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

Book by Garry Kasparov · 6 quotes · Chess, Ifs, Success

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

“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.”

“The stock market and the gridiron and the battlefield aren't as tidy as the chessboard, but in all of them, a single, simple rule holds true: make good decisions and you'll succeed; make bad ones and you'll fail.”

“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.”