"In the midst of chaos, there is also opportunity."
Sun Tzu, The Art of War
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"Practical" towards what end? Towards teaching yourself to reject possible learning experiences? A mistake is a mistake because of how it transforms the game; if you resign before you even see what the game turns into, you can't conclude "I have less than 50% chances of winning" in good faith. Not when your information is simply not reliable. With that mindset, not even your wins will be useful to you. This is what becoming overly concerned with winning or losing does to someone.
If you've already lost in your mind regardless of what's actually happening in the game, then you're sabotaging yourself; it leads to losing more often than you normally would, not just in chess but in any other game. Seems to me you have to change what's inside before anything else.