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August 05, 2004

Applying Go to _______

Make no mistake, you cannot map Go directly to any other topic. Period. What you can say, however, is that Go points to the fundamental essences of strategy and principles in other arts, ways, and endeavors. Is it any wonder that Go has been used to inform business, politics, military, martial arts, or other fields? No. The cool part about understanding the root issues is that those root issues don't change from Go to various arts and ways (i.e., martial arts, war, business, sports, politics, and life). This is the The Way of Go's message in part.

The game of Go strips away chance, and advantage in resource, making you play a game where you and the opponent are equally matched and resourced. You win based on your better understanding of those fundamental essences. If you can win in this pure competitive landscape, you can apply that understanding when you have advantages, chance and resources in your favor.

Does being a good Go player mean you'll apply these lessons in your life? Goodness, no! There have been plenty of top players that make miserable life decisions despite understanding the principles at the highest level. Key is to take the lessons from your field, abstract them, then reapply them. Otherwise, what you have learned is subject to the confines of where you learned it.

And remember, the distance between knowing and acting shapes how the word "execution" applies to you. ;^)

Posted by wayofgo at August 5, 2004 05:37 PM

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