Twenty Life Lessons Learned from Playing Chess

You have to make sacrifices to win.
Protect your queen and she’ll protect you.
Your tribe works best when each member is put in a position to do what they do best.
Collaboration is more powerful than unilateral action.
Weaker individuals can work together to bring down more powerful ones.
All the ability in the world doesn’t matter if you’re in the wrong place or doing the wrong thing.
Power is situational and dynamic.
Not every person is right for every task.
Your tribe works best when you actualize.
A situation cannot be fully grasped with only one perspective.
Consider the future implications of an action to make better decisions.
Understanding rules and boundaries provides creativity and freedom with the system.
There is joy in learning.
There is joy in playing.
Both winning and losing can be fun or frustrating.
Appreciate the abilities and limitations of others.
Expecting something other than what a person can contribute hurts everyone involved.
There are myriad ways of doing things, including winning and losing.
Someone else creates the structure and the rules of the game.
Your freedom and individuality and power from how you choose to operate within the game.

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