Tyler1 is an American online streamer, professional League of Legends player, and bodybuilder. After finding fame streaming and gaming, Tyler1 decided to become good at playing chess. Then, contrary to all reasonable expectations, he went from a beginner 199 rating to a 1,960 rating on Chess.com in the space of 9 and a half months. For context, a rating around 2200-2400+ in Rapid/Blitz generally signifies a “master” level. So Tyler1’s peak rating was just short of master.
For a beginner to approach master level within a year is unheard of. A child prodigy can accomplish this in 5-10 years. But someone who approaches the game later in life, as Tyler1 did, would normally take considerably longer.
So, how did Tyler1 accomplish this superhuman feat?
Well, take a look at his overall stats below… (visit his chess.com profile here.)
Tyler1 just grinds non-stop. Notice Tyler1’s win/loss ratio?
Tyler1 wins less than half his games. And he loses only 3% fewer games than he wins. As of the writing of this post, Tyler1 has played a total of 6,188 games in about 2 and a half years and has only won 151 more games than he’s lost. And this is literally all you need.
You just need to win a little more than you lose. But most people don’t like losing 46% of the time. If we did anything in life that failed 46% of the time, we would hate it. But Tyler1 doesn’t care. He just grinds and grinds and grinds.
Tyler1 is an unusual person, to be sure. We can’t all realistically expect results like his. But we can learn a lesson from his approach. He has gained a level of mastery in several different areas of life. How? Through relentless daily effort. And he has embraced the teaching power of repetitive failure.
Ultimately, success means doing the boring repetitive things day after day regardless of the results. If you focus on the process, then the growth comes gradually over time.
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