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 Play to Win is the concept we will explore today. How can we play to win? To play to win is to have a goal, a desire, or a commitment and going for it at 100% intention to be, do, or have it. Life is exciting when you play to win. Goals are realized consistently when you play to win.
PLAYING NOT TO LOSE
What is another way to play the "game" of life? Playing "Not to Lose." What is playing not to lose. Playing not to lose is having a goal, dream, or desire and not taking the actions to attain it because of what you might lose by doing what you know needs to be done. You might get rejected. You might fail. You might look bad. It might be hard, etc. You PERCEIVE those things are too much to lose so you don't go for it, or you go for it at less than 100% intention to attain your goal, dream, or desire. When you play to win you will move you in the direction of what you want. Playing not to lose will move you in the opposite direction from what you want,or keep you where you are. So from a logical standpoint playing to win would be the way to play life and the way to manifest your goals, dreams, and desires on a consistent basis. Make sense?
CHOICE
How could we practice playing to win consistently? The best and simplest
way I know, and what I teach in my Success Coaching practice is when you are faced with a choice of what to do and one choice seems hard to do and one choice seems easier to do, choose the perceived harder choice. What will be on the other side of that choice will be growth, greater results, realization of your goals, and movement forward. What will be on the other side of your easier choice will most likely be more of the same as what you currently have.  For example: Let's say you have a phone call to make that you PERCEIVE to be hard or risky. You also have some paperwork to do which you PERCEIVE to be easier and not as risky. Take the harder choice and make the phone call first. How do you know to make the phone call first? It occurs harder for you to do. Make sense?
Another interesting thing occurs out of this system. When you take the harder choices your life gets easier, and when you take the easier choice your life gets harder. Playing to win has you take the PERCEIVED harder choices on a more consistent basis, which gives you greater results on a more consistent basis, thus having you attain your goals on a more consistent basis, which has your life be easier.
PRACTICE
How do you get good at taking the PERCEIVED harder choices? How do you get good at anything? You practice what you want to get good at, and what you want to get good at are the habits that have you create your goals,dreams, and desires.
"But I don't "feel" like taking the harder choices", you say. Thank you for sharing that with me, and if how you feel means anything regarding you attaining your goals, we'd be interested in your feelings and we'd put a lot of credence to your feelings. As it stands now, probably your feelings get in the way of you attaining your goals. For example: When the alarm goes off in the morning and wakes you up, do you feel like getting right out of bed? Probably not. You need to do the harder thing and get out of bed. When you have prospecting calls to make, do you feel like making them? Probably not. Do the harder thing and make them anyhow. When you are about to exercise, do you feel like exercising. Probably not. Exercise anyhow. When you're in a choosing place, hard or easy, do you feel like taking the harder choice? Probably not. Take the harder choice anyway. That is how to practice choosing from a place that will give you greater results. Rather than choosing from a place that is easier or you "feel" like doing. Make sense?
Life is a GAME! The purpose of the game is to WIN and to have FUN! The way to win at life is to PLAY TO WIN and to declare that's where fun is; in the playing to win process. Play life to WIN and it will show up as FUN. Play life not to lose and it will show up as DRUDGERY. Your choice, choose to PLAY TO WIN!
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