Chess Not Checkers

Acknowledgments

If you have never written a book, let me share a secret with you: it requires dozens, if not hundreds, of people to make a project like this a reality. Although it is impossible to publically acknowledge everyone who contributed to this effort, I want to recognize some of them here.

To begin, I want to thank the people who helped create the core content: Jeff Steggert, Scott Wozniak, and Betsy Zint played indispensable roles in the process of bringing this book to life. Their research, insight, creativity, and dedication to the work, combined with their patience with me, were remarkable. Their diligence during this project enabled us to find a realistic and proven path to high performance. That was the first domino that had to ...