The Invisible Assassin Killing Your Chess Improvement

You've read all the books, studied all the courses, had a bunch of coaching, played a bunch of games...⁣⁣
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So 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘯'𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥?⁣⁣
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Whatever reasons you thought of - that's what you're going to have to 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐠𝐨 of, in order to progress.⁣⁣

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Or, you've been working harder, but your rating is even lower...⁣⁣

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That actually happened to me last month - I 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳, but 𝘮𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴.⁣⁣
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How is that possible?⁣⁣
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Simple.⁣⁣
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You're 𝘧𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴.⁣⁣
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People often say that time is the most valuable resource.⁣⁣
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I'd say that 𝐀𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 is the most valuable resource. ⁣⁣

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'𝗪𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐞𝐬, 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲 𝐟𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰' - that's straight from Day 1 of the 7.5 hour online seminar I just attended.⁣⁣
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If your attention is on what you're 𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘴, or the 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯'𝘵 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨...guess what?⁣⁣
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You're not going to improve.⁣⁣
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If you're focused instead on 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 - on 𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐠𝐨𝐚𝐥𝐬 - you're much more likely to be 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐟𝐮𝐥.⁣⁣

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The first step in that process is 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 '𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬' 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 with your chess.⁣⁣
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The second step is for your reasons 𝗪𝐇𝐘 it's a must for you to achieve that 2000+ rating or that master title to be MORE IMPORTANT and powerful than your reasons 'Why Not'. ⁣⁣
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I see too many people 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘪𝘯 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮 of being an expert in chess, or being a chess master, because they're 𝘢𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 of trying their hardest and 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨.⁣⁣
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And that's an example of '𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬' that holds people back.⁣⁣
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The issue is never resources - it's 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬.⁣⁣

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It's resourcefulness that allowed me to 𝐬𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐔𝐒𝐃 𝟕𝟎𝟎𝟎 a week ago using 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐲 that wasn't mine.⁣⁣
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It's resourcefulness that allowed me to 𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐆𝐌 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐫 (who I looked up to as a kid) as a coach for my program earlier today. ⁣⁣
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And it's resourcefulness that's going to stop you focusing on '𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦', '𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘺' and other reasons that are also 𝘤𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 (whether you admit it or not), and switch you to instead focusing on 𝐒𝐎𝐋𝐔𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒.⁣⁣

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Don't wait for success, and then start doing the things you need to do.⁣⁣
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Would it make sense for an extremely overweight person to say 'I'll lose 20 kilos first, then I'll start exercising'?⁣⁣
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Do the things you need to do FIRST, that are going to 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐟𝐮𝐥.⁣⁣

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𝘋𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 what those things are?⁣⁣
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Let me show you what you need to 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 (and 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘥𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨) to be successful in chess. ⁣⁣
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Comment '𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐌𝐞' to discover what's been holding you back from the chess results you deserve!