"What is defeat?
Nothing but education; nothing but the first step to something better."
~ Wendell Philips
Motivation Monday - Richard's Insight
Defeat, losing & failure are often seen as no-go taboo subjects in business and in life. Often thought of as weakness, for example in the quote: 'show me a good loser and I will show you a loser.'. But, I tell you what, it's OK to be a loser, good or bad...sometimes!
We often learn more from our failures than from our victories. How much growth and development do we get if everything always goes 100% to plan? Don't get me wrong here, I hate losing...just ask my wife about our now almost legendary backgammon encounters 😉
It's just that the pain of defeat can help to make us look more closely at what we have done and so to improve for the next time. If we fail, we will have to try harder, be smarter or do something differently in order to succeed the next time.
I like to think of myself mostly as a winner, but all good winners have tasted defeat along the way and the bitterness that comes with it drives them to excel the next time.
So, after a set back...don't give up...get better instead...it is part of our learning and we will surely get a better result the next time if we learn from our defeats.
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[…] “What is defeat? Nothing but education; nothing but the first step to something better.” ~ Wendell Philips Motivation Monday – Richard’s Insight Defeat, losing & failure are often seen as no-go taboo subjects in business and in life. Often thought of as weakness, for example in the quote: ‘show me a good loser and I will … […]