WINNERS ARE GRACIOUS

Remember, winners are gracious. They never brag about themselves, they respect and appreciate their team members and opponents. Many people know how to be successful . Very few know how to handle success. And there is always something about success that displeases some other people. 

BLUEPRINT FOR SUCCESS

 We conduct a three-day seminar titled "Blueprint for Success" nationally  for organizations in-house and open public programs. This is based on the philosophy "Winners don't do different things, they do things differently." This philosophy came as a counter to the belief "Winning is not everything, it is the only thing." This latter philosophy leads me to question the integrity of people who believe it to be true. It gives a distorted meaning to the words "killer instinct." If you ask a person on the street, "What is the meaning of killer instinct," most responses would be, "You have to win by hook or by crook." That is not killer instinct, that is pure dishonesty. To a good sportsman, killer instinct means: 

1. You don't put in 100% but you put in 200%. 

2. To win, we must cash in on our opponent's mistake. Not cashing in on an opponent's mistake is a mistake. However, playing foul to win is not killer instinct, it is outright dishonesty. Unfair winning may give temporary success but certainly not fulfillment. 

The reality is that life is a competition and we have to compete. In fact, competition makes competitive people grow. The objective is to win, no question--but to win fairly, squarely, decently and by the rules.