Winning is a Mindset

Welcome. Today, what we're going to be talking about is winners versus losers and how football and every single sport is the perfect analogy for life. Now, I got inspired to do this because of last night's football game, Super Bowl 51. I'm personally not a Patriots fan, or not a Tom Brady fan either, and not up until last night, at least, where I watched the Patriots come back from 25 points back. And I realized at that point in time that winning is a mindset. Winning is a habit. And most people, most teams wouldn't have the mindset of, yeah, we can come back when it's 25 points back in the third quarter. But some people just have it in them where it is impossible for them to lose. They will not allow themselves to lose. They will either die trying to win or they'll win. And that's just kind of the way that some people think about it. And winning is a mindset. Winning is a habit. But, you know, it also is a habit and a mindset. So is losing. And I feel like most people have a loser's mindset. And I don't mean that. I hope it doesn't come off the wrong way. But what I mean is that most people in that situation would have counted themselves out, would have said, this isn't for me. We're not good enough to win this game. People would say the exact same thing. This job isn't for me. Running my own business isn't for me. This isn't really my passion. And they give up before they get to the finish line, before the bell goes off. Most people would have given up. Winning is a habit. Winning is a mindset. So the question that I have for you is, is what's your mindset like? If you were in that situation, would you have given up? Because I feel like that game was the perfect analogy for life. The difference between winners and losers is their mindset when things are not going the way they want them to go. Most people give up before they get to success. Most people give up before the final bell goes off. And you have to realize that once you give up in your head and the game is already over. And that's what I loved about last night's football game was even though they were down by 25 points, they still didn't give up. They didn't give up until the end of the game. They didn't give up until the final bell went over and they scored the touchdown in overtime. That's when they finally said, okay, now it's over. Because in their mind. It's not over until it's over. Winning is a habit. Winning is a mindset. Losing is also a habit. Losing is also a mindset. And so the question that I have for you is this. When your back's against the wall, when things start to get hard, when it seems like it's impossible for you to overcome this insurmountable task that's in front of you, what's your default? Is your default to fight as if you're a caged animal up against the wall, and to fight and push and do whatever you can to get out of it? Or is it to just decide to give up? Because the difference between winners and losers is that losers give up. Winners will not give up until they win or until the final bell goes off. That's Do I have the habits of a winner? Do I go and go and go until the final bell goes.