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our  craft  will  be  immense.  One  day,  we    contributed  his  wealth  of  knowledge  by

            will look back at where we started, and be       establishing  chess  programs  and  funding

            amazed by how much we have done and              the  construction  of  multiple  schools  to
            learnt.                                          give   the    impoverished      people    an


                                                             opportunity to learn. His achievements in
                 Not only that, we should teach those
                                                             the  chess  world  are  nothing  short  of
            who wish to improve if we are talented in
                                                             amazing,  but  his  humility  and  dream  of
            a certain field or subject. There is a high
                                                             helping  others  should  be  held  in  higher
            chance that we will gain some insights in
                                                             regard as it is something we can all learn
            the  process.  For  example,  Viswanathan
                                                             from to be a better person.
            Anand,  former  world  chess  champion.

            During his prime, he won the majority of               In    a    nutshell,    we      should

            chess tournaments he participated in. He         acknowledge  our  accomplishments,  and

            was  known  as  ‘The  Pride  Of  India’.         yet, we should not rest on our laurels as it

            However,  he  was  humble,  and  did  not        is  likely  we  are  just  a  big  fish  in  a  small

            boast of his accomplishments. Instead, he        pond,  and  there  are  other  bigger  fish  in

            sets his sights  on improving the  financial     the  sea.  As  the  saying  goes,  twice  the

            and  education  situation  of  his  home         pride, double the fall. We should learn to

            country,  India,  which  is  a  third  world     be  humble  as  it  is  a  priceless  virtue  to

            country  with  a  booming  population.  He       possess.







                                   If everything has gone our way,



                                             sometimes we have got to




                                                    learn a bit of humility .












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