Sad to say, the length of time you’ve been playing bridge is no indication of how good you are. Indeed, you can play with gusto every day of your life, but if you never venture outside your same circle, or take lessons or read books, then — to put it bluntly — you probably have no idea how bad you are.
I recently read an amusing article about this by the Scottish novelist Alexander McCall Smith, author of the hugely popular No.
Disagree with half of it, enjoy reading all of it
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