On Sunday night I was driving to our basketball game and I was extremely nervous. My heart was racing. My palms were sweating. My mind was planning what to do and what not to do.
Why are you so nervous? I thought to myself.
As I thought about it. I found the answer. I didn't want to lose. I don't like to lose. I am highly competitive.
As my mind was processing this. I remembered something I read from the book Integrity by Henry Cloud.
"If you could tell parents what the one thing is that is the most important to teach their kids about success, what would it be?" a lady asked Dr. Cloud this question.
"I would teach them how to loose," he responded.
"Why in the world would you teach them how to loose?" she asked.
"Because they will," he responded.
Later on he says: "The difference between winners and loosers is not that winner's never lose. The difference is that winners lose well, and loosers lose poorely."
Did we win our basketball game? We lost 2 times and won 1. But because of this insight, I took the loss better then normal. I only layed in bed tossing and turning for 2 hours.
We all most learn to lose well.
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