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The James Altucher Show · 2025-06-22 · 24 min · 4,629 words

How to Master Anything—at Any Age: Lessons from World Chess Champion Viswanathan Anand

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Der er noget du har lyst til, og det er ikke bare en sodavand Det er en squash, det er en squash, tubos squash Det er ikke bare en sodavand, det er en squash, squash Ik bare hvad som helst en squash Du har faktisk kun lyst til en tubor, squash, squash Du ved jo godt det er rigtigt Maybe the very thought that I have to keep improving kept me going. You hit that thing and you don't know what to do next. You can never separate psychology from the technical details, but sometimes they cause each other. The nature of chess is very restless.

Styles change, the approaches people have changes, or suddenly new engines and new perspective. Something which is working now can be out of date in six months. Try to keep on pushing everything to zero, even if you'll never get there, you keep on trying to improve. And over time, without you even realizing it, you'll start playing better. I think maybe even inaccurate self-confidence that youth gives you is a treasure.

This isn't your average business podcast, and he's not your average host. This is the James Alteger Show. You know, they say you should never meet your heroes, but the other day I met one of my heroes and I got a chance to interview him and then later on we got a chance to analyze some chess games together. So I'm talking about Vishwanathan Anand, five-time world champion. But let me tell you this one story.

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