The speaker shares his experience of achieving a chess rating of 2000 elo after dedicated practice. He emphasizes the importance of making a clear decision and focusing entirely on the goal. Taking massive action and committing fully to the process, finding the right mentor, being comfortable with solitude, and ignoring background noise are highlighted as key factors for success. The speaker's journey reflects the significance of persistence, concentration, and the right mindset in achieving challenging goals.
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Two days ago I did it, I did it, after a year and a half that I killed myself like this
I got the result that I had expected, which was to reach Skakki, a level that is called 2000 elo or elo
2000 elo, come on, come on, in practice it is a classic that there are skaks where you see your level
2000 is the level that separates you, let's say, from the amateur, from what a skater is, to be a decent player
According to CS.com, there are 200 million users on the site, where I played, you are better than 99.7% of the planet
What do you say? Wow, that's a phenomenon! No! Apparently, compared to a professional skater, you are a skater
But, compared to 99.7% of the planet that plays Skakki, you are better
And then in this video I want to condense and re-assume 7 rules that I applied to get this result
And that I always applied, every time I managed to get results in my life, of any kind
I always applied these rules, I apply them and apply them to anyone who gets results, apparently
These rules are valid in skaks, in ping pong, in sport fishing, in all sectors
They are universal rules that I hope can be useful to you
Let's start with the first one
Rule number one is to decide and concentrate completely on what is the goal
And you will say "Monti, what do I decide, I don't know, I decide, it's easy to decide"
Most people will be surprised, they don't decide, most people may say "I want to improve my skakki"
But I try, it's not that they decide, they say "No, I want to become 2000 skaks"
Apparently, the skaks you see online, to make a minimum skaking culture
There are different levels between the online part and the live part, when you play in front of the skater
The online level is higher than the live part, so a 2000 skater online is actually worth 1800 on the skater
To give them an idea, it's more difficult to play in front of the skaters than to play online
Apparently, it's closed
But the first step that is always undervalued is to decide
You decide to get a result, you decide to put yourself on the spot
It's not that you make a tentative, you try, you hear "I pass the coffee, but I try, but what do I try, either I pass it or I don't pass it"
The concept is very simple
Every time, personally, I decided to get a result, I made a clear decision
In this case, I took it publicly, I decided to do this social experiment
Where in public, I said "Guys, I want to get this result"
Obviously, I try, so it's true that you try, put your best effort
I didn't know at the beginning if I would have managed to get it or not
But I made a clear decision and I declared it publicly
You know, when one says "If you publicly declare what goal you want to achieve, you have more responsibility"
Because the other people then keep you responsible for what you said
In my case, I amplified it by 1000
Because on social, imagine all the comments of the people who then every 2 seconds say
"So, did you get this result?"
I had said that I wanted to reach it within the end of the year
I arrived, let's say, 6 months later
But, I made it
In addition to deciding, in rule number 1, which is precisely this total focus
There is a topic of concentration
And concentration in this society of "smink social" is something that is skipped
It's not just the usual news that we have the attention of the red fish
At most we are focused for 4 seconds
Yes, yes, that's true
But you, in fact, look around and realize that the vast majority of people
Is not able to stop, to sit down, to stand still like this
And concentrate on an argument for, I don't know, half an hour, an hour in a row
You put yourself there and you concentrate
The crazy thing, then, of chess is that you have to do it
It's not that you can play like this, while you're spitting, etc.
No, you have to put yourself there, stop, in silence, possibly
And concentrate
You have to be focused
The power of concentration is extraordinary
Because the more you concentrate, the more you learn to think better
The less you concentrate, the less you think well
The more you think merdously, the more you make decisions that are terrible
And the crazy thing about chess is that they are like a radiography
They should be used as a medical instrument
When you play, you see exactly if your brain is active or if it's off
And you realize, at least what I've seen about myself
That the vast majority of the days, my brain is completely off
I was playing bad chess
But then I make very important decisions, personally, for my companies
And I say, "Damn, I'm deciding with my brain, which is below zero"
And then, the first fundamental rule
Any objective in terms of giving me
Maximum concentration, maximum attention, maximum decision, maximum editing
Who was talking about "focus", "stede jobs"
Usually it's phrase, we've said it a thousand times
"Focus" isn't the way of saying "yes"
It's the way of saying "no"
"No" has everything else
I mean, I concentrate on that
I decide, I concentrate, 100%
Rule number two
Once I've decided and I'm ready on a piece, with my head centered
All concentrated, I have to go all in
I have to do what Tony Robbins, when he entered the state many years ago
Defines "Take Massive Action"
Taking in charge the idea of having a massive action
For me, I would define it as a global attack, a nuclear attack
I don't know, a mass attack
Where you don't just give yourself a bit to do
You train yourself a bit, you go inside with all your shoes
For me, this is a normal approach, I've always done it in everything I've done
When I started this example on social media, I started making videos
And I made a video every month, a video every 15 days
A weekly post, I don't know, stuff like that
This was the philosophy in the world of business
And I said, "you know what? I go inside with all my shoes, I make a video every day"
And then I started there, I took billions of criticism
Of people shouting at me, that it's not possible, that it's fucked up
And today, if we move to 2025, other than a video every day
I have 50 pieces of content to post every day
The scale has increased a lot, but the concept was to take a massive action
I go inside with all my shoes and I play, in case of breaks, as much as possible
In my case, I did something like, I'll tell you, 12,000 games, something like that
Since the beginning, I started playing, I'll tell you exactly
I started playing in January 2023
Since I was a kid, yes, since I was a kid, if I can say that I was a kid
But I've never played in Vitamina, I was 53 years old
So it's not that I'm really crazy, it's hard to start something like the breaks
That is extremely complicated when you have a certain age
I started in January 2023, I did some tests
I remember I did that challenge, trying to understand if I could learn the breaks in a week
And from there, I became passionate, so I started playing
I started on the piece from January 2024, until January 2024
And in this period of time, I played 11,640 games
That when you see them, you say "it's not possible"
Like I said, 11,600 games from January 2024
And the reason for that, people think it's not possible
Or maybe I used bots, I don't know, people who played in the first place
I don't know, there is any theory on this topic
And people don't understand what it means to "enter" or "in" on something
That is the same criticism that time made, "it's not possible"
"You can never make a video a day, impossible"
There was no layout, where you had to put yourself there
Making the video didn't exist in the short videos, there wasn't even that concept
So the idea of making a video, I don't know, of 5 or 10 minutes
Every day, you make the video, record it, mount it, load it, it was all slower
It seemed impossible, so there were tests instead, it wasn't possible
Because you simply have to organize yourself
You have to have the habit, the procedures that allow you to produce on a large scale
In this case, it was more problematic, if you want, my personal experience
Because I thought "okay, I'll do a brute force attack"
I play a huge amount of games to have a bit of experience
Because I, as a player of chess, I'm a neonate, basically
I've never played, so I've never seen the positions of the game, it's a dream
And then, I try to put in a huge amount of games
I throw in this glass of water, and everything goes on
And then I hope that I will have something inside
Even just for automation, the more I put in, the faster it is possible
And the more I get a result
And that's what I did, in practice, I tried to find any possible moment
If you're in the bathroom while playing chess, go take your kids to school
If you have to wait there for 5 minutes, it's fine, play chess
I did the tournament, the theaters, every time I went back to the hotel
At the end of the show, I play chess
Before the show, I play chess
Obviously, this allowed me to do billions of games
On the other hand, it's not the best situation, I agree with you
Because, if I think about it, maybe a third of the games I lost them
Simply because "Monti, you have to go"
"No, I'm playing, no, you have to go"
"Okay, I'm leaving, you're abandoned"
Or if you're completely distracted, you can't concentrate
No. 1, decide and concentrate
But I thought that, in my case, I have 4 kids, a start-up
I mean, I have a life, that's what I do as a professional chess player
I thought that the only chance I have is to find any possible moment
To try to throw the chess inside
And then it's a way, not so much to win in that case
But it's a way to build the muscle of this continuous constancy
Of this continuous persistence
And if you always have it in your head, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom
In this way, you're always with the problem in mind
And the question every day is always the same
What is the solution?
What is the solution?
Why is the solution there?
If I play, I have a position in front of me
And then, I go to a chamber, I call it a chamber, Magnus Carlsen or Kaspar
And look at my own position
He knows exactly what the solution is, what the right move is to do in that position
I don't know why, because they are clearly much better than me
But this simply means that the solution is there, but I don't know what it is
And this is worth thinking about at work
You try to do more and you don't succeed
But there are people who do much more than you
How do they do it?
They have a solution and you don't have it
It's just about understanding what the solution is
But the solution is there
Rule number 3 is to find the right master
Because you can have the whole focus of the world
The concentration, you have decided, you are determined
You play millions of games, you work 150 hours a day, etc.
But you don't go anywhere if you don't have the right master
And the right master is that person, that book, that mentor, online, physical
You choose him at the end of the account
That helps you to understand what is the best way for you to solve that problem
And it's not easy to find the right master
Because sometimes you might have a fantastic Vimpong coach
I remember there was a fantastic Vimpong coach
But it wasn't right for me, his method wasn't right for me
And then you have to find the right information, but also the right approach for you
In my case, in this research experience I found the perfect master for me
He has an amazing scholarship, an amazing master and an extraordinary person, philosophically wonderful
And therefore perfect for me at the level of intellectual stimuli
Even in the theater show, I close the show with his sentence, on the thought
"If you think the future belongs to you"
But also a series of reflections he makes when he talks about jokes
Then you apply them to everyday life
For example, when you have to face a problem, a sentence that once said to me, I was impressed
You have to try to have a less historical and geographical approach
The historical approach is the one we always did like this
So let's try to understand how to solve this situation
The geographical approach is that you look at a map and based on the map you make a decision
If the map changes, the decision will also change
And that's it, an infinity is worth seeing these videos
Even if you don't care about the jokes
It's really a pleasure to hear Pierre talk about it
And above all an approach that I share
Because it's not the approach of the shortcut, the trick
"Come on, let's become 2,000 fast, quick, with three tricks"
No, no, no, no, we build a right mentality
We build, in this case, a correct skeptic mentality
But that's the most important approach
And finding the right master is fundamental
In my case, for the other Pierre, the signal did all this for free
We found each other once a week, half a week, then not every week
And apparently, in my life, in his life, we tried to make this path together
Where he shared free of charge lessons available to everyone
The ones we looked at in these lessons
And every week, we saw some concepts, some games
And he helped me in this path, both from a technical point of view
From an intellectual point of view and also from a support point of view
Because, you know, when you try to achieve a result that is very difficult
At least for me, it was very difficult
But it's not easy, so you need someone who believes in you
It's present in the Pigmalione effect, how it works
That if I believe in you, I behave differently with you
Your chances of doing it may increase
But if you treat yourself as someone who will never do it
It's not the best, you'll also have some flexibility
An error, unfortunately, that we all make when we try to achieve a result
Is to trust the wrong masters
Or, if we follow a method of Delocuto Nanto Impostati, which are crazy, Fuffa Guru, Agogo
It's a big problem, and I also saw it in the sketches
That there's so much stuff that you say "Boo, I follow this"
Or this weird theory that seems to work
That you're always very tempted by the twist and by Fuffa Guru
Because what promises you the fastest and fastest result
But we often know that it's not like that
Instead, the most difficult road where you're left with the problem
And you go through it, and you do it, and you explore it in all its corners
Is what brings you the result
And to be an right trainer, the right mentor
Is one of the most important parts
If you change that, it's a mess
Because if you have the hydraulic that isn't capable
Then you have the water at home
I don't know how to say, this is the problem
Or follow crazy theories
Even if you do it, a loving guy, you're focused and so on
A classic anecdote that always comes to my mind
At the Velodrome Vigorelli, where I trained for many years
I remember that there was this player who was always there
He trained every day, he was always on the piece
But he had the wrong trainer, so his technique is never improved
It's like if I go to the kitchen, and I'm totally denied to cook
And I'm 12 hours a day in the kitchen
Or someone who teaches me, or in some way I manage to teach myself
In some way, if not, I will continue to cook my spaghetti and tomato
That are very good
But Davide Uldani does it better
Rule number 4 is to learn to be alone
This, I don't know, seems to be something so obvious
But I look around and no one wants to be alone
I don't know why, some characters, clearly
If you're a bit crazy, out of your mind like me
It's easier to be alone, because you say
"Well, I've never tried a Ra, but I'm alone"
So some people are easier
But think about it for a second
What do you want to get in your life?
You get it alone
Of course you can have the trainer, the group, the family
The friends, the people, the team, the team, everything you want
But at the end of the day, if you want to get into shape
In the gym, the exercises
You have to do them
It's not that you do it to someone else, if you want to learn math
You have to get there and study
Take a book, ok?
Big book for another one, Tao of Charlie Munger
Take a book with all my little notes
I don't know if you can see it, with all my little notes
And put yourself here and study alone
Then you can be in a more pleasant environment
I don't know, in a bar, in a co-work
But at the end, you are with yourself that you have to do this activity
In chess, this stuff is amplified by 3000
You put yourself in front of a screen in my case
Or in front of a cell phone
You put yourself there, I stop and think
This is hard, maybe a quarter of an hour
I play a match in ten minutes, a quarter of an hour you put yourself there
I stop and move
So you have to be a bit particular about it
But do you understand that the importance of being alone
And being comfortable in the discomfort of solitude
Does the whole difference in the world
When you say Warren Buffet, you put yourself there
And read alone, you were 8 hours to read
But this is fundamental
Because it also helps you to think better
To know yourself better
To understand better what your weaknesses are
Your strengths, your fears are
You have to somehow have this ability
To be well alone, at least when you do that activity
Then obviously you want to be with as many people as possible
But if you have to improve your service
At Tennis or Paddle, do you want to improve your fucking vibrato
That I never shoot inside?
You have to put yourself there
And by yourself, put yourself there to vibrate
Even at Tennis or in Pong, I remember a boy
Half an hour a day, the service
Grab the chest, half an hour a day
Repetition, repetition, repetition
I like it, if you spoil it
But that's how it works
Rule number 5 is to be able to put your eyes
And cancel the background noise
The background noise is composed of a thousand things
In my case, the background noise
Is composed of the variators I have
In the years, imagine the one I bought on Coglioni
That since day one, they started to make videos
Send messages, comment everywhere
Saying "Monte Magno, you will never do it"
If it's a fucking shit, what do you think you'll be able to do in life?
You shit, figure, you have the head to play shit
You're too old, because after 50 years
The brain doesn't have plasticity
You don't have plasticity anymore
And it's like that, indefinitely
Every day, every day, every day
In my case, ignoring the background noise
Is a bit easier, because they're different
This thing about the haters, those who denigrate
Those who say they won't notice anything
I've had it since I was 15
And so it's not a new thing
It makes me look like an asshole
And it charges me
It's the opposite, the more I wear it, the more it charges me
And this is the secret
I'll tell you if you're a native speaker
If you want me to make a video or something
I'll leave you alone, and then I'll be back
If you wear it, I'll say
"I'm here all my life"
I can go forward every day
To infinity, got it?
You can go forward every day to infinity
I don't know, let's talk
But this ability to remove the background noise
Is fundamental, maybe you don't have denigrators
Because you don't make a public challenge
But you'll have a background noise
That doesn't try to bring you up
Try to pull you down
Imagine you want to make a start-up
And around you there are people who have a fixed place
But according to you, they'll say
"Oh, great, I'm happy for you, come on, you're doing it"
No, they'll say "Are you sure?"
"Think about it, find a safe job"
They're ready just to see your failure
Because this will justify their choices
There's no right or wrong choice
A fixed job, a safe job, an entrepreneur
It all goes well
But each one of us has different desires
In life, different ambitions
And it's right that each one pursues what he wants to do
When you try to get a result
You always have external voices
That are a great distraction
And the problem is that sometimes you end up believing in yourself
Because it's not that things are always going well
And here, rule number 6
You have to give up
Don't give up
Because you know that when you give up
You have the enthusiasm
Then when you start putting yourself in a challenge
To get a result, it's not easy
Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't
You always want more time than you imagine
Losing becomes your normal condition
You lose every day because you don't have that result
And you have to be strange, as Naval says
You have to be patient with the actions
But patient with the results
This is an art to master that isn't easy
And there comes this game
Of persistence, of constancy
Where even if you have doubts
I've had many, this year and a half
I thought, well, I can't do it
I can't get this result
Because it's difficult, at least for me
Because I'm a limited brain
But 2000 and I skip it online
Even if it's easier than playing offline
Damn, it's difficult
I don't know how to say it
It's complicated and it's a complex sport
Where you have to think
With the maximum attention
And miss a move and lose a match
And there were moments when I thought
I can't get this result
Because I don't know what to say
So you're frustrated, you spent a lot of time
Imagine how many times in your life
It happens on everything we do
But your ability is to have this
Don't give up
Go to the gym
You match against Mike Tyson
In his golden moment
You get a lot of inspiration
And when you finish the go-fi
You say, see you tomorrow
Come on, give me the others
And tomorrow you come back and take it
And this is the approach
Obviously, the more you have experience
And maybe more experience
Like from an entrepreneur or from a sportsman
And the more this is a normal condition
I mean, that's how it is for me
When I play ping pong
When I start to do a start-up
It's normal
This is my day
So, I mean, ok
There's news from that point of view
But the fact that it's normal
Doesn't mean that it's a cosy joke
It means that it's a nice broken neck
You have to face it every day
This feeling is always horrible inside
But you live with it and you have to go beyond
The only way to get out of it
To solve the problem
Is to go through it
And then the rule number 7
Is to enter as quickly as possible
Until it doesn't work
In the world of start-ups
The classic solution
Is to get out when you have an idea
With a fast prototype
Puff, MVP, Minimum Viable Pro
All this shit here
What does it mean to get out with a prototype
The market tells you
"No, Bruce, change it right away"
"Oh, I don't want the yellow functionality, the red one"
"Oh, not red, but with the ball"
And you continue to change
Until you find a solution
And that's all
Let's repeat all these elements
Focus, focus, decision-making
Massive action, having a method with a coach
Maximum perseverance
Cancellation and performance of the background
And iterate as quickly as possible
Here, this year and a half
This was the path
All these rules together
To try to play as much as possible
But with a method
To see the mistakes
To understand what mistakes are
To analyze the matches
To change at that point
Ok, when I play with the Karo Kahn
Advanced variation
What is the classic mistake I'm doing
Shit, shit, that's it
Ok, next time I try to do it differently
And try again and again
And it's right, it's right, it's right
And in the meantime
There is also a part of complex study
In my case I watched
Millions of videos on YouTube
Analysis
I watched
Banzia that makes the stairs
Using the system of London
And then you watch
Ches Bra that makes the stairs
Using C6 against everything
And then you watch the course
I bought the course video
How to play and how to play
And then you follow the video of the great master
Luca Amoroni who was greeting
And thank you, apparently well seen
Luca, who surpasses 3000
So at a fantastic level
You're always immersed
You stop, let's go back
To what we said at the beginning
Inside the problem, attached to the problem
Always with this question
What is the solution?
Because I know that the solution is there
And then the solution is the Zecchi
These 7 rules of good sense
I really hope of hearts that can be useful to you
Not just to play chess
If you want to play chess well
I suggest it to you, it's wonderful
But for any objective you want to reach
If you want to work, let me know
If you are useful, turn it to someone
Maybe I want to get some results
And this video can be useful to you
But let's remember the moral of the fable
As the sage said
Fall seven times
Rise again
Podcast Summary
Key Points:
The speaker achieved a chess rating of 2000 elo after intensive practice.
The importance of making a clear decision and concentrating fully on a goal is highlighted.
Taking massive action and committing fully to the process are emphasized for success.
Finding the right mentor or teacher is crucial for improvement.
The significance of being comfortable with solitude and focusing on the goal is discussed.
Ignoring background noise and negativity is essential for progress.
Summary:
The speaker shares his experience of achieving a chess rating of 2000 elo after dedicated practice. He emphasizes the importance of making a clear decision and focusing entirely on the goal. Taking massive action and committing fully to the process, finding the right mentor, being comfortable with solitude, and ignoring background noise are highlighted as key factors for success.
The speaker's journey reflects the significance of persistence, concentration, and the right mindset in achieving challenging goals.
FAQs
The 7 rules mentioned are applicable in various sectors such as chess, ping pong, and sport fishing, and are universal in nature.
Making a clear decision is crucial as it sets the foundation for achieving results, as emphasized in the transcription.
Finding the right master is crucial as they guide and provide the necessary knowledge and approach to solving problems effectively.
Learning to be alone is highlighted as it helps in focusing, understanding oneself better, and improving skills through dedicated practice.
Canceling out background noise is essential to avoid distractions and negative influences that can hinder progress and success.
Taking massive action involves fully committing and engaging in activities, leading to significant progress and results, as exemplified in the transcription.
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