by Maxwell Payne

Created on: August 31, 2009   Last Updated: September 05, 2009

The game of chess, like life, is full of decisions. Some decisions are small while others are large, but in the end these decisions affect the outcome of the game, whether it is a game of chess or the game known as life.

Living a wiser life and making good decisions is something that takes time and practice. The game of chess has often drawn comparisons to the struggles, decisions, and outcome of those decisions seen in our daily lives. Professional chess player Garry Kasparov even published a book called How Life Imitates Chess, to display how skills learned in the game of chess can help those in business and politics. But a wiser life entails more than business savvy and political strategy and you will discover how your daily life can be impacted by a game that can take a lifetime to master.

The art of patience.

There is an old saying widely known that tells a person that good things come to those that wait. In the game of chess patience is a crucial skill and a skill that must be learned early on in order to begin the journey of mastering the game.

Waiting for an opponent to make their next move is a perfect of example of patience when playing chess. Allowing the game to naturally progress at it's own speed is another example of patience being displayed during a chess match.

In life, rushing things along can prevent you from seeing the small details and from missing all that life has to offer. In chess, pressuring your opponent to make a move faster can take focus off of your own next move. In trying to get the game finished quicker, you may find yourself missing a potentially crucial next move for either yourself of your opponent.

Paying attention to detail.

Individuals who are successful often credit their borderline obsessive attention to detail. You often hear stories of individuals who started at the bottom of the company or who came from the poorest of the poor only to rise up over the years through hard work to become the best at their jobs and in their lives.

Chess requires the same mentality when it comes to noticing the small things and examining each and every detail with the same passion and intensity as those who started at the bottom and rose to the top in careers and life goals.

Attention to detail goes hand in hand with the learning how to be patient, a rushed game of chess hardly gives one the chance to see the small details that in the end might determine the outcome of the game.

Of course paying attention to detail in life has it's practical

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