Are you one of those people who hasn’t achieved their dreams? Are you in a different place then where you imagined to be 5 years ago? CONGRATULATIONS, you are human. As human beings, our plans almost never work the way they’re supposed to (even highly-disciplined military men will say the same about their plans). In fact, the odds of us actually achieving our exact goals are very slim.

To put this in perspective let us observe the humble game of chess. It’s a simple game with 32 pieces which have pre-determined moves, and 64 squares for these pieces to land on. Don’t let these numbers deceive you though, because there are approximately 10 to the power of 120 (that’s the number one followed by 120 zeroes) possible ways a game of chess could be played out!

Now let’s get back to this game we all play called life. With millions of pieces with millions of possible moves to make on millions of squares there is infinity of ways your life could be played out. Statistically speaking, the probability of your life going according to plan is one per infinity!

However minuscule, there is always the possibility of your dream coming true and this is what you have to always cling on to! But now that you know how small the probability of that being achieved really is, don’t hit your head against the wall whenever you fall off-track or face setbacks. Instead, remember this: there are 10^120 ways to win a game of chess and there are infinity of ways to win the game of life! Game on everyone!

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