I have never considered myself a prodigy. Others have used that term, but I never bought in to it.

Just about every error has a technical and psychological component: get good at discovering those connections

My coach and my parents both had this relationship to what I was doing, which was allowing me to express myself with chess. And so I could love it. I had a passion for it. I was expressing myself through chess, and I was learning about myself through chess.

I tend not to dwell on the parallels between chess and business, chess and the martial arts, or any two things for that matter, because the truth is that all pursuits are connected if we gain an eye for the thematic links.

Our minds are all different and I believe cultivating a keen introspective sensitivity is absolutely essential in discovering our potential.

In chess you might find a good move. Then you might find a better move. But take your time. Find the best move.

Of course the sad truth is that if we are not present to the moment, our true love could come and go and we wouldn't even notice.