SiG Lady Posted January 14, 2003 Share Posted January 14, 2003 "Winning is everything. When was the last time anyone congratulated you for failing??!! --Some high-powered motivational speaker whose name I've forgotten Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BSeevers Posted January 14, 2003 Share Posted January 14, 2003 That's why we keep score. Of course value can be obtained in many ways without "winning" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Di Vita Posted January 14, 2003 Share Posted January 14, 2003 A good example of that is this month's trivia question. Everyone knows who won the '75 WS, but no one knows who got second. (Edited by TheItlianStalion at 5:55 pm on Jan. 14, 2003) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiG Lady Posted January 14, 2003 Author Share Posted January 14, 2003 Someone actually DID claim to find out who the 2nd shooter was. Check the Win-a-Book forum latest postings. (I also got browbeat into writing a couple more limericks, too.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Di Vita Posted January 14, 2003 Share Posted January 14, 2003 Alright, well everyone but Tightloop had no clue who he was. Just the fact that this information was so hard to find is a statement in itself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Moneypenny Posted January 15, 2003 Share Posted January 15, 2003 This just goes to show there is no second place, only first loser. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricW Posted January 15, 2003 Share Posted January 15, 2003 "When was the last time anyone congratulated you for failing??!!" I'm surprised that statement would really motivate anybody to do anything. Most successful people faceplanted hard more than once before they succeeded. Failing isn't necessarily negative, it's only what you make of it. People whose egos can't bear "failure" are the real losers in my book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kimel Posted January 15, 2003 Share Posted January 15, 2003 My sig line says it all.... No, I am not sure who said this originally. I had, at one time, been told it was Churchill and then someone said Norman Vincent Peale. Who knows. Cheers! Kevin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiG Lady Posted January 15, 2003 Author Share Posted January 15, 2003 It's the little stream of failures that keeps me pointed toward winning--and getting there. That's what it meant. (And I didn't say it--someone else did. But it inspired me all to hell... in a good way, actually But I really DO prefer how winning feels over losing ...so I tolerate no complacency in myself as it applies to the pursuit of mastery. (Edited by SiG Lady at 10:31 pm on Jan. 14, 2003) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kimel Posted January 15, 2003 Share Posted January 15, 2003 So, does someone congratulating you on the great, non-winning effort count as a failure? This is assuming they aren't just blowing warm air up your backside but they really mean it. Yes, winning does feel better than not winning. This is almost by definition. However, it is possible to not "win" and still be a "winner". ***IF*** you push yourself and expand your limits a bit beyond what they had been previously then you have won. A lot of this depends on who you define as the primary competition. I am still a novice competition shooter that knows darn good and well that I am not going to beat the top dawgs, at least not for another few months. So, my primary competition is with myself. I would be lying to say I didn't care how I did compared to everyone else. That is basic human nature. Sunday I did a bone head move on the classifier which resulted in a penalty. I knew it was a penalty the second I did it. Yes, I pondered the results to see just how much that stupid mistake had cost me. However, I had shot well for the rest of that stage and so overall it was a win for me. Of course, all this assumes that you have performed in a proper and sportsmanlike manner. But that is a whole other subject. I used to work in a lab where, posted on the wall, was a plaque that read "celebrate ALL victories". On the ceiling were dimples made by champagne corks. Each was circled and signed/dated. There was a log book giving a more detailed description of the event. Some were for major grant awards, babies, engagements/marriages and so on. Some were for more mundane things like having a paper accepted for publication, some were for even more minor events like passing a tough class. But there were always a couple bottles of champage hiding out in the back of the fridge ready to celebrate the next "small victory". It was a great tradition and as far as I know it continues to this day. The lesson here was that life can get you down if you focus on the small problems but fail to give equal attention to the small victories. Small victories are far more frequent than large victories. Live in the positive. Celebrate ALL victories! Cheers! Kevin (Edited by kimel at 11:49 pm on Jan. 14, 2003) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Ankeny Posted January 15, 2003 Share Posted January 15, 2003 Sig Lady: I agree that winning is important, that's why I work so hard. Still, the act of being high overall isn't everything, although is does feel kinda good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiG Lady Posted January 15, 2003 Author Share Posted January 15, 2003 Damn' right it feels good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianH Posted January 16, 2003 Share Posted January 16, 2003 But don't downplay the importance of doing your best....if the only point was to WIN, 5 people would show up.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiG Lady Posted January 16, 2003 Author Share Posted January 16, 2003 If you do your best you usually DO end up winning! ...in whatever way you wish to define that. We don't all happen to win AT THE SAME TIME is all. And it still feels damn' good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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