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hours of sleep, mealtimes, hours of work on different projects, and staying conscious of how these things are balanced daily and weekly.
adapted my new activities i...
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preserving the patterns that have kept me comfortabl...
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the ability to remain effective under increasing strain varies from person to person.
Everyone has a unique level of efficiency in his ratio of work to results.
It is critical to know what motivates you,
how to push yourself
new challenges to stay engaged.
The minute I begin to feel something has become repetitive or easy, I know it’s time to quickly find a new target for my energy.
being aware and then taking action.
Knowing what to look for is only the first challenge.
material, time, and quality. The balance among these three factors is the foundation of every move
every decision we make.
Making a correct evaluation— and then a correct decision—requires understanding the trade-offs and relative values of these core elements. Material describes our tangible assets. Time is how long it takes to achieve a specific objective. Quality, the most important element and a goal unto itself, is value—or even power. ...
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aware of the processes that work for us,
then move on to improving them step by step.
Do your poor decisions tend to stem from bad information, poor evaluation, incorrect calculation, or a combination of these things?
No actually my mistakes stem from me. Lack of follow through, execution in haste, momentum issues,
all of our routine daily decisions benefit from an improved process.
key to that is the ability to correctly assess and evaluate a situation.
By becoming more aware of all the elements, all the factors in play, we train ourselves to think strategically, or ...
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Evaluating a position goes well beyond looking for the best move. The move is only the result, the product of an equation that must first be imagined and developed. So, determine the relevant factors, measure them, and, most critically, determine the optimal balance among them. Before you can begin your search for the keys to a position, you have to perform this basic due diligence. We can categorize the...
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evaluate is material. Assets, stock, cash, goods, pieces and pawn...
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Do I have more or less material than my opponent?
When we first learn the game, we are all terrible materialists.
Being told the values is one thing, but only experience really teaches you what those values signify in the “real world”
