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How to seem good at everything: Stop doing stupid shit - Josh's Posterous

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Back in college, one of my best friends was a prodigious chess player. He'd won a few regional championships and was pretty highly rated. Before I met him, I'd considered myself a competent player. Back in school I'd placed in a few high school tournaments, and in general played a better game than mo

Back in college, one of my best friends was a prodigious chess player. He'd won a few regional championships and was pretty highly rated. Before I met him, I'd considered myself a competent player. Back in school I'd placed in a few high school tournaments, and in general played a better game than most of my friends. I'm a competitive guy, so I'd challenge him constantly only to get trounced. It was a lot like repeatedly banging my head into a wall. At some point, I caved and made the mistake of asking him what the quickest way for me to improve my chess skills was. What followed was some of t

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