how do you think a game of chess is won?

checkmate?

that’s right!

but is that what players think of when they start the game?

nope.

our problem is we attach ourselves to wishful outcomes.

we do it all the time.

xxxx amount of wealth

lean body

big house

so and so career

whatever, take your pick.

life does not unfold to suit our wishful expectations.

every moment is a confluence of billions of interactions leading to the each moment that we experience.

at chess, players look for small positional / tactical advantages that eventually lead to a checkmate.

find a broad direction of the life you want to live.

and focus all your actions at it.

take the wins that come along and move on from the misses.

keep going.

keep wishful expectations aside.

focus on taking small steps in the direction you want your life to go in.

fin.