"It's ok to lose, but you can never get comfortable with it" -Eric Thomas, The Blueprint to Success (Track 2)At some point in time in our lives we all lose. Some people don't care and others take it to heart. Remember that bratty kid in the fourth grade who won just about every game of War and then cried or got mad if he lost just one game? Although it may not have seemed like it to us at the time, that kid had ambition. He wanted to win so badly, that when he didn't it shook him to the core, and next time he made sure to play with more strategy in order to not feel that feeling of loss again. That's how we should be now. If we want something and don't get it, we shouldn't just write it off as if it's not meant to be. On the other hand, losing is good because it makes us buckle down and work harder, but it's not something to accept or get use to. Eric Thomas uses Micheal Jordan as an example again. He recalled that his favorite memory of Jordan was when the Bulls lost to the Pistons and MJ left the court with tearful eyes, vowing to never lose to the Pistons again. That passion and ambition Jordan exuded when he left the court is one of the reasons that he was such a phenomenal basketball player. Now I'm not saying we need to literally cry and boo-hoo if something doesn't go our way. I'm just saying it should hurt you so much that you will do everything you can and work that much harder to make sure you won't have to feel defeat often. Sure you won't win every battle in life, but it sure doesn't hurt to try.
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