You Don't Win Second Place

When people have worked hard at competing in a race and come in second, you never see then jumping up and down about it.  The fact is, second, no matter how you dress it up, is not first.  Even if you get an award for second place, it is still not first.  No matter how we pretend that "everyone one is a winner", only the winners believe it's true.

                The issue here is not that we all have to come in first to show that we are doing our best.  There will be times that you do your very best and still come in second or even third.  The key to success is that we never settle for second place.  Success-minded people always move forward with the intent of coming in first.  If they come in second, they look at what they did; what they can do better; and make the changes needed.

                If you give your best.  If you strive for excellence in all you do.  If you never settle for second place, you will make it to first.  You have done all that is needed to win so it is just a case of a bit more.  Success-minded people know that they can do a bit more.  They can learn from mistakes; learn from what works and gain the bit more needed to win in the end.

"How many seconds does it take to win second?  As many as it takes to win first

 - if you don't use them properly."

- Jarod Kintz

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                Never let discouragement overtake you when you hit the second place.  Allow it instead to inspire you to push a bit more.  Ask yourself, what you did that you should not do, or do better, or do differently.  Discouragement and giving up is what losers do.  They believe that "I just can't do it" and "It's too hard" are excuses to give up.  Successful people know that they can do it.  Maybe they didn't do it this time, but they will.  They never give up and therefore, they never lose.   In the words of the great Babe Ruth, "It impossible to beat a man who never gives up."

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