A father's son gains 300 rating points in chess through one hour of daily tactical puzzles on chesstempo.com, winning 22 straight games in 30 days. Coach John Wooden won 88 straight games at UCLA by focusing on process, not outcomes. Pick one goal, find the best process for it, and commit for 30 days.
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Hi, this is Brian. Welcome back to another heroic plus one. In our last one, we talked about Emerson's remarkable chest gains. That came as a byproduct of his even more remarkable commitment to an astonishingly simple training protocol. As you may recall, he and his coach love you, Nick. Decided that he would do one hour of tactical puzzles on chesstempo.com every single day. Emerson showed up and did that hour of chess puzzles every single day. And that's literally pretty much all Emerson did for the last 30 days. And he wound up going next, next, next level, winning an astonishing 22 games in a row while increasing his rating on Chess.com an astonishing 300 points in 30 days. Now again, I'm a proud dad, obviously, and I'm an even more fascinated philosopher, teacher and coach, as it turns out. I literally just created a note on John Wooden's great book, Wooden on Leadership. When I thought of Emerson's 22 game chess winning streak, I thought of John Wooden's staggering 88 game winning streak while leading the UCLA Bruins to their 10 NCAA National Championships in 12 years. You know how Wooden did that? Pretty much the same way Emerson just did it. Of course he wanted to win a championship, but he never talked about that. What he focused on relentlessly was helping his players execute a protocol that he believed would best position them to win. All of which brings us back to the same questions with which we ended our last plus one. I repeat, what's your wildly number one wildly important goal in your life right now? It could be going next level in your energy. It could be going next level in your work. It could be going next level in your love. What is it? Get clear on that. Then get even more clear on what you think is the number one thing you could do to have the best shot at hitting that wildly important target. You got it? Great. Now go focus on the process for the next 30 days and let the outcomes take care of themselves. Day one. We're all in. Let's go.
