6 costless, skill-less things you’ll find winners doing.
“Life is a game.
Those who win most often:
Take responsibility for their circumstances.
Defend their desires with actions.
Are optimistic, but realistic.
Manage their emotions.
Control what they can control.
Control how they react to what they can’t.”
-Ray Zingler on Twitter
Life is a game with two types of players.
Conscious players and subconscious players.
The conscious players are aware and actively trying to win the game of life while the subconscious players are typically scrolling, consuming, judging, and criticizing the players trying to ‘win’ the game. They do this because they act as if they’re not in the game, when in reality, they are, they are just playing subconsciously and consequently losing because of it.
Here are 6 things that help me in my game that I believe are liable to help you:
1) Take responsibility for your circumstances. There is no greater loser trait than blaming someone or something else for your situation. Most believe the world is out to get them, when in reality they are products of their own past poor quality choices and decisions they don’t want to take ownership of.
2) Defend your desires with action. Everybody has good intentions, right? Good intentions are awesome, but value is only found in action behind intentions. The reason is because you only get points for results. You can have a great gameplan, but can you execute and finish? Winners do.
3) Be optimistic, but realistic. Life is full of ebbs and flows. It’s usually never going to be as good or bad as you think it will be. Be positive, but be aware that perfect doesn’t exist. Not until He calls us home.
4) Manage your emotions. I understand this is easier said than done, but winners just like losers, are emotional beings. Winners just have the ability to better manage the natural fluctuation of emotions. As dad pounded into my head growing up, “don’t get too high on the highs or too low on the lows.”
5) Control what you can control. And control the hell out of it. There is so much that happens to us that we can’t control, do your best to control what you can.
6) Control how you react to what you can’t. I get it, life can kick you in the shorts, you can’t always control ‘it’. You have a choice, though, bitch about it and wish it were different or choose to react as favorably as possible. Only one of the choices carries value.
