Dr. John A. KingIndigenous Australian. 100% Human. Neo-Noir Novelist. Poet. Speaker. Performance coach. More than a Survivor. Terrible Golfer, Awkward Dancer🕺

Winners, Losers and Fighters - who are you? #dealwithit - living well with PTSD

6 Sept 2018 · 1 min

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In this motivational monologue, Dr. John A. King recounts a personal boxing anecdote about his coach’s advice before a pivotal fight against a future Everlast champion. He uses the story to illustrate three archetypes of people: winners, who seem to have luck on their side and always land on their feet; losers, who blame external forces and never see success; and fighters, who persist regardless of winning or losing, continuously getting back up to fight another round. The core message ties these archetypes to coping with PTSD and life challenges, emphasizing that adopting a fighter mindset—resilience, persistence, and willingness to keep battling—offers a healthier path to living well despite trauma.

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In Deal With It, I tell a story of my old boxing coach and how he— I was going into my last fight and went in against a guy who went on to become Everlast champion for his weight class. And I was an old boxer and he'd heard about me and he said, look, when you get on the ropes, this guy's just gonna come after you. He said, all I want you to do is tuck your chin and throw punches. You know, in life there's 3 types of people. There are winners, losers, and fighters. Winners are those people that I think sometimes we all hate. They just always seem to land on their feet. Everything seems to come together with them. They've got the luck of the Irish, the luck of unicorns or whatever it is, but it just works out. And then there's losers. And for a loser, it doesn't matter what happens, it's always someone else's fault and they're always gonna lose and nothing's ever gonna work out for them. But then there's fighters. Fighters don't mind if they've won one battle, they know they're gonna have to fight another. And they don't mind if they've lost one battle, 'cause they know they're gonna fight another. They just get up and they fight. Fight.