We all like to succeed in life… We all want to ace every test, nail every presentation and win every game we ever play…
There is only one problem…
It’s unrealistic.
The more we experience success, the more it becomes expectation which inevitably puts us down a slippery slope which then makes it almost impossible for anybody to maintain balance.
During the NCS Texas State Championship, we were down 6 runs heading into the 9th inning… The boys were playing their 3rd game of the day and had already won a nail biter in the quarter finals then slaughtered the number 1 seed in the semis… The kids were running on fumes but simply would not quit!!!
They battled for 3 runs and then loaded the bases with 2 outs and the tying run at first and the winning run (who just so happened to be Bam Bam Biscuit who had a walk off knock in the quarter finals) at the plate…
3 mighty hacks later, Biscuit struck out for the first time all tourney and that was the ballgame.
As the kids fought back tears, our legendary bench coach Kowalski immediately imparted some brilliant wisdom:
“There are winners and there are learners… We GET to be learners today!!!”
Of course winning is great, but the experience that these boys got to partake in was simply next level and the fact that they came up short will have them question what they could have done better and focus on what they can improve upon…
Oftentimes, winning puts band aids on issues that need to be addressed and we then lose touch with the all important details leading to an inevitable downfall…
Yet when we lose and are able to learn from our losses, we have much more of a tendency to address the all important finite issues that need to be cleaned up…
There are winners & learners and whether or not we win a lot of times isn’t up to us, but whether or not we learn definitely is.
-EB
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