Eachhumanbeingisbornassomethingnew,somethingthatneverexistedbefore.
Eachisbornwiththecapacitytowinatlife.
Eachpersonhasauniquewayofseeing,hearing,touching,tastingandthinking.
Eachhashisorherownuniquepotentialcapabilitiesandlimitations.
Eachcanbeasignificant,thinking,awareandcreativebeing—aproductiveperson,awinner.
Theword“winner”and“loser”havemanymeanings.
Whenwerefertoapersonasawinner,wedonotmeanonewhomakessomeoneelselose.
Tous,awinnerisonewhorespondsauthenticallybybeingcredible,trustworthy,responsive,andgenuine,bothasanindividualandasamemberofasociety.
Winnersdonotdedicatetheirlivestoaconceptofwhattheyimaginetheyshouldbe;rather,theyarethemselvesandassuchdonotusetheirenergyputtingonaperformance,maintainingpretence,andmanipulatingothers.
Theyareawarethatthereisadifferencebetweenbeinglovingandactingloving,betweenbeingstupidandactingstupid,betweenbeingknowledgeableandactingknowledgeable.
Winnersdonotneedtohidebehindamask.
Winnersarenotafraidtodotheirownthinkingandtousetheirownknowledge.
Theycanseparatefactsfromopinionanddon’tpretendtohavealltheanswers.
Theylistentoothers,evaluatewhattheysay,butcometotheirownconclusions.
Althoughwinnerscanadmireandrespectotherpeople,theyarenottotallydefined,demolished,bound,orawedbythem.
Winnersdonotplay“helpless”,nordotheyplaytheblaminggame.
Instead,theyassumeresponsibilityfortheirownlives.
Theydonotgiveothersafalseauthorityoverthem.
Winnersaretheirownbossesandknowit.
Winnersrespondappropriatelytothesituation.
Theirresponsesarerelatedtothemessagesentandpreservethesignificance,worth,well-being,anddignityofthepeopleinvolved.
Winnersknowthatforeverythingthereisaseasonandforeveryactivityatime.
Althoughwinnerscanfreelyenjoythemselves,theycanalsopostponeenjoyment,candisciplinethemselvesinthepresenttoenhancetheirenjoymentinthefuture.
Winnersarenotafraidtogoafterwhattheywant,buttheydosoinappropriateways.
Winnersdonotgettheirsecuritybycontrollingothers.
Theydonotsetthemselvesuptolose.
Awinnercaresabouttheworldanditspeoples.
Awinnerisnotisolatedfromthegeneralproblemsofsociety,butisconcerned,compassionate,andcommittedtoimprovingthequalityoflife.
Eveninthefaceofnationalandinternationaladversity,awinner’sself-imageisnotoneofapowerlessindividual.
Awinnerworkstomaketheworldabetterplace.
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