Chloe’s Game

Call it a game and people relax. Chloe’s Game is a game in the way chess is a game — playful outside, serious inside.

The lesson of the game is that your move is never just your move. It changes what others will do next, which changes what your move was worth. Thinking one round deeper is the entire advantage.

Consider the farmer. He does not argue with the season; he arranges his work inside it. The city man does the opposite — he argues with every Monday and is surprised every Friday.

Time is the one currency the Reserve Bank does not print more of. And when you forget it — you will — the world will remind you. It is a faithful tutor.