My job is to play chess, the game that I love. I achieve what I can in chess. That is what I focus on. Basically, I am always focused on playing the game, and this is important to me.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
For me, I'm focused on what I want to do. I know what I need to do to be a champion, so I'm working on it.
My focus has to be on my career.
I like to work and am a focused person.
My whole career I'm used to playing a lot of games.
Right now I'm really happy with how things are going with my chess career, so I'm not thinking of doing anything else.
I think the most important thing I work on is just my mental approach to every day, my mental approach to the game. How to come in each and every day focused, doing what I want to do, I think that's just the biggest issue.
Everything I do is part of my passion. I do the things I like to do. It's sort of a bigger version of having more than one hobby. I love to play piano, sing, and act. I love to do all those things.
My career is really important to me, but there have to be other great, important things in your life besides work.
You definitely have to be focused at certain times in your life and in your career, but at the end of the day, there's only so much you can do. Then you just have to chock it up to fate.
You bring to chess facets of your personality and what you are. I have interests other than chess, like music and world and current affairs. I also have many friends around the world with whom I like to keep in touch.
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