Are You A Winner Or A Loser?
by Sidney Harris
- A Winner says, “Let’s find out;” A loser says, “Nobody knows.”
- When a winner makes a mistake, he says, “I was wrong;” when a loser
makes a mistake, he says, It wasn’t my fault.”
- A winner credits his “good luck” for winning - even though it isn’t
good luck; a loser blames his “bad luck” for losing - even though it isn’t
bad luck.
- A winner knows how and when to say “Yes” and “No”; a loser says,
“Yes, but” and “perhaps not” at the wrong time, for the wrong reasons.
- A winner isn’t nearly as afraid of losing as a loser is secretly
afraid of winning.
- A winner works harder than a loser and has more time; a loser is
always “too busy” to do what is necessary.
- A winner goes through a problem; a loser goes around it and never
gets past it.
- A winner makes commitments; a loser makes promises.
- A winner shows he’s sorry by making up for it, a loser says “I’m
sorry,” but does the same thing next time.
- A winner says, “I’m good, but not as good as I ought to be;” a loser
says, “I’m not as bad as a lot of other people.”
- A winner listens; A loser just waits until it’s his turn to talk.
- A winner would rather be admired than liked, although he would prefer
both; a loser would rather be liked than admired and is even willing to
pay the price of mild contempt for it.
- A winner respects those who are superior to him and tries to learn
something from them; a loser resents those who are superior to him and
tries to find chinks in their armour.
- A winner says, “There ought to be a better way to do it” a loser
says, “That’s the way it’s always been done here.”
- “If you look like a winner, you feel like a winner, if you feel
like a winner, you act like a winner, if you act like a winner, you play
like a winner.”
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