SCRABBLE: THINK BIG
Think Big but allow the little things to make you happy. We scrabble players are, for the most part, like all the other competitive types. We show up at our clubs or tournaments with the expectation to play our best and win. But, as we all know too well, competitions normally have a single winner.
So what is one to do? Everyone present cannot be the winner. There usually will be only a single winner.
Those who are thin-skinned, unable to handle the ‘agony of defeat’, often stay a while then drift away and we are all the poorer for their decision. We each become a better player and more knowledgeable for the losing and the learning from our errors.
During the events when are are not the top winner there are always many little things that you can focus upon that measure your expertise in smaller ways: high plays; low-probability bingos; defensive plays; winning challenges and more.
Take full credit for all the words that you remembered, all those great plays, and all the things that you did correctly.