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How Life Imitates Chess: Making the Right Moves, from the Board to the Boardroom

Book by Garry Kasparov · 7 quotes · Chess, Ifs, Success

This book delves into the lessons learned from the game of chess and applies them to various aspects of life and business.

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“To play chess on a truly high level requires a constant stream of exact, informed decisions, made in real time and under pressure from your opponent. What's more, it requires a synthesis of some very different virtues, all of which are necessary to good decisions: calculatioñ, creativity and a desire for results. If you ask a Grandmaster, an artist and a computer scientist what makes a good chess player, you'll get a glimpse of these different strengths in action.”

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“For me, chess is a language, and if it's not my native tongue, it is one I learned via the immersion method at a young age.”

Ifs Age Young Language Method Tongue Chess Native Young Age Immersion

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“Losing can persuade you to change what doesn't need to be changed, and winning can convince you everything is fine even if you are on the brink of disaster.”

Ifs Needs Winning Changed Fine Losing Chess Disaster Convince

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“Setbacks and losses are both inevitable and essential if you're going to improve and become a good, even great, competitor. The art is in avoiding catastrophic losses in the key battles.”

Ifs Art Loss Keys Battle Essentials Losing Art Is Chess Inevitable Avoiding Competitors Setback

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“If you wish to succeed, you must brave the risk of failure.”

Ifs Success Wish Risk Succeed Brave Chess

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“If critics and competitors can't match your results, they will often denigrate the way you achieve them. Fast, intuitive types are called lazy. Dedicated burners of the midnight oil are called obsessed. And while it's obviously not a bad idea to hear and consider the opinions of others, you should be suspicious when these criticisms emerge right on the heels of success.”

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“Sometimes the hardest thing to do in a pressure situation is to allow the tension to persist. The temptation is to make a decision, any decision, even if it is an inferior choice.”

Ifs Sometimes Success Choices Decision Situation Pressure Chess Hardest Temptation Things To Do Tension Inferiors Persist Hardest Thing Hardest Thing To Do

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