are-the-good-role-models/Page1.html http://talentdevelop.com/articlelive/articles/130/1/Spirituality-and-creativity/Page1.html ]]> no@spam.com (Douglas Eby) http://talentdevelop.com/articlelive/articles/130/1/Spirituality-and-creativity/Page1.html http://talentdevelop.com/articlelive/articles/125/1/Maturity-and-Creativity/Page1.html ]]> no@spam.com (Douglas Eby) http://talentdevelop.com/articlelive/articles/125/1/Maturity-and-Creativity/Page1.html