The greatest danger of a premature celebratory mood is that it might distract you and lead you to falter. There is a huge difference between having an overwhelming margin and the arbiter actually stopping the clock and you signing the scoresheet. Some things just aren’t over till they’re over. In these moments, when you’re gloating over a lead or a win before it happens, as though it were a mere formality, it’s important to find a goal that will propel you onwards, because even if you’re leading all it takes is one moment of carelessness in one game to plunge you into trouble. Every advantage
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