> The possibility of making game-ending blunders is one of the main reasons I don't play competitive chess any more.
This is the point of TFA... if you want to get really good, stop blundering. Until then you're making excuses. You've chosen other pursuits "rather than to participate in activities where one foolish blunder can allow a person of much lesser ability to beat you."
You've selectively defined ability to not include things you don't think are important-- but they do matter objectively.
My reply is structured so as to initially acknowledge the main point of the article and then offer an alternative, i.e. choosing different situations/environments where minor mistakes do not have such a large effect. This is a valid strategy for "how to seem good at everything".
This is the point of TFA... if you want to get really good, stop blundering. Until then you're making excuses. You've chosen other pursuits "rather than to participate in activities where one foolish blunder can allow a person of much lesser ability to beat you."
You've selectively defined ability to not include things you don't think are important-- but they do matter objectively.
Hope this doesn't sound harsh. We all do that.