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Life is like a game of chess. I don't know how to play chess

Life is like a game of chess. I don't know how to play chess

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๐˜“๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข ๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด...โฃ
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๐ˆ ๐๐จ๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ฒ ๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌโฃ
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Lol, were you waiting for a deep reflection?โฃ
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Jokes aside... For real, sometimes I feel like I forgot how to play.โฃ
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Yesterday I lost a winning game due to a terrible blunder.โฃ ๐Ÿ˜ฐ
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Me, the guy who teaches others how to avoid blunders.โฃ
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But this is positive because it reminds an important lesson.โฃ
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๐Ÿ‘‰ Frustration, setbacks, losing points... all this is part of the process.โฃ
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And if you ever want to get good at chess you must develop a thick skin and love the journey.โฃ
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Enjoy the process and not focus too much on the result, they say...โฃ
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I agree. But enjoying the process doesnโ€™t mean ignoring the frustration.โฃ
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It means developing a good relationship with the frustration that naturally comes from a bad game/ bad result.โฃ
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So you can come back on track faster.โฃ
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In chess, you can be ambitious without getting burnout. โฃ
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โ˜€ ๐Ž๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ข๐Ÿ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฅ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ž๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ . โฃ
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And if you have the company of someone who can guide you.โฃ
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If you are looking for someone who can teach you how to feel less frustrated about the process. โฃ
And show you how to improve your game at your own pace, comment โ€œ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌโ€ below. โฃ
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I will send you a message to your inbox so we can have a nice talk about the things that frustrate you in chess and how to solve it once for all, a.k.a fall in love with this journey.