Is Winning A Choice?

Is winning a choice or something that happens to you? Winning is a choice, it is not something that happens to you. Oftentimes, most of us are not aware of the power we have in choosing to win or choosing not to lose. 

Now, most people do not deliberately choose to lose, but just in the same grain, most people are not aware that they can choose to win. Most people believe that winning is reserved for the talented and lucky and not available to everyone.

There is a common saying that life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it. In that case, winning really comes from how you react to the situations you encounter.

1. Choose the right endeavor: Even though winning is a choice, there are certain endeavors that you might not be talented enough to win unless you improve your skill level.

2. Self Development: In continuation with the first point. Spending daily time in improving your skill level and taking action in the endeavor you have picked to win in, would make all the difference. There is a popular study that indicates that if you choose a field of study and you develop your skill level for about 60 minutes a day. In just 3 years, you could be at the top of that field. In five years, you would be a national authority and in seven years, you would be one of the best in the world.

3. Inversion: This means choosing not to lose as a way of winning. It is easier to avoid activities that will ensure we lose, than it is to pursue activities that will enable us to win. Inversion means avoiding the things that we know will certainly prevent us from winning. Such as avoiding laziness, sloth, spendthrift, wrong relationships and association, lack of accountability for one’s own actions, not investing in self-development, selfishness etc. 

4. Radical Responsibility: Accepting responsibility for everything that happens in your life. We often live our life with the moniker of “poor me” and “bad him/her”. Making the decision to accept responsibility for everything that happens to us in life, regardless of the source, is the first step to taking control of our lives and putting ourselves on the path of winning.

5. Commitment: The commitment to win is akin to the choice to win. So many people give up in their pursuit of winning. Absolute refusal to lose. The full commitment, diligence and perseverance to winning at all costs will assure winning. The full pursuit of every requirement and resources that will enable you to win. Pursuing it tirelessly without quitting will assure you win.

6. Focus: Winning requires focus. Focused tasks on the endeavors you have chosen to undertake. It is impossible to win if we want to focus our energies on all tasks. Winning requires an incredible amount of energy and focusing one’s energy to the endeavor at hand is crucial.

7. Accountability: Accountability is the breakfast of champions. In order to win at any endeavor, you have to engage in a certain level of activity in your pursuit. We often lack the willpower to stay consistent with the amount of effort it takes to win. This is where accountability plays a huge role. We cannot keep ourselves accountable. We need systems or people that will keep us accountable. Accountability is crucial when it comes to winning.

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