Episodes

  • Episode 57: The Reason Chess Training Is So Confusing
    Aug 27 2025
    Learn what and how to train and stop wasting time on things that don't matter: https://courses.nextlevelchess.blog/courses/simplified-chess-improvement-system Subscribe to my free Newsletter: https://nextlevelchess.blog/newsletter Reach 1200 Chess.com (1400 Lichess) thanks to my all-in-one course: https://courses.nextlevelchess.blog/courses/beginner-chess-mastery Interested in Private Coaching? You can apply by filling out this form (currently no open slots; get on the waitlist): https://forms.gle/13enm2PiiWg7BdJMA Check out all my articles: https://nextlevelchess.blog/articles Watch more tips and lessons on my YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@GMnoelstuder Start with my first video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDna9eIBM8M
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    27 mins
  • Episode 56: The Biggest Lie We Tell Ourselves
    Aug 20 2025
    Here are the further resources that I mentioned in the podcast: Books: Radical Acceptance (https://www.amazon.com/Radical-Acceptance-Embracing-Heart-Buddha/dp/0553380990) - Tara Brach 4000 weeks (https://www.amazon.com/-/de/dp/1250849357/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&dib_tag=se&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.HWSMoG3I_C_hRl5fBaz_i3YFhNUdG-HPJEZRDlmCkIsgjm0Dm2bK0tNEUZi-cuCnvDPzakta1AkmJNJvwGO-IqGt8mKxKeWXIGuprf5ypnxGvKybXvpYhE6KtE-FCpku6UpD8oDo8cSu1M7DS647EofaA6ILxQWINH4qJvnSENRde6OM2BfE-TuR76bB3pmq7wEMRgdvENGO1YGbb-j5PRofsqPcSf8Y6u8EYMmv9uY.8TrtwCKorBamlmdKqNaUdFNgzb6Qx6DY1NrcsQ8t_Mk&qid=1754990934&sr=1-1) - Oliver Burkeman The Tao of Seneca (https://tim.blog/2017/07/06/tao-of-seneca/) - Three free PDFs put together by Tim Ferriss Meditations - Marcus Aurelius (many different versions of it online as PDFs available, just Google it) Awareness (https://www.amazon.com/Awareness-Opportunities-Reality-Anthony-Mello/dp/0385249373) - Anthony de Mello Mindset (https://www.amazon.com/-/de/dp/0345472322/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&dib_tag=se&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.Nu_2yJCG8MYrnDRLvJ54JM1UKgSeE_DjpSsyXURar0LlGYOKh--_gDCRbZXfJ-7CDNApGjwlpZXbGOZYU_UKzPb2Hm0wvvCHKAGW-h6DQ0kuLG6_MFehTpc5CkUzbDiUCKUwC0LZiHqK5r3L5mH2wFp1zOh-9veuE0PeV5vnjY3xLL23i_wRqy5GUh23EKHEJyY6BDioLwvnUxQE0BzVjA9EHSJjLPVg_tvoiqoUreA.tvbjfEOBR2PyI_JVhG-wrGwzLbJvxsx3YedSKavRXb0&qid=1754991043&sr=1-1) - Carol Dweck The Gifts of Imperfection (https://www.amazon.com/-/de/dp/1616499605/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&dib_tag=se&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.MFFZpR9bImZEkP8TI6zjhCuzOLlMf9pLhQpkPD7qurEzVHfv13pxVqsyIihQD5hewveR4SRzZwBeKKHTAXE__2aZhs6e2vrOupF4zftL7O_pIPL441pcqL3yLN5AgUTzWAQsE7Yr_qGgvBYFWcCetlTy6MZIPI7MFvljiHQLNflylPzoxh_aYNeEfkyqwL_PCPD_mlowrKev-fhWsOEb_2mmZP9dtYJRSwe_fXO7zXE.C0fp0pqY-vh86YICBWkggXvq1BhK-vyHJlEC0Rt5ssM&qid=1754991084&sr=1-1) - Brene Brown (recommended by Alessia) All Books by Ryan Holiday on Stoicism; start with “The Obstacle is the Way (https://www.amazon.com/-/de/dp/1781251495/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&dib_tag=se&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.W-DzmBjkxTpJNp_iMYJGz7PvfwEWj_ZjXh6O3YRpGTAczNJsPB6B0yASOvDVJfzLgujQxm8t2c_0a-p2-xAgS0DfF1yDbn5GO-DxHuZYy3dywAgwrtuVEam7j1Kj23x3DfGxmatKg-75eyuIwML6A2H22XNqrMOT5hZ7w5NN_RthC4MJcCwx0k3hLVv66z2IYhhuhqpslFt6dEqnbBxfcHSECd0OwFC0ErsztCqIKZ8.R0RUYcikl8xEZMxkLN9b9vPdVSdQmAhYx3sNHtK4Aw8&qid=1754991104&sr=1-2)” The Courage to be disliked (https://www.amazon.com/-/de/dp/B07BRPW98K/ref=sr_1_1?__mk_de_DE=%C3%85M%C3%85%C5%BD%C3%95%C3%91&crid=JKTEONLSQPRE&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.ZaEhkAWAMvWtu4SdGFHl-lx7TTPYr_4u5b0ysqlR9APt27kVJeAvgN_P4kABXrF102S6VMDMq-LaFJk1Qo5pKOcwHUb67HdhzqUt5PrhS5c05dBTt7AFaO2f7hhCML7grNHCXGW0H0qyLTyXU4Jgfg73PdgB7KjiexCxI3DJ83K4a3mY_Tn4LJqd6zy0sehloZg60_i2rM24BG7N7ACNbPkoKqf2c8_mcnCRw-R9E60.yYW8AF5n12-H-kN1c6EFkFU5-N10jvdSuq-EWungAvw&dib_tag=se&keywords=the+courage+to+be+disliked&qid=1754991139&s=books&sprefix=the+courage+to+be+dislike%2Cstripbooks-intl-ship%2C192&sr=1-1) - Fumitake Koga and Ichiro Kishimi How to stop worrying and start living - Dale Carnegie And if you need a little wake up call, this 7 Minute YouTube Video usually does it for me: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2NDQOgGycg Subscribe to my free Newsletter: https://nextlevelchess.blog/newsletter Learn what and how to train and stop wasting time on things that don't matter: https://courses.nextlevelchess.blog/courses/simplified-chess-improvement-system Reach 1200 Chess.com (1400 Lichess) thanks to my all-in-one course: https://courses.nextlevelchess.blog/courses/beginner-chess-mastery Interested in Private Coaching? You can apply by filling out this form (currently no open slots; get on the waitlist): https://forms.gle/13enm2PiiWg7BdJMA Check out all my articles: https://nextlevelchess.blog/articles
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    31 mins
  • Episode 55: You Are Not Your Rating
    Aug 13 2025
    Subscribe to my free Newsletter: https://nextlevelchess.blog/newsletter Learn what and how to train and stop wasting time on things that don't matter: https://courses.nextlevelchess.blog/courses/simplified-chess-improvement-system Reach 1200 Chess.com (1400 Lichess) thanks to my all-in-one course: https://courses.nextlevelchess.blog/courses/beginner-chess-mastery Interested in Private Coaching? You can apply by filling out this form (currently no open slots; get on the waitlist): https://forms.gle/13enm2PiiWg7BdJMA Check out all my articles: https://nextlevelchess.blog/articles
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    17 mins
  • Episode 54: How to improve your thinking (not with AI)
    Aug 6 2025
    Subscribe to my free Newsletter: https://nextlevelchess.blog/newsletter Learn what and how to train and stop wasting time on things that don't matter: https://courses.nextlevelchess.blog/courses/simplified-chess-improvement-system Reach 1200 Chess.com (1400 Lichess) thanks to my all-in-one course: https://courses.nextlevelchess.blog/courses/beginner-chess-mastery Interested in Private Coaching? You can apply by filling out this form (currently no open slots; get on the waitlist): https://forms.gle/13enm2PiiWg7BdJMA Check out all my articles: https://nextlevelchess.blog/articles
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    23 mins
  • Episode 53: Good vs Bad Mistakes
    Jul 30 2025
    Subscribe to my free Newsletter: https://nextlevelchess.blog/newsletter Learn what and how to train and stop wasting time on things that don't matter: https://courses.nextlevelchess.blog/courses/simplified-chess-improvement-system Reach 1200 Chess.com (1400 Lichess) thanks to my all-in-one course: https://courses.nextlevelchess.blog/courses/beginner-chess-mastery Interested in Private Coaching? You can apply by filling out this form (currently no open slots; get on the waitlist): https://forms.gle/13enm2PiiWg7BdJMA Check out all my articles: https://nextlevelchess.blog/articles
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    15 mins
  • Episode 52: This Might Work in Business - But Destroys Your Chess
    Jul 23 2025
    Subscribe to my free Newsletter: https://nextlevelchess.blog/newsletter Learn what and how to train and stop wasting time on things that don't matter: https://courses.nextlevelchess.blog/courses/simplified-chess-improvement-system Reach 1200 Chess.com (1400 Lichess) thanks to my all-in-one course: https://courses.nextlevelchess.blog/courses/beginner-chess-mastery Interested in Private Coaching? You can apply by filling out this form (currently no open slots; get on the waitlist): https://forms.gle/13enm2PiiWg7BdJMA Check out all my articles: https://nextlevelchess.blog/articles
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    15 mins
  • GM Title After 10 000 hours of Practice?
    Jul 16 2025
    Subscribe to my free Newsletter: https://nextlevelchess.blog/newsletter Learn what and how to train and stop wasting time on things that don't matter: https://courses.nextlevelchess.blog/courses/simplified-chess-improvement-system Reach 1200 Chess.com (1400 Lichess) thanks to my all-in-one course: https://courses.nextlevelchess.blog/courses/beginner-chess-mastery Check out all my articles: https://nextlevelchess.blog/articles
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    18 mins
  • Episode 50: What Golf Taught Me About Getting Better at Chess
    Jul 9 2025
    Subscribe to my free Newsletter: https://nextlevelchess.blog/newsletter Learn what and how to train and stop wasting time on things that don't matter: https://courses.nextlevelchess.blog/courses/simplified-chess-improvement-system Reach 1200 Chess.com (1400 Lichess) thanks to my all-in-one course: https://courses.nextlevelchess.blog/courses/beginner-chess-mastery Interested in Private Coaching? You can apply by filling out this form (currently no open slots; get on the waitlist): https://forms.gle/13enm2PiiWg7BdJMA Check out all my articles: https://nextlevelchess.blog/articles
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    19 mins