Life and The Chess Board
Don't Trap The Queen
Heard a great analogy from a friend the other day pertaining to life and the game of chess. I talk a lot on patrickwurtz.com about taking risks and just going for what you want and this analogy summed it up perfectly and its something that is easy to remember that you can remind yourself of daily, weekly or in specific situations when you just need a push.
It goes like this:
In the game of chess the idea is to protect the queen. The reason being is that the queen is the most versatile piece on the game board. It can move in any direction, diagonally and as many spaces as it wants. In chess if you lose your Queen your chances of winning the game decrease ten fold. So most conservative and smart chess players keep their Queen surrounded in the back so that it is protected at all times. They only use it and risk losing it once the game is thought to be won.
The Queen is yourself in life. You are the most important piece on your life game board and you can move in infinite directions. But you protect yourself by surrounding yourself in your comfort zone and thoughts of doubts. We are afraid to move our piece (ourselves) out into new territory and take risks cause we are scared, don’t want to fail, don’t want to be wrong and don’t want to lose.
Move your Queen! Get it out from the protection of whatever and go destroy the game board. We are the most powerful piece on the board it is not worth wasting.
