Like anything, quit while you're ahead unless you're willing to put the practice and effort in to it.
1. Good one. Not many people, athletes, singers, chess masters, whatever, know when to quit. Their groupies drooling adoration keeps them in denial. Could it be that Kasparov was smart enough to quit while he was ahead? If so, good for him. Too bad hes not smart enough to realize that targeting one president of Russia AINT gonna change Russia or Russians. But, at least hes putting his voice and passion to an effort in which he believes.
2. Athletes do the same thing, so do singers, dancers, any performers. Its just a game all right, but with rewards of millions and millions of dollars.....and wealth, status and fame. POWER often, but not always, accompanies those scarce resources. Scarce resources fame, money, status, power basic human psychology 101.
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