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“Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on. So keep looking until you find it. Don’t settle.” [Steve Jobs Stanford commencement speech, June 2005]

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  A comment on Conversation: What do you have to be grateful for today?

  Dec 22 2011: The opportunity to approach the day and any opportunities or problems it presents and the skills to persevere on either.

• A comment on Conversation: Is the internet, not formal education, the new great equalizer?

  Oct 7 2011: The internet will not solve all problems or teach all lessons well; it may not ever parallel in-person experience, but it certainly starts to level the playing field for those with logistical challenges such as access, timing or financial constraints.
  
  Not everyone can or will make it to/through formal education; the internet provides a reasonable, viable option that simply didn't exist for the prior generation or for those in third world countries a decade or two ago.
  
  Bravo efficacious, distance learning; but I realize now that I was so fortunate to attend a traditional university.

• A reply on Conversation: Everything I need to know to be successful in the game of life I learned from the game of chess.

  Oct 4 2011: Will do Jacob - it's not a playing app, but strictly a tool incorporating a very basic clock, score sheet and database; I also play on chess.com, but through their main website and also iGoogle ...

• A reply on Conversation: Everything I need to know to be successful in the game of life I learned from the game of chess.

  Oct 4 2011: Thank you Thomas - it's been interesting to see how literal (and passionate) some have been with their responses ...

• A reply on Conversation: Everything I need to know to be successful in the game of life I learned from the game of chess.

  Oct 4 2011: The "everything I needed to know" hyperbole actually precedes us all, including Fulghum ...
  
  Not sure what game you're referring to, but standard (Western) chess allows for win, loss or draw outcomes; a well played game, between equal players, will frequently result in a draw ...

• A reply on Conversation: Everything I need to know to be successful in the game of life I learned from the game of chess.

  Oct 4 2011: I played in one Space Coast Open Jacob, but it was many years (10+) ago; I also support chess in Tampa Bay, including a mini-grant program for K-12 teachers to allow them to star very basic chess clubs in the public schools.

• A reply on Conversation: Everything I need to know to be successful in the game of life I learned from the game of chess.

  Oct 4 2011: I beg to differ - there is absolutely nothing ruthless about the game of chess (or others) - it is simply a contest and comparison of wills and ideas, neither good nor evil, just the pureness and simplicity of a voluntary competition governed by mutually agreed upon, objective and ultimately fair and equitable rules.

• A comment on Conversation: Everything I need to know to be successful in the game of life I learned from the game of chess.

  Oct 4 2011: Thanks, appreciate your reflecting upon it; not really meant to be a rule set for everyone's life, just (my) reflection upon the logic, lessons learned and game theory of a longstanding and universally played, cross-cultural game.

• A reply on Conversation: Everything I need to know to be successful in the game of life I learned from the game of chess.

  Oct 4 2011: Metaphorically, as is the genesis of this Conversation, any experience has elements of game theory, behavior and learning; this is also the essence of the nurture versus nature debate; and in any case, no one has asked or suggested that you live my life - that's neither the point nor relevant to nor in the spirit of the question.

• A reply on Conversation: Everything I need to know to be successful in the game of life I learned from the game of chess.

  Oct 4 2011: Metaphorically, as is the genesis of this Conversation, any experience has elements of game theory, behavior and learning; this is also the essence of the nurture versus nature debate; and in any case, no one has asked or suggested that you live my life - that's neither the point nor relevant to nor in the spirit of the question.