by Doug Goldstein CFP® | Dec 24, 2014 | Chess Strategies, Strategic Thinking
One of my favorite hobbies is playing chess. Apart from the challenge of checkmating my opponent, I enjoy the lateral thinking, planning, and strategic judgment skills that are involved in the game. Recently, I was privileged to interview Israel’s top chess player,... Click for more
by Doug Goldstein CFP® | Dec 15, 2014 | Chess Strategies, Strategic Thinking
“Let’s play him,” my teenage daughter said to me this summer as we walked through New York’s Washington Square Park, where the chess sharks seek unsuspecting prey. I negotiated the terms of the engagement with the 20-year chess veteran and then gave him a bit of a... Click for more
by Doug Goldstein CFP® | Nov 19, 2014 | Chess, Decision Making, Strategic Thinking
When Grandmaster Susan Polgar was a young girl in Communist Hungary, her ambition was to become a chess grandmaster. But in the 1970s, and especially behind the Iron Curtain, this seemed to be an impossible dream as chess was very much a man’s game, and the chess... Click for more
by Doug Goldstein CFP® | Nov 6, 2014 | Decision Making, Strategic Thinking
You know how sometimes you just wish you had said something? Well, that happened to me when I had the incredible honor to be a guest on John Lee Dumas’s award-winning show, Entrepreneur on Fire. Though the interview went great (click here to listen), we... Click for more
by Doug Goldstein CFP® | Oct 29, 2014 | Chess, Strategic Thinking
Everyone makes mistakes. What separates the winners from everyone else, is how you fix your mistakes. When playing chess, it’s easy to make the wrong move. If you notice your mistake while the game is on, you can choose one of three responses: 1. Ignore it and keep on... Click for more
by Doug Goldstein CFP® | Oct 27, 2014 | Strategic Thinking
[At the bottom of this blog post is a link to a 4-minute video that will change the way you work every day! I’ll teach you how to use the most important free program that I use that can literally save you hours every day.] Time management is one of the most important... Click for more
