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Moise uses \u201cserious play\u201d in a competitive game (which itself can be playful) to show how to achieve this balance. He cites the Red Bull company\u2014specifically their brand of marketing strategy\u2014as his primary example of \u201cserious play.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n What if I told you that one move would make the difference between you winning and losing? What if I told you that your success depends on your decisions?\u201d Frantzley Moise believes that everyone already has the tools they need in order to achieve their greatest goals \u2014 they just need to develop a winning strategy.<\/p>\n Moise grew up in Miami and received his B.S. in Health Science from FAMU in Tallahassee, and Master\u2019s Degree in Educational Leadership of Educational Organizations from American InterContinental University. Having lived in Tallahassee since 2000, he has taught students He himself has been playing chess since high school, carrying a chess board and pieces everywhere he went. As he taught other students to play, he learned that the game could be used as a means of teaching life skills like patience, planning, sportsmanship, knowing the rules, learning from mistakes, developing good decision making, and strategy, without directly addressing those skills. He helps students learn to play with purpose\u2014\u201cnot only to play bigger, better, and bolder, but to live bigger, better, and bolder.\u201d Frantzley penned the 44-page book \u201cChess 4 Life, Life 4 Chess\u201d to share these discoveries. He plans to use the concept of conveying life skills through alternative methods to expand beyond chess.<\/p>\n He more recently created The W Initiative (now parent company of Chess 4 Life) to help students, businesses and people of all ages alike maximize their potential by teaching them concepts and problem-solving skills they otherwise would have not had exposure to. The core concept of The W Initiative revolves around the idea of the \u201cbalanced win\u201d: the letter \u201cW\u201d in French (dubla-ve) means \u201cdouble V,\u201d and The W Initiative is intended to instruct people on how to achieve Victories in both their professional and personal lives, while striking a balance between the two. And by allowing people to tap into their potential, The W Initiative also helps communities secondhand through the recipients\u2019 interactions with their own communities.<\/p>\n Moise uses \u201cserious play\u201d in a competitive game (which itself can be playful) to show how to achieve this balance. He cites the Red Bull company \u2014 specifically their brand of marketing strategy \u2014 as his primary example of \u201cserious play.\u201d<\/p>\n Chess 4 Life is the first in a series of programs Moise says will soon be available. The main goal is to teach people how to make decisions, and how these decisions affect other decisions. Moise says schools do not teach these skills effectively enough, and he hopes to plug the gaps that are found in our current education system.<\/p>\n Moise has three additional books in the works: \u201cLeap,\u201d which will offer checkers-based life coaching, will be available in the late summer\/early fall of 2017, \u201cChess 4 Life 2\u201d (after numerous requests from his original \u201cChess 4 Life\u201d fans), and \u201cW Black,\u201d which seeks to be a motivational and inspirational book.<\/p>\n Add \u201cChess 4 Life, Life 4 Chess\u201d to your summer reading list, currently available for purchase from Amazon.com ($21).<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" FRANTZLEY MOISE AND THE W INITIATIVE by Sarah Sorne\u00a0| Photography by Dave Barfield Moise uses \u201cserious play\u201d in a competitive game (which itself can be playful) to show how to achieve this balance. 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