"Compound interest is the 8th
wonder of the universe." -Albert
Einstein, (1876 - 1962)
Little things are key to winning the
ballgame. In baseball you can score 9
runs a game by playing small ball.
For instance, in each inning, the
lead-off batter walks 4 balls and gets
on 1st base. During the 2nd batter's
bat, the lead off man on 1st steals for
2nd and makes it. Then the 2nd
batter flies out or grounds out, and
the 2nd baseman advance to third.
Then, the 3rd batter sacrifice flies to
the outfield or ground out, sending
the runner on 3rd home. Score = +1.
There's 9 innings in a ball game, so if
you score that way 9 nine innings,
you got 9 runs, without ever getting a
single hit! Something to think about.
In chess, i stress that the pawns are
the most important pieces on the
board, because without them you'd
be in trouble. For instance let's say
you have 1 pawn and a king versus
their lone king, you can promote that
pawn and win the game just with one
extra pawn! U see it's important to
mind the little things. For instance,
let's say you take a 0 by itself - that's
just zero, nothing. Add six zero's to
that and it's still worth zero, = 00000.
But put a one behind all those six
zeros and you got a million -
1,000,000! So that's the power of
minding the small stuff....read more
about small stuff in ezine articles if
you can!
Remember, small things are worth
something too. Don't neglect them my
friend. It could cost you the game if
you start neglecting the small stuf. So
pay attention to detail! The small
things, done right, will eventually win
you the big game, it's true!
Chapter 25: Give Your Best Effort!
"Good. Better. Best. Never let it rest.
Until your good is better, and your
better is best."
-Dr. Seuss, Great American author
(1911 - 1998)
"Go hard or go home." -Fiend, Great
black music artist (1983 - )
Come strong or don't come at all they
say. Don't get locked into doing
things half-heartedly, otherwise,
you'll get half-poor results. You see,
you gotta tackle a project going all-in,
otherwise, it won't come out right - i
can guarantee that! You know, would
you get a spouse with half a body,
like missing the legs and arms and
things like that? Probably not
because it's gonna be kinda tough to
maneuver in that bed! So do things
completely, and do them as well as it
can be done.
When playing chess, give each game,
each move, each play your undivided
attention and keep at it until you get
the checkmate! You see, your
opponent wants to try to get you
trapped, so you want to prevent that,
right? So you focus, go hard at it and
do your best. What would happen if
you get on a plane, but they only got
half a tank of fuel, and you're going
overseas? They'd probably run out of
fuel, and crash somewhere because of
a half-hearted fuel effort. So,
likewise, we don't want to crash by
being careless or lackadaisical, so
work hard, study hard, and play
hard and you'll be just about
guaranteed to succeed. Go hard to
the paint or bust, pal!
Remember, come hard or don't come
at all - that's the motto. Put it on your
dash!
Chapter 26: Discipline is important!
"Even some rabbits are disciplined
enough to wait for carrot season as
opposed to dirt!"
What's discipline? Well let's break
up the word down for you. "Disc" is
any round, flat, circular object with
respect to the horizontal plane or
even a storage medium for
information. "Ip" stands for
indispensable provider. And "line" is
just that, it's a long conduit used for
communication or other purposes. So
discipline is basically an object or
thing that is an indispensable
provider that is communicated. So in
other words, it's having hte ability to
hold the line when times get tough. So
basically you got use your
discernment to check whether
something is good or bad f or you.
In chess, discipline is key because if
you're not disciplined, you'll start
making rash moves, fall into traps,
and wind up losing. So being
disiplined in chess means taking your
time, following instructions, don't
give your opponent cannon fodder,
and going after the king, protecting
yourself, eliminating the threats, and
watching your time. If you do those
things, you've got a great shot at a
victory. So be disciplined, - don't be
fooled!
Having sound discipline will keep you
from losiing in most cases so pick up
some knowledge on your job and
practice....then do it! Go for it!