Only one team wins the 6 Nations.
For each player on the winning team after the game there is
a player on the other team going home disappointed without the joy of victory.
Sometimes we win, sometimes we lose.
Sometimes we win the account, the game, the job promotion,
the award and sometimes we lose the very thing we want most.
Winning matters. Losing matters. But in life what matters
most is what we do with our wins and losses.
When we win do we become complacent or stay humble and
hungry?
People often say that success breeds success but often it
breeds complacency. After a win people think they can just show up and achieve
the same result, forgetting the effort, determination and mindset it took to
achieve the win.
To continue winning it's essential to turn the euphoria of
winning into a fire of burning desire that fuels your continuous improvement,
passion, and quest for excellence.
Even more important than what we do after our wins is how we
respond to our losses.
Do we give up or come back stronger?
Do we allow the loss to act like a cancer that eats away at
us for the rest of our life or do we turn it into a learning opportunity that
leads to our healthy growth?
Everyone loses but the key is to make the LOSS stand for
something.
LOSS (Learning
Opportunity, Stay Strong)
When we lose we ask what we can learn from this loss and how
we can improve because of it. Then we stay strong and work harder to come back
and try to win.
This leads to more wins in the future...and also eventually
more loses...and more learning opportunities and opportunities to stay strong
and develop our character.
Through this process of winning and losing we learn the
greatest lesson of all:
No matter how hard we work and
how much we improve there will be times when we experience the worst of defeats
instead of the greatest of victories. But ultimately life is about more than
winning or losing. It’s about the lessons we learn, the character and strength
we build and the people we become along the way.
Whether we win the big game or not, when we realise this we
will surely be a winner in the game of life!
