lumpypot comments on Inside Views, Impostor Syndrome, and the Great LARP

[lumpypot]

In “How Life Imitates Chess”, Garry Kasparov wrote:

Every person has to find the right balance between confidence and correction, but my rule of thumb is, lose as often as you can take it. Playing in the open section and going 0-9 every time is going to crush your spirit long before you get good enough to make a decent score. Unless you have a superhuman ego, or totally lack one, a constant stream of negativity will leave you too depressed and antagonized to make the necessary changes.