Sportsmen & Women - What Do They Know?

Funnily enough, competitors in sport know at least one great truth...

You Can't Expect To Win Everything!

I'm not a fan of all sports, although there are some that I love to see. Unfortunately, as a Chicago Bears fan for 35 years, I know a lot about losing!! It's been 8 years since they went beyond the regular season and they did it this year - only to lose their first/only game in post-season.

Anyway, the Bears will continue to work on their weaknesses as well as their increasing strengths and they'll learn from both their losses and their wins. (I honestly believe it!!).

The fact that top sportsmen & women know not to expect they can win all the time doesn't prevent them from focussing on their next event, whatever the last result. And this is a fabulous trait, I believe. After all, the past is a great thing to learn from - but not to purely dwell upon.

Quite simply, the past is gone and you can't change it, so why worry about it? Use whatever experience is available to you and move on. "Onwards & upwards" always sounds a bit cliched but who cares because it makes sense not to give up. Better to learn and succeed.

I do love the idea of learning from other people's mistakes but, hey, there's more power in learning from your own, as it's so personal and meaningful to each individual.

So, we may not be able to win everything but effort and enthusiasm WILL bring the most important wins we'll ever see. That's worth a few losses, surely?! (I don't mean "losses", of course, I mean "episodes of first-hand learning"!).

All the best for 2019 :)