Learn To Survive Defeat
You won’t get all the good letters all the time. No one wins EVERY time.
Even if you are Tiger Woods, Billy Jean King, or Bernie Madoff there will be a time when you’ll face defeat.
Which loser has the easiest time accepting defeat? The lowly Detroit Lions? World Champion Lance Armstrong? A newbie scrabble player?
There are a group of people in this world who love the ‘doing’ so much that the ‘winning and losing’ seems unimportant to them. I don’t quite understand how they do to that, because I am much more competitive than that. We’ve all seen the fights break out in the stands at professional sporting events and even at Little League, among the parents. I don’t quite understand that either because I have much more self-control than those crowds.
I am certain that no one likes to lose. You can see the evidence after every sporting event on TV, when the stupid reporter shoves a microphone into the face of the loser and says, “How do you feel about losing the game today?” How lame is that?
Feeling bad is part of losing, whether it is a game, a losing bid on a house that you really wanted, or the dissolution of a relationship. Learning to survive defeat is a life skill that we all must develop because it is a part of the human experience.
Keep things in perspective
Never permit yourself to go off the deep end
Defeat and Loss provide opportunities for rethinking and introspection
Use calming techniques effectively (breathing, exercise)
Channel you energy in constructive directions
Get back up on the horse
The Best Is Yet To Come