Joshua Waitzkin wrote The Art of Learning.
This quote comes courtesy of The Tim Ferriss Show.
Ryu Voelkel’s Kickstarter ~ Claim Your Slice Of The Beautiful Game
UPDATE: The Kickstarter has now finished at 277% of target!
Follow @toksuede for the best pictures from Brazil…
Thanks to all those who pledged, you won’t regret it.
– Paul
I first got in touch with Ryu Voelkel because I saw his work referenced on the site of my favourite football illustrator, Dan Leydon.
A speculative email, a couple of cups of coffee, a shared appreciation for ZLATAN and six weeks later I’m sat next to Ryu launching a World Cup Kickstarter.
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Understanding Barça: Guillem Balagué’s Tiki-Taka Library
There’s a key to developing a deeper appreciation of the football of Barcelona. All you have to do is ask the experts; the men who’ve spent years studying – not just watching – how Barcelona got to where we see them today…
There’s a key to developing a deeper appreciation of the football of Barcelona.
All you have to do is ask the experts; the men who’ve spent years studying – not just watching – how Barcelona got to where we see them today.
Guillem Balagué is the author Pep Guardiola: Another Way of Winning: The Biography, which was published in 2012.
He’s a man in the know.
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10 Lionel Messi Anecdotes That Have Been Touched by Genius
If you look in the right places, the secrets to Lionel Messi’s greatness reveal themselves.
Great ball players often take a moment in possession – just a half breath – to allow the picture in front of them to shift. The opposition are sucked towards the ball while runs align and space opens up.
Then: PING! Breakthrough.
In Spain, this is known as ‘la pausa’.
You could say that I had a ‘la pausa’ moment while reading Guillem Balague’s biography of Messi recently…
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An Important Announcement About The Future of Reading
I’m joining the team at The Pigeonhole in Berlin to help bring about a seismic shift in the way books are produced and consumed.
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