My man Sweed! You know how cool it is finding this comment, right? I just wrote him a lengthy ass response with more description if you're interested.
I'm not the guy to bla bla bla look at me but a really good friend of mine named D said something to me not long ago that I'd like to share because of the way you brought this up. You guys said really similar things to me just in different context.
He knows about my chess addiction. He said "you played your life like a game of chess and checkmated all of us!"
Chess is a lot like life, those who can figure out how each move impacts the next have a better chance of being successful. When I was younger, many moves I made I made without thinking of the impact my actions may have on others.
Now, almost everything I do, I think of it as a chess move, contemplating how my actions will fair in the bigger picture.