What does it mean to win?

How could we define the concepts of winning and losing? Are there only these two terms, or can there be something in between? Whenever we don’t win, do we lose? Who determines who wins or who loses? In short, if we stop to think, do we really know what it means to win?

Winning is no longer only related to sporting terms or in the world of sports and competition. The term “winning” can be applied to everyday life, winning is no longer just outscoring an opponent on a scoreboard. Winning is an internal decision; something that is carried inside, that is not determined from the outside, but from us.

Winning is trying to use energy in the most intelligent way possible, but winning is also getting out of breath and enjoying yourself along the way. Winning is making an effort and involving our best version of ourselves in the task at hand, winning has to do with improvement, with the comparison with our personal bests. That is winning and luckily it is not dictated by the numbers, but by us.

When do we lose? We lose when we stop trying, when we stay with what is easy and do not give more of ourselves, when we believe that we have reached our ceiling and we do not make an effort, when we act mechanically and disregard the intention, that is losing. Defeat comes when your arms are lowered… and the desire continues and so does the strength.

Sport in our daily lives

Maybe It is not the sport itself that we incorporate into our lives, but the values ​​that sport transmits.. In the same way that any athlete with a certain level has internalized it, new learning requires training, requires steps, requires short and long-term goals, requires personal work and, above all, effort.

The results of winning and losing can also be transferred to everyday life, which is why sport teaches us values ​​of teamwork, dedication, effort and not settling on the result of the score. It teaches us to continue working to improve ourselves, both on a personal level and as a team, if applicable.

The values ​​of improvement, of knowing oneself, of knowing our limits, of setting objectives and surpassing them They are usually the ones that prevail in any sports competition. Hence this is also a good mirror in which to look at ourselves. In this sense, any aspiration is noble and legal as long as it does not break the flexibility of our values, or harm others or ourselves.

The importance of knowing how to win

It is as important to know how to lose as it is to know how to win: there are many objective victories that have turned into great defeats.. Winning is a specific moment, it is achieving your goals and surpassing yourself, but it is still a specific moment. We are talking about a specific reinforcement that can be very large, but it is of no use to us if we stay there. Think about the time you spend climbing and the time you spend on the peaks that you set as goals. On which side of the scale are there more seconds?

When we lose we have to evaluate what we really lose, is it just a result? Have I lost or not achieved something at the moment? What is my strategy? Should I change it? Losing prompts us to have a talk with ourselves to see where we are going and if we are on the right path.

The work may be more important than the result, the work will lead us to the results, work and effort are the keys to success, because that is where our greatest capacity for control lies. Therefore, it will be from this place and no other, that our victory will begin.

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