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WINNING IS AN EVENT; BEING A WINNER IS A SPIRIT
Three people ran a marathon besides hundreds of others. The medal was won by a
fourth person. But does that mean that these three people were losers? Not at all. They
all went into the race with different objectives. The first one went in to test his endurance
and he did and came out better than his expectations. The second wanted to improve on
his previous performance, and he did. The third person had never run a marathon in his
life. His objective was to complete the race and reach the finish line and he did. What
does that tell us? All three with different objectives met them and they were all winners,
regardless of who won the medal.
As Mark Twain said, it is better to deserve an honor and not have it than to have it and
not deserve it. Because dignity is not in possessing but deserving.
If winning is the only objective, a person may miss out on the internal rewards that come
with winning. More important than winning is winning with honor and deserving to have
won. It is better to lose honorably than to succeed with dishonesty. Losing honorably may
signify lack of preparation but dishonest winning signifies lack of character.
The real test of a person's character is what he would or would not do if he knew he
would never be found out. It is not worth compromising one's integrity and taking
shortcuts to win. You may win a trophy but knowing the truth you can never be a happy
person. More important than winning a trophy is being a good human being.

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Winners live and work every day as if it were the last day. Because one of these days it is
going to be the last and we don't know which one it is going to be. When they leave, they
leave as winners.
There are some defeats more triumphant than victories.
--Michael de Montaigne