Re: An Essay

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DON'T NEED TO BE A LOSER TO WIN..JUST BE CAREFUL AND RIDE YOUR OWN
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Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2001 6:53 PM
Subject: RC: An Essay


> Winners and Losers
>
> Those of you who are trying to be innovative and, worse, are having
success
> with your innovations, should be aware of the loser mentality. It MUST
attack
> you. Here's why.
>
> The winner mentality is owned by just small percentage of the population.
> This type of person is driven to succeed, to figure out complex puzzled,
to
> learn every aspect of the problem he confronts and thus overcome it. When
he
> mettes a winner, particularly one who beats him in today's match, he
doesn't
> accuse the winner of cheating in some way, or of having some kind of base
> motivation. Instead, he walks up and asks "how'd you do that?"
>
> If the answer is not forthcoming, and many times it isn't, then he studies
> that winner, comes to understand how the winner is winning, and then
figures
> out a better way of doing things that will overcome the other winner's
> advantage. That's called competition. For some, it's a lot of fun. A good,
> longtime chess game. You find out what the best are doing, and you do
better.
>
> The loser mentality operates on a different level. First of all, the loser
> knows that he is a loser. For whatever reason, the loser has come to the
> conclusion that he can't possibly win. But because losers make up a large
> segment of the population, he has a lot of friends in the same boat.
Misery
> loves company. Losers get together and talk a lot. Things like, "if only
the
> rules were different, we could win". Or, "he might win this game, but
we're
> better than him in every other way". Or, "these winners must be cheating".
>
> That last is a little hypocritical, because the ranks of the cheaters are
> made up of loser mentalities driven to desperation. Winners like the rules
to
> be clear. They're optimistic that they can figure out the game and win.
They
> don't want anybody cheating, because it ruins the game.
>
> As the loser searches about trying to figure out  a way to win, one of the
> ploys is to change the game entirely--turn a sport into a popularity
contest.
> There is a way for a loser to win a popularity contest--because there are
so
> many losers. What the poor folls don't realize is that, if they win the
> popularity contest, their fellow losers will eat them alive--"he's not so
> great--I remember all those times he cheated".
>
> The loser's lot in life is continuous misery. He is unsuccessful and is
> driven to worsen his situation, mainly because he hasn't the intelligence,
or
> the discipline, to create and implement an effective gameplan.
>
> As a winner, what can you do for a dedicated loser? Nothing. From
experience
> I can tell you that you cannot change a tiger's spots. But you can do a
lot
> to help other winners who aren't winning yet. Why would you do that?
Because
> it's an elite club and tough competition is what the whole thing is about.
> It's no fun being at the top of a pyramid that has no substance to it, no
> real players.
>
> After 30 years in this business, I think I can spot a winner a mile away.
> More often than not they exhibit a "boy scout" mentality--clean, dedicated
> players with no fear and a kind of optimism and self confidence that
really
> irritates losers.  In contrast, losers are negative, a little "slippery",
> fearful, "in the know", secretive--little whiny puppies with teeth bared
and
> a silly little growl that wouldn't frighten a cat.
>
> Don't get me wrong--losers can hurt you. A single jackal might be a
> disgusting cowardly beast, but in a pack they can be formidable. And
losers
> generally attack in a pack. Winners, more often than not, are out there
> alone. So, once in a while, it is intelligent for winners to gather round
one
> of their own and help fight off the jackals. For the good of the game, if
> nothing else.
>
> And then thee is the universal law of "what goes around comes around". If
you
> help a fellow winner, believe me, it comes back around to you--you
strengthen
> yourself with every such gift. Why? Because most winners can spot other
> winners after just a few words of conversation.  Winners tend to help each
> other. And a winner can always do more for you than a whole tribe of
losers.
>
> Finally, there is a large population of could-be winners out there. Folks
who
> are currently losing, are trying to figure out the game, and are unsure
which
> camp they really fit into. Every winner has had times when this nagging
doubt
> got to him. It's a kind of crossroad everybody faces from time to time.
It's
> where courage comes in, and a little encouragement from another winner.
When
> a winner takes a could-be winner under his wing for a while, it's the very
> most rewarding part of the game.  It comes back. In spades.
>
>
> ti
>
> Tom Ivers, President
> Equine Racing Systems, Inc.
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