The late Grantland Rice enjoyed an incredible career, eventually becoming known as the Dean of American Sportswriters. He knew all the great athletes and coaches of his era – Knute Rockne, Babe Ruth, Jack Dempsey, Red Grange and more. He also had a penchant for poetry, including this one – the most powerful poem we’ve ever read … Read more
You see it all the time in the world of sports. It’s true in the game of life as well. There are only two ways to play the game – you can play to win or you can play to NOT lose.
The difference is in your attitude. Your attitude affects your actions. Your actions determine your altitude.
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You’re a winner. So you won’t play it safe. You’ll be willing to stick your neck out. To try something new. To experiment.
It may not work, but that’s okay. Because winners learn and press on. You may experience a setback, but you won’t be defeated.
Try an unexpected play
You’re a winner. So once in a while, you’ll try an unexpected play. You know most people wouldn’t dream of doing such a thing. So you may face ridicule. You won’t care.
You know it won’t always work out. But sometimes it will. And it will put you light years ahead of the same people who scoffed at you.
Play to your strengths
You’re a winner. So you’ll play to your strengths. Many people spend too much time thinking about their weaknesses. You’ll come to understand what you do exceptionally well and build your plan around those things.
Play to your competitor’s weaknesses
You’re a winner. So you’ll play to your competitor’s weaknesses. Here’s where the game of life takes a twist from the world of sports. By playing to your competitor’s weaknesses, you may become your competitor’s ally.
Because your competitor may have strengths you don’t have. By working together, you may accomplish more than you can independently. You may win by helping your competitor win.
When you fall behind…
You’re a winner. So when you find yourself falling behind, you’ll redouble your efforts to get ahead. You will summon your resolve. You will not be beat. Because you will always play to win.
There will be days when you just can’t overcome. You won’t emerge the victor. But you will only allow yourself a short period of time to take in the lessons. Then you will focus on the job at hand. Playing again.
Tomorrow is a new day. You will try again. You will win. Because you’re a winner.
When you’re ahead…
When you’re ahead, you won’t rest on your laurels. You won’t start to play it safe. You will keep pressing on.
Occasionally, you will take time to celebrate your accomplishments. Then you will play the game again tomorrow. And you will win. Ah, the joy of BIGG success!
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Picture a group of adults given a task to perform. Research has shown that, if one adult performs worse than his or her peers on that task, it will result in a loss of self-esteem. Furthermore, that person is likely to perform more poorly on that same task in the future.
Now put a group of four- to five-years old kids in the same situation. There is no affect on the child who didn’t perform as well as his or her peers.
So what do kids know that we adults have forgotten? They think they can learn new tricks, they can adapt. We adults think that an old dog can’t be taught new tricks!
Kids also think they can try harder next time and make up the difference. Isn’t that a healthy attitude? So why don’t we think that as adults?
Have we been beat down too many times? Are we too hard on ourselves? Do we want to think that things should come easily for us?
Life will throw you curve bills. On the path to bigg success, there will be times when you try and you don’t succeed. It’s important to learn from your mistakes, but we often learn the wrong lesson.
Learn. Adapt. Then double your efforts.
Don’t compete with the opposite sex A more recent study at the University of Michigan showed that kids can be affected by competition. Little girls respond negatively if a little boy does better on a task. Little boys respond likewise – there’s a damaging impact if a little girl does better.
So what can we conclude? Should we learn that women shouldn’t try to compete with men? Or that men shouldn’t try to compete with women?
See them as a role model, not competition There will almost certainly always be somebody better. If not, maybe a good dose of humility is in order! But rather than comparing yourself to that person and getting discouraged, look at that person as a role model.
You are where you are. They are where you want to be. See what you can learn from them so you get to where they are.
Chances are they got started earlier. Chances are they’ve put more time in. Chances are they’ve gotten a few lucky breaks – the kind of luck that comes to people who put themselves out there and take calculated risks.
So don’t see them as competition; look at them as a role model. Don’t compete with others at all But there’s a higher order – a higher level of consciousness regarding comparisons. Here it is:
Don’t compete with anyone else – man, woman or beast!
Compete with yourself.
Find that thing you at which you excel. Then strive to improve a little bit every day – day after day, the “new you” competing against the “old you”.
Focus on making yourself the best competitor you could ever encounter! Have you ever noticed that a great competitor brings out the best in his or her opponents?
Become your own best competitor and you’ll be a bigg success!
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Bigg dogs just know they were put on this earth to do something special. They can feel it deep in their gut. It consumes them. They have to live up to their full potential. It drives them each and every day.
Courage
Sure, bigg dogs have fears, but they don’t let their fears drive them. They conquer their fears by confronting them head on. That’s one of the first victories we experience in our quest for bigg success: victory over our fears.
Confidence
They have confidence that their time will come. They don’t doubt that they will find their bigg opportunity. They know they will have their moment in the spotlight. They believe they will live their bigg dream.
They also have confidence that they will be ready. They know they will do whatever it takes to prepare for it. They will work harder and smarter than anyone else to be ready when their time comes.
For these reasons, they have confidence in themselves. They have prepared – mentally and physically – for this day that they knew would come. Now that it is here, now that the game is on the line, they want the ball. They are the go-to person and they will find a win to win.
Contemplation
Bigg dogs are thinkers and doers. They are always on the look out for opportunities that match their passions, preferences and proficiencies. When they see potential customers with a problem, they know they may be on to something.
They determine how easy these customers are to identify and reach. If it can be done, that spells opportunity.
Then they look at competitors. They know they don’t want to go head to head with large companies. They also look at competitors of all sizes.
If there aren’t any large companies dominating the niche and if there aren’t too many competitors in total, they get going!
Contempt
They know they will face adversity. They show scorn in its face. They press on to bigg success and that what makes them bigg dogs!
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Business owners are often a very competitive group. They want to stamp out their competition so they can gain market share. They’re always looking for a competitive advantage.
But sometimes you can make more money by working together.
Here’s an example There are two established car dealers in a small community about thirty minutes away from a large city. Obviously they compete for the business of the people in their immediate community.
But at some point, they both approach the maximum amount of business that they can get from these people. Can they continue to grow?
Yes!
What if they promoted both of their dealerships together to people in the city? Talk about how they’re committed to saving people money to make it worth the drive.
It’s likely that neither one could afford to advertise in the larger market by themselves. But by working together, they can bring a whole new market into their stores.
It seems that you hear about “coopetition” with internet competitors. But it works offline as well.
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Picture a group of adults given a task to perform. Research has shown that, if one adult performs worse than his or her peers on that task, it will result in a loss of self-esteem. Furthermore, that person is likely to perform more poorly on that same task in the future. 
Today we’re wrapping up our five-part Dog Days series. Mark Twain said: 