ADVICE

PROOF THAT LIFE IS CHESS

PROOF THAT LIFE IS CHESS

You've heard the saying life is chess not checkers a million times(most people who used that term never even seen a chess board in real life). It's old but it stands true. I often play with my chess app on the highest difficulty at times to try and improve my skill. Today I decided to play on the easiest setting and work my way up in difficulty. I wanted to see how many games I could win by mindlessly moving pieces until I was forced to think and use strategy. I won every game until I put the game's difficulty at the midway point and I started to get my ass kick.

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This shows that when people bullshit their way through life it eventually catches up to them. You do the bare minimum at your job because no one calls you out for it or you wing every exam at school never being dissatisfied as long as you receive a passing grade. As life progresses it will inevitably hand your ass to you much like the artificial intelligence of a computer chess game did to me.

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Mindlessly navigating life with no direction only does a disservice to yourself, no one else! Eventually as you progress through life you will be exposed either you can learn to take the game seriously or continue a vicious losing streak. No one can make it off raw talent alone it take much effort, repeated losses, and an array of strategies to ensure victory on higher levels. Each move you make in life is similar to a chess piece on the board, think twice about thinking twice and go forth with the best move possible, taking all strategy and life lessons with you.

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LET THE WATER RUN

LET THE WATER RUN

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Yesterday as I was preparing a bath something suddenly hit me. The simplest thing like taking a bath has taught me two things when it comes to accomplishing my goals.

  • BALANCE THE ATTACK

While running bath water you want to get the tub to the perfect temperature, not too hot or not too cold. To do that you play with both the hot and cold knobs until the perfect stream is achieved. Adjacent to our real life we can't ever lean too far to the extreme of a plan of attack. Sometimes we may need help sometimes we may have to do things solo but all the time we need balance.

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  •  GIVE IT TIME

Unless your water pressure is on kamehameha mode, water isn't going to burst out at an extreme rate to fill your tub up in seconds. Even if you turn the knobs to its max you still have to give it proper time to fill up. Much like no matter how hard we "grind" or "hustle" if it isn't time, it isn't time and we can only focus on our due diligence not the reward that comes from it.

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All in all when the bath is complete it serves for the perfect relief , this is the feeling you're going to feel when you let life take its course while focusing on the journey and not the destination.

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