A wise player ought to accept his throws and score them, not bewail his luck.

— Sophocles

RESILIENCE

WHAT THIS MEANS

Two things are always in play, and only one of them is yours. What you are dealt, in a game or in a life, arrives without consultation; what you do with it afterwards is the entire field of your competence. Spending energy on the unfairness of the hand takes it away from playing the hand, and the unfairness is usually real, which is what makes the trap easy to fall into.

When something has gone against you, allow the complaint its few minutes and then ask what the position actually permits. Name the best available move and make it. The dealing continues regardless of how you feel about it.

A QUESTION TO SIT WITH

Which circumstance are you still arguing with instead of playing?

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