Go-Fish is a zero-sum game because there is a single winner and a loser (or losers).

The same goes for checkers.

Chess is technically a zero-sum game for the same reasons as checkers and go-fish. But, because chess is a high-strategy game, it could be argued that the loser in chess gains strategy and tactics for the next match.

International trade is idealistically a zero-sum game. But it never is. Someone usually walks away with an advantage. That’s how the international trade game is played.

Poker is a classic zero-sum game because the stakes of the game are limited to the money brought to the table. Cash isn’t created, it’s redistributed.

The most important zero-sum game you and I are involved with has higher stakes than any poker game and is more important than every chess, checkers, and go-fish game combined. It’s more important than international trade, believe it or not. And it’s a game we would all do well to think about right now.

Your time is a zero-sum game.

You have 168 hours this week.

It’s impossible to “make time” so that you end up 170 hours.

And it’s already Friday.