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What I Learned About Setting Goals From Monks
  • GM Avetik Grigoryan

What I Learned About Setting Goals From Monks

Why goals should guide direction, not create pressure, and what monks taught me about focusing on daily practice.

Psychology and Mental Toughness | 2 min read
How to Improve Chess If You Only Have One Hour a Day | The 4 Principles
  • GM Avetik Grigoryan

How to Improve Chess If You Only Have One Hour a Day | The 4 Principles

Little time for chess? Here are the 4 principles to squeeze maximum value from your training.

Improvement Hacks | 4 min read
What Champions Search for (and Where)
  • GM Avetik Grigoryan

What Champions Search for (and Where)

Why do we keep searching where it’s bright, even when the keys are lost in the dark? Champions know better.

Psychology and Mental Toughness | 1 min read
The Andon Spirit – The Courage to Stop
  • GM Avetik Grigoryan

The Andon Spirit – The Courage to Stop

Inspired by Toyota’s Andon cord, this is a reflection on why sometimes the smartest move, in life and chess… is to stop.

Psychology and Mental Toughness | 2 min read
Do You Know Your True Rating?
  • GM Avetik Grigoryan

Do You Know Your True Rating?

You know your chess rating. But do you know the one that actually matters? It’s not on Lichess. It’s not on Fide. But it decides everything

Be Amazing | 3 min read
The Power of I Don’t Knows
  • GM Avetik Grigoryan

The Power of I Don’t Knows

What keeps you growing isn’t what you know. It’s the “I don’t knows” you carry. A lesson from Metallica, chess, and beyond.

Psychology and Mental Toughness | Be Amazing | 3 min read

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