Comments on: READ HARD: Know the way, see the way

By: Read Hard: Bulletproof Your Head | Live Hard

Tue, 05 Feb 2013 12:53:22 +0000

[…] Note from the editor: Books are excellent. Read Hard is a semi-regular column about some of the books you ought to read. For the first installment in this series, look here. […]

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By: Kenneth Brown

Fri, 23 Nov 2012 03:44:41 +0000

The Art of Learning was a great book. I”m going to check out some of these other books too, because I share the same opinion about applying concepts to learn.

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By: joelsnape

Thu, 22 Nov 2012 09:42:00 +0000

I’m not familiar enough with international chess to comment on the second thing, but I’ve corrected the first. Thanks for the spot.

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By: Frank

Thu, 22 Nov 2012 09:20:12 +0000

Josh Waitzkin is not a chess grandmaster, and in terms of international chess was never really that good.

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By: joelsnape

Wed, 21 Nov 2012 10:21:13 +0000

I totally agree with Bounce, will probably do another Read Hard on the ‘talent’ books. The Gold Mine Effect is one of my favourites in that area, and Talent Is Overrated is excellent too.

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By: Matthew Feely

Wed, 21 Nov 2012 10:11:20 +0000

I would also add Bounce by Matthew Syed….similar to Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell, but better imo. Amongst other things Syed advises against praising an individual for their ‘talent’ citing the danger of creating an inherent fear in the athlete that if they lose (which is after all part of competing), they are no longer talented and have lost their value. Better to encourage and praise an individual’s work ethic, and ‘never say die’ attitude which will lead to far more successes than talent alone. An excellent read.

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